The chart illustrates data regarding underground railways from six large cities in various parts of the world showing the year opened, route length and yearly passenger numbers in millions.

Overall, London and Paris have the oldest underground train systems with far longer routes compared to Los Angeles and Kyoto. Passenger numbers for Tokyo are the highest, whereas Kyoto indicates the lowest number of yearly passengers and the shortest route.

The London Underground, which opened in 1863, is the oldest network and is the most extensive with 394 kilometres of track. As for Paris, the underground was established in 1900 and is approximately half the size and serves more passengers. The underground in Tokyo is the busiest of the three with 1928 million passengers yearly and 155 kilometres in length.

Regarding the three newer systems, Washington DC was opened in 1976 and has the longest route of the three. In contrast, Kyoto has the shortest route at 11 kilometres and the lowest passenger numbers with 45 million passengers yearly. Following this, Los Angeles was opened in 2001 with 28 kilometres of track and serves 50 million passengers per year.
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➡️ Why this essay qualifies for a Band 8 score:

• Task Achievement: You cover all requirements of the task in a sufficient manner. The key features are identified and described, and there's a clear overview.
• Coherence and Cohesion: Information and ideas are logically organized and there is clear progression throughout the text. The usage of cohesive devices is good, but could be further improved to enhance the flow.
• Lexical Resource: The range of vocabulary is adequate for the task, with some less common and more complex words used. However, there's room to use a wider range of vocabulary and make fewer repetitive word choices.
• Grammatical Range and Accuracy: The essay contains a mix of simple and complex sentence forms, and errors are rare and do not impede communication.

➡️ Errors and areas of improvement in the essay

• When describing statistics, ensure that the units are mentioned every time to avoid any ambiguity.
• Make sure comparisons are clear; for example, when saying Paris is "approximately half the size," specify that this is in comparison to the London Underground's route length.
• Ensure clarity in comparisons by maintaining parallel structure in sentences, for instance, stating route lengths and passenger numbers in the same order for each city.

The table compares the initial and maximum salaries of secondary/high school teachers in 2009 across five countries, alongside the years required to reach the highest salary.

Luxembourg leads with a starting salary of 80,000 USD and offers the greatest potential for growth to 139,000 USD, albeit with a 30-year journey to peak remuneration.

In stark contrast, Denmark and Australia offer a more rapid progression, with Danish educators advancing from 47,000 to 54,000 USD in the shortest span of eight years, and Australian teachers moving from 34,600 to 48,000 USD within nine years.

The starting salaries in South Korea and Japan are the lowest, at 30,500 and 28,000 USD respectively, with the culmination point after several decades—37 for Korea at 84,500 USD and 34 for Japan at 62,400 USD.

To summarize, Luxembourg's teachers enjoy the most lucrative salary trajectory, while Denmark provides the quickest financial ascent. Despite lower starting points, Korean and Japanese teachers can still expect significant earnings over an extended period.

The essay qualifies for the Band 9 score regarding the lexical resource and grammatical range. However, its structure might impede your students from getting a high score as Task 1 description does not require writing the conclusion

The table illustrates the proportion of national expenditure in Ireland, Italy, Spain, Sweden and Turkey on three types of consumer items in 2002.

Overall, the category of consumer goods that all countries spent most on was food, drinks and tobacco, which was three times higher than on the other types of goods. The lowest spending could be seen in the category of leisure and education in all five countries. The outlay of Turkey was generally higher than the other four countries.

In terms of food, drinks and tobacco, Turkey spent the most at 32.14%. The expenditure of Ireland was also high (28.91%) compared to Sweden which spent the least (15.77%). Spain and Italy spent 18.80% and 16.36% respectively. On the other hand, the lowest expenditure was on leisure and education which accounted for under 5% in all countries. Turkey spent most on these items at just 4.35% of their national expenditure which is around double that of Spain (1.98%).

Clothing and footwear was the third category of consumer goods and outlays for those items were between 9% in Italy and 5.40% in Sweden. The national spending in this area for the remaining countries averaged around 6.5%.

The essay qualifies for the Band 9

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• Divide your body into paragraphs.
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