The chart below shows how frequently people in the USA ate in fast food restaurants between 2003 and 2013. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The chart below shows how frequently people in the USA ate in fast food

restaurants between 2003 and 2013.

Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and

make comparisons where relevant.
The bar chart compares the frequency of eating in fast
food
restaurants
of
Change preposition
in
show examples
Americans from 2003 to 2013.
Overall
,
it is clear that
there are no significant differences between each year in each frequency of eating fast
food
, they all have a relatively similar pattern.
While
people
ate fast
food
every day and never eat fast
food
was rare compared with other categories, most of them ate once a
week
and once or twice a
month
. In 2003,
people
who ate in fast
food
restaurants once a day were the most uncommon, at around 4% only,
while
over 30% of them ate once a
week
and once or twice a
month
. A similar trend was seen in 2006,
which
Correct word choice
when
show examples
the figure was the lowest in everyday categories, at 3% and the highest was 'once a
week
', reaching a peak of approximately 33%, 2% more than that in 2003.
However
, a drastic drop was seen in 'once or twice a
month
' in 2006, which fell by 5% to 25%. In terms of the percentage of
people
consuming at junk
food
shops in 2013,
people
Correct article usage
the people
show examples
consumed every day remained the lowest, at the same level as that in 2006.
By contrast
, the percentage of them eating once a
week
decreased to 27%, but the figure for
people
eating once or twice a
month
rose to the peak of 33%, 8% more than that in 2006.
Submitted by noname on

Unauthorized use and/or duplication of this material without express and written permission from this site’s author and/or owner is strictly prohibited. Excerpts and links may be used, provided that full and clear credit is given to Writing9 with appropriate and specific direction to the original content.

Linking words: Don't use the same linking words: "while".
Vocabulary: Replace the words food, people, week, month with synonyms.
Vocabulary: The word "compares" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "figure" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "percentage" was used 2 times.

Essentional vocabulary list for IELTS Writing 7+

Learn how to write high-scoring essays with powerful words.
Download Free PDF and start improving you writing skills today!
Topic Vocabulary:
  • fast food consumption
  • dining frequency
  • decade overview
  • trend analysis
  • to dine out
  • fluctuation
  • sharp increase
  • gradual decline
  • eating habits
  • statistical comparison
  • consuming pattern
  • noteworthy change
  • anomaly
  • periodic comparison
  • data interpretation
What to do next:
Look at other essays: