The charts below give information about USA marriage and divorce rates between 1970 and 2000, and the marital status of adult Americans in two of the years.

IELTS Writing Task Chart for The charts below give information about USA marriage and divorce rates between 1970 and 2000, and the marital status of adult Americans in two of the years.

The given bar charts illustrate the number of marriages and divorces in the USA

as well as

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the marital status of adult Americans over the period from 1970 to 2000.

Overall

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, the number of marriages decreased across the three decades

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while

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, while

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the number of divorced couples fluctuated.

However

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, the marital status of adult Americans was divided into four categories. On the one hand, the count of

maritial

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marital

unions remained stable in the USA between 1970 and 1980 at 2,5

million

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marriages ,

then

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apply

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it slightly decreased to 2

million

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in 2000,

while

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the count of divorces rose from 1

million

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in 1970 to 1,4

million

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in 1980,

then

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it dropped again to 1

million

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On the other hand

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, the majority of American adults were married in 1970 and 2000, with a proportion of 70% , reduced by 10ù in 2000.

Moreover

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, the percentage of never-married individuals went up from 15% in 1970 to 20% after 30 years. Widowed and divorced citizens remained the lowest share of the American society

with

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, with

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a percentage under 5% in both years.

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Linking words: Don't use the same linking words: "while".

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Vocabulary: Replace the words million with synonyms.

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Vocabulary: Rephrase the word "give" in your introduction.

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Vocabulary: The word "number of" was used 3 times.

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Vocabulary: The word "percentage" was used 2 times.

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Vocabulary: The word "decreased" was used 2 times.

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Vocabulary: The word "remained" was used 2 times.

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meeting the goal of 3 or fewer
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Overall Band Score

Coherence and Cohesion: 8.0

Logical structure

Single idea per paragraph

Introduction & conclusion present

Accurate linking words

Variety in linking words

Lexical resource: 4.0

Varied vocabulary

Accurate spelling & word formation

Grammatical Range: 6.0

Mix of complex & simple sentences

Clear and correct grammar

Task Achievement: 9.0

Complete response

Suitable writing tone

Appropriate word count

4 paragraphs

174 words

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