You should spend about 20 minutes on this task.The two graphs show the main sources of energy in the USA in the 1980s and the 1990s.Write a report for a university lecturer describing the changes which occurred.Write at least 150 words.

Submitted by Ebuka on Fri, 03/27/2015 - 13:54

The information presented on the pie charts the major source of energy in the 1980 and 1990 in the USA.

It can be observed clearly from the pie chart that oil is the main source of energy. It was at a proportion of 42% in 1980 but decreased gradually to amount to 33% in 1990. Following this, is the natural gas which has almost the same proportion in 1980 and 1990. There proportions are 26% and 25% respectively. The percentage of coal which is at 22% in 1980 rose significantly in 1990 to 27%. Hydroelectric power and nuclear power are the least source of energy in the USA during the given period. The percentage of energy sourced by hydroelectric power remains constant at both years while that of nuclear power which was at 5% in 1980 was doubled in the 1990.

All in all, the are five energy source in the USA working independently to achieve their various aims.

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IELTS Writing Task I - IELTS Academic

The information presented on the pie charts the major source of energy
Description: what is the verb for this sentence? can you re-write this sentence?

Sentence: There proportions are 26 and 25 respectively.
Description: An existential there is not usually followed by a noun, plural, common
Suggestion: Refer to There and proportions

flaws:
No. of Grammatical Errors: 2 2
No. of Words: 159 200
No. of Different Words: 84 100

Attribute Value Ideal
Score: 6.0 out of 9
Category: Good Excellent
No. of Grammatical Errors: 2 2
No. of Spelling Errors: 0 2
No. of Sentences: 9 10
No. of Words: 159 200
No. of Characters: 692 1000
No. of Different Words: 84 100
Fourth Root of Number of Words: 3.551 4.0
Average Word Length: 4.352 4.6
Word Length SD: 2.659 2.4
No. of Words greater than 5 chars: 41 60
No. of Words greater than 6 chars: 27 50
No. of Words greater than 7 chars: 17 40
No. of Words greater than 8 chars: 15 20
Use of Passive Voice (%): 0 0
Avg. Sentence Length: 17.667 21.0
Sentence Length SD: 5.312 7.5
Use of Discourse Markers (%): 0.222 0.12
Sentence-Text Coherence: 0.433 0.35
Sentence-Para Coherence: 0.572 0.50
Sentence-Sentence Coherence: 0.097 0.07
Number of Paragraphs: 3 4