IELTS Academic Writing Task 1/ Graph Writing – Line Graph:
» You should spend about 20 minutes on this task.
The graph below shows the weekday volume of passenger activity on the Toronto Metro system for July 2007.
Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
You should write at least 150 words.
Model Answer 1:
The line graph illustrates the volume of passenger activity on the Toronto Metro system at various times on a typical weekday in July 2007, with figures shown in thousands of passengers.
Overall, passenger numbers follow a clear commuter pattern, with two pronounced peaks occurring during the morning and evening rush hours. Usage is comparatively low at the beginning of the day, drops again in mid-afternoon, and then declines steadily after the evening peak.
At 6 a.m., the metro carries the fewest passengers, at roughly 100,000. Numbers then rise sharply, reaching around 200,000 by 7 a.m., before climbing to the day’s highest point of approximately 400,000 at 8 a.m. After this morning’s surge, the number of passengers in this metro station falls significantly to about 180,000 at 10 a.m., and then levels off at around 300,000 by midday.
During the afternoon, the system remains relatively quiet, with passenger activity dipping to roughly 100,000 at 4 p.m. However, demand rebounds rapidly in the early evening, rising to around 280,000 at 5 p.m. and reaching a second peak of about 380,000 at 6 p.m. Following this, passenger numbers decrease sharply, approximately 150,000 to 180,000 people using the Toronto metro system between 8 p.m and 10 p.m.
Sample Answer 2:
The line graph demonstrates the passenger activities on the Toronto Metro System for a week in July 2007. The x-axis of the graph shows different hours of the day, while the y-axis shows the number of passengers in thousands.
Overall, it is apparent from the line graph that the highest number of passengers used the Toronto Metro System at 8 in the morning and 6 in the evening.
As can be seen, the activity at Toronto Metro Station begins at 6:00 in the morning with the rush of 100 thousand people, and a fairly similar pattern can be noticed at 4 in the evening. The Toronto Metro, in these two hours, received the lowest number of passengers. However, people rushed in at 8:00 in the morning, and 400 thousand of them were on this metro at that time. A similar number of passengers used this subway at 6:00 in the evening.
Moreover, with a drastic downfall, the travellers reached about 200 thousand at 10:00 in the morning. Moving further, after a climb to 300 thousand passengers at 12 noon. It then stabilised at around 2:00 pm before a significant fall at 4:00 pm. However, afterwards, the number kept on increasing before reaching approximately 400,000 at 6:00 pm. From that point, fewer passengers used the Metro, and at 10:00 pm, there were roughly 150,000 travellers present on the Metro System.