TASK 1 (Bar chart): Cinema-goers
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Sample Answer
The provided bar chart illustrates the proportions of cinema-goers in a particular European country on different days within a typical week across three years: 2003, 2005, and 2007.
Overall, people in this surveyed country tended to visit movie theatres towards the weekends, particularly on Saturdays, while Fridays and Sundays recorded comparable figures of movie-goers. Notably, Tuesday and Wednesday were the only days within the week with declining trends; however, the reverse was true for most of the remaining days, except for Friday, which showed a stable pattern.
Looking initially at days with lower cinema attendance rates, 10% of respondents went to the cinema on Monday in 2003, followed by a roughly 4% increase two years later and a subsequent drop to around 12% in 2007. An opposite pattern was seen on Tuesday, with the beginning and ending years (20% and 18%, respectively) towering over 2005 (17%), which also represented the surpassing popularity of Tuesday compared to its prior weekday. By contrast, Wednesday saw a falling trend, starting at over 15% in 2003 and ending at just over half of this value (around 9%) in 2007. Meanwhile, Thursday showed a fall in attendance figures for 2003 and 2005, dropping to approximately 13% and 9%, in turn, but a rise for 2007, with the number growing to nearly 15%.
Turning to the three remaining days with the highest cinema-going rates, Friday displayed a stationary trend, as all surveyed years registered a similar percentage of 30%. Saturday was the preferred day for cinemas, with figures showing an increasing trajectory, starting at 40% in 2003, reaching a peak of 45% before dropping by around 3%. Lastly, people in 2005 most preferred going to see a movie on Sunday, with nearly 35% showing approval, far surpassing the statistics for 2007 and 2003, at around 32% and 30%, respectively.
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The provided bar chart illustrates the proportions of cinema-goers in a particular European country on different days within a typical week across three years: 2003, 2005, and 2007.
Overall, people in this surveyed country tended to visit movie theatres towards the weekends, particularly on Saturdays, while Fridays and Sundays recorded comparable figures of movie-goers. Notably, Tuesday and Wednesday were the only days within the week with declining trends; however, the reverse was true for most of the remaining days, except for Friday, which showed a stable pattern.
Looking initially at days with lower cinema attendance rates, 10% of respondents went to the cinema on Monday in 2003, followed by a roughly 4% increase two years later and a subsequent drop to around 12% in 2007. An opposite pattern was seen on Tuesday, with the beginning and ending years (20% and 18%, respectively) towering over 2005 (17%), which also represented the surpassing popularity of Tuesday compared to its prior weekday. By contrast, Wednesday saw a falling trend, starting at over 15% in 2003 and ending at just over half of this value (around 9%) in 2007. Meanwhile, Thursday showed a fall in attendance figures for 2003 and 2005, dropping to approximately 13% and 9%, in turn, but a rise for 2007, with the number growing to nearly 15%.
Turning to the three remaining days with the highest cinema-going rates, Friday displayed a stationary trend, as all surveyed years registered a similar percentage of 30%. Saturday was the preferred day for cinemas, with figures showing an increasing trajectory, starting at 40% in 2003, reaching a peak of 45% before dropping by around 3%. Lastly, people in 2005 most preferred going to see a movie, with nearly 35% showing approval, far surpassing the statistics for 2007 and 2003, at around 32% and 30%, respectively.
Vocabulary
- illustrates the proportions – minh họa tỷ lệ
- Overall – nhìn chung
- tended to visit movie theatres towards the weekends – có xu hướng đi xem phim vào cuối tuần
- recorded comparable figures – ghi nhận số liệu tương đương
- Notably – đáng chú ý là
- declining trends – xu hướng giảm
- the reverse was true – điều ngược lại đúng
- showed a stable pattern – cho thấy xu hướng ổn định
- Looking initially at – ban đầu xem xét
- lower cinema attendance rates – tỷ lệ người đi xem phim thấp hơn
- increase two years later – tăng sau hai năm
- subsequent drop – sự giảm sau đó
- opposite pattern was seen – mô hình ngược lại được thấy
- towering over – vượt trội hơn
- surpassing popularity – mức độ phổ biến vượt trội
- prior weekday – ngày trong tuần trước đó
- By contrast – ngược lại
- saw a falling trend – chứng kiến xu hướng giảm
- showed a fall in attendance figures – cho thấy sự giảm về số người tham dự
- dropping to approximately – giảm xuống khoảng
- a rise for 2007 – sự tăng vào năm 2007
- growing to nearly – tăng lên gần
- highest cinema-going rates – tỷ lệ đi xem phim cao nhất
- reaching a peak of – đạt mức cao nhất là
- far surpassing the statistics – vượt xa các số liệu
Tóm tắt cấu trúc:
1️. Introduction – Giới thiệu biểu đồ
Structure:
🔹 The provided bar chart illustrates + what + where + when.
→ Giới thiệu dạng biểu đồ, đối tượng, và thời gian.
Example:
The provided bar chart illustrates the proportions of cinema-goers in a particular European country on different days within a typical week across three years: 2003, 2005, and 2007.
👉 Biểu đồ cột cho thấy tỷ lệ người đi xem phim trong một quốc gia châu Âu, trên các ngày trong tuần, trong ba năm 2003, 2005 và 2007.
➡️ Tip: Viết một câu duy nhất, tránh nêu chi tiết số liệu.
2️. Overview – Tổng quan
Structure:
🔹 Overall, + general trend 1 + general trend 2.
→ Tóm tắt xu hướng nổi bật, so sánh chung, nêu điểm cao – thấp.
Không có số liệu.
Example:
Overall, people tended to visit movie theatres towards the weekends, particularly on Saturdays, while Fridays and Sundays recorded comparable figures. Notably, Tuesday and Wednesday showed declines, whereas Friday remained stable.
👉 Cuối tuần (đặc biệt Thứ Bảy) là lúc đông nhất; Thứ Ba và Thứ Tư giảm, còn Thứ Sáu giữ nguyên.
➡️ Tip:
- Dùng từ “Overall,” “In general,” “It is clear that…”
- Gộp nhóm (weekend vs weekdays).
- Highlight xu hướng tăng/giảm/ổn định tổng quát.
3️. Body Paragraph 1 – Các ngày có tỷ lệ thấp (Lower attendance days)
Structure:
🔹 Looking initially at… + nhóm có đặc điểm chung (vd: weekdays).
→ Mô tả xu hướng tăng/giảm, so sánh giữa các năm, dùng linking devices như: by contrast, similarly, meanwhile…
Example (simplified):
Looking initially at days with lower attendance, Monday rose slightly then fell; Tuesday fluctuated; Wednesday declined sharply; meanwhile, Thursday dipped before recovering.
👉 Nhóm các ngày yếu hơn (Mon–Thu) → mô tả từng ngày theo pattern riêng (tăng/giảm/dao động).
➡️ Tip:
- Dùng then / followed by / subsequently / meanwhile để mạch lạc.
- Không cần tất cả số, chỉ cần xu hướng + cột mốc chính.
- Gộp nhóm thông minh:
Mon–Thu = low attendance group,
Fri–Sun = high attendance group.
4️. Body Paragraph 2 – Các ngày có tỷ lệ cao (Higher attendance days)
Structure:
🔹 Turning to the remaining days… + mô tả nhóm nổi bật (weekend).
→ Nêu xu hướng, đỉnh điểm, so sánh.
Example:
Turning to the remaining days, Friday remained stable at 30% throughout; Saturday was the most popular day, peaking at 45% in 2005; and Sunday followed a similar upward pattern.
👉 Nhóm ngày mạnh (Fri–Sun) → mô tả rõ ngày cao nhất, thấp hơn, ổn định.
➡️ Tip:
- Luôn đưa thứ tự logic (thấp → cao hoặc ngược lại).
- Dùng comparative linking: by contrast, similarly, in comparison…
- Kết lại bằng câu tóm nhóm:
Overall, weekend attendance was consistently higher than during weekdays.
