SAMPLE ANSWER:
The rendered data, in the form of a line graph, delineates information about the proportion of Australia’s trade to various countries like Japan, the U.S., China, and India between 1990 and 2012. The data is calibrated in percentage.
Overall, the graph depicts a clear trend of decreasing import proportions from Japan and the U.S. while China’s import proportion had been increasing significantly. India’s ratio of imports had been increasing as well, but not as much as China’s.
Looking first at Japan and the US, the proportion of Australian exports to Japan dropped significantly from roughly 26% in the beginning to 25% in the next five years. Afterward, this declined gradually to end at about 17% in 2012. This figure for the US fluctuated around 10% and reached a peak of around 11% in 2000 before falling extensively to its bottom of 5%. This number then climbed to finish the period at about 7%.
Taking the rest of the information about India and China into consideration, the data on Australian exports to China went up sharply from about 3% in 1990 to 25% in the next 10 years. After that, this figure peaked at approximately 28% at the end of the period shown. The proportion for India remained stable at around 2% for 3 years before rising steeply and then soaring to its highest percentage, 7% in 2010. Finally, there was a moderate drop in proportion till it reached exactly 5% at the end of the period surveyed.
VOCABULARY USED
Rendered – Given
Delineates – Illustrates
Proportion – Percentage
Calibrated – Measured
Dropped – Decreased, Declined
Significantly – Importantly
Gradually – Slowly
Extensively – Considerably, notably
Climbed – Increased
Approximately – Nearly
Steeply – Sharply
Soaring – Raising
CONNECTORS USED
Overall, a graph depicts….
While
Looking first at….
Afterward
Taking the rest of the information
After that
Finally
TENSE USED
SIMPLE PAST TENSE: Subject + Verb 2nd Form + Object
Example: Afterward, this declined gradually to end at about 17% in 2012.
PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS: Subject + had been+V1+ing + Object + time frame.
While China’s import proportion had been increasing significantly from 1990 to 2012, the import of India declined gradually.