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WRITING SUPPLEMENT

This Writing Supplement includes model answers for all the writing tasks from the Practice Tests. Example
candidate answers at varying levels are also provided followed by detailed justifications of the marks awarded.

Test 1

Task 1 - Model Answer
This is an example of a very good answer. There are many different approaches that could be taken,
however, and this is just one of them.

This graph illustrates the volume of passengers that travel on the metro in Toronto at different times of day
on a typical weekday in July.

The volume of passengers during the week using the Toronto Metro system varies significantly according to
the time of day. The system opens at 6 a.m. and passenger volume averages around 100,000 people using the
system at that time. By 8 a.m., the system is at its maximum daily volume, averaging around 400,000 people.
At around 6:30 p.m., the volume is again near this peak number, but does not quite reach the 400,000 point.
Between these two times volume is at its lowest level at around 4 p.m. and the second-lowest level at around 10
a.m.. Between the hours of 12 p.m. and 3 p.m. passenger volume seems to even out at around 300,000 people.
After 6:00 p.m., the volume of passengers drops steadily until slightly before 8 p.m., when volume picks up
again. This trend continues until a little after 9, and then the volume drops by the 10 o’clock closing time to
around 140,000 people.

This graph can be best explained by people’s work schedules. Most people begin work between 8 and 9 a.m. and
finish between 5 and 7 p.m.. This would mean commuting would be at its heaviest before 9 a.m. and 7p.m., as re-
flected in the graph. The midday plateau could be explained by activity during lunch breaks.

Task 1 - Example Answer
This is an example of an answer that satisfies the requirements for band 5. The answer successfully sum-
marises the main points of the graph, though there are some details left out which could have been in-
cluded. There are frequent errors in grammar and some lexical inaccuracies, but although they are
distracting, they do not generally obscure the intended meaning. Sentences tend to be short and use sim-
ple structures. A strong point in this composition is the organisation of ideas into logical paragraphs.

Here is a graph of the passengers travel on the Toronto Metro system in July. It shows very busy in the
morning and very busy in the evening and other times not so much busy. The most busy time is 7 the morning
and again 6 the evening. These times have 400 thousands of passengers. This is when the people are going to
work.

Before the two times of very busy, it is the most quiet. At 6 the morning and 4 in afternoon, are only 100
thousands of passengers traveling. Here, people are at home or they are at work and they are not going any-
where.

Another time that is busy, but not so much busy as other times is from half 11 to half 2 in the day. In these
time it is different because there is not so much change. There are always around 300 thousands passengers.
It is very stable in that. Here perhaps the people are going for lunch or for shopping or to do small jobs on
the lunch break. And perhaps the people who do not work are going for shopping.

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