IELTSTESTsimulationIELTS Writing Task 1 | The number of visitors to three London Museums (Bar Chart)
Task 1 | Essay 8
The bar chart shows the number of visitors to three London Museums between 2007 and 2012.
- Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
How to answer this essay?
- Introduce the bar chart.
- Write what it shows/compares.
- Give a General overview.
- Write in brief about the main changes on the chart.
- Note the changes that occurred to each element.
- Look attentively at the chart and discern each museum's trends.
- Describe each element of the chart in a separate paragraph.
- Tell about each museum's number of visitors and how it changed throughout the period.
Model Answer | Marked as Band 8
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- The bar chart compares the yearly number of visitors in three different museums from 2007 to 2012.
- Overall, the peak of visitors' number was in 2012, while the lowest point was in 2009 and 2010. Victoria and Albert Museum was the most popular from 2007 to 2009. During 2007-2008 its annual number of visitors remained constant at about 14 million people per year. However, the figure started to decline rapidly in 2009, and reached its lowest point of about 8 million in 2010, becoming the least popular museum for the rest of the period. After that, the number of Victoria and Albert Museum's visitors gradually rose up to 10 million visitors within 2 years.
- British Museum was the second most popular in 2007, being outraced by Victoria and Albert Museum. Nevertheless, its number of visitors experienced a sharp fall in 2008 and remained unchanged the following year. Then, the figure started to increase. It reached its peak of approximately 14 million visitors in 2012, regaining its position of 2007.
- National Gallery Museum showed the most notable development with a steady growth throughout the period. Being the least popular museum in the beginning, it experienced a growth of more than 10 million visitors over 6-year period, and became the most visited museum in 2012.
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Zahra HozchiDec 31, 2023
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Kimia KananiSep 09, 2024
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Romilyn TolentinoOct 01, 2025
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Arshad ErnestNov 22, 2025
I found this essay very good in terms of reading and understanding the given information. However, it depends on the learners— they can organize it in different ways to make it more engaging and appealing.
Shyavindi LenadoraMay 02, 2026
The bar chart represents the number of visiriors to three London Museums between 2007 and 2012.When considering overall visitor arrivels in this period these three museums showed a considerable annual visitor levels.In 2012 National Museum got the highest annual visitor numbers and 2007 it showed the lowest visitor number according to the chart. However the figure showing a gradual increase of annual visitor number between 2007 to 2012 for the National Museum.When consider about ths British Museum, it had a dramatic collapse after 2007 and after 2010 it increased gradually. In 2012 it reached near to the 15 millions vistors.Victoria and Albert Museum had a up and down movements in this period . But in 2007 and 2008 it was the highest annual visitor numbers museum among other two museums.However considering all the information in the chart all the museums had a cosiderable up and down troughout the period, but in 2012 annual visitor numbers in all museums surged.
Chamsha PereraMay 02, 2026
The bar graph demonstrates annual visitors of national gallery museum, albert and british museums in london between year 2007 and 2012. Victoria and albert museum was most popular in 2007 and 2008 with highest amount of visitors nevethless, it's number of visitors experienced abruptly fallen in 2009 and 2010 with below ten million. Where as british museum figure begins with around 12 million visitors, and strated with sharp fallen in 2008 and 2009 and rose up to around fourteen million in last two years.Incontrast the national gallery museum experienced a steady growth across the bar graph, while having same number of visitors in 2010 and 2011.Overall, the peak of visitors' number was in 2021 despite the lowest point was at 2009. However national museum showed a notable development throughtout graph while victoria and albert museum declined after 2008.
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