The diagram below shows the relative carbon emissions of six categories of people.

Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make
comparisons where relevant.

*Pescatarians are people who eat fish but not meat. Graph is from Vox
The diagram illustrates the environmental impact of six different types of diet in terms of carbon
emissions. Units are measured in pounds of carbon dioxide emitted daily.
Overall, it is clear that (1a) __________________ meat there is in a person’s diet, (1b)
________________________ carbon emissions they are responsible for. Thus heavy meat eaters
caused (2) ______________________ emissions while people who do not use any animal product
were responsible for (3) __________________.
A (4) _________________ (close) look at the chart indicates that the carbon emissions of frequent
meat eaters were well over (5) _______ ____ ____________ ____ those of vegans (6.4 verses
15.8), and even a low meat diet was significantly (6) _________________ (good) for the
environment, producing 5.5 fewer pounds of CO2.
With regards to the three groups that do not eat meat, it is notable that fish-eaters had (7)
_______________________ (high) emissions (8.6). However, the difference between their
emissions and those who ate neither fish nor meat were negligible (0.2). Vegans, on the other hand
created two pounds (8) ______________ C02 (6.4). (160 words)

Answers on the following page.

(1a) the more Help and practice with this structure if you don’t understand it.
(1b) the more
(2) the most
(3) the least. (Remember it’s the least and not less because you are comparing more than two
things)
(4) closer Comparatives and superlatives are crucial for the grammar assessment of your writing
and speaking in IELTS. Learn it here. (Explanation on the right)
(5) twice as high as // double /// two times more than
(6) better
(7) the highest
(8) less
Remember not to include anything in task 1 which is not in the graph (i.e. do not include your
opinion!)