Ielts Task 1 - Bar Chart - Please give me your opinion on this.

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The chart illustrates the international selling of four types of digital games (mobile phone, online, console, and handheld) in six years between 2000 and 2006. Units are measured in billion American dollar.

Overall, handheld games always achieved the highest global sales over the period given. The others had a tendency to increase in sales, except console games, which decreased over the years.

In terms of handheld games, the worldwide sales were almost 12 billion in 2000. Then, this figure rose steadily to reach a peak of around 18 billion in the final year. On the other hand, people didn’t show their preference for console games over the period shown. The international sales started at around 6 billion in the first year, then constantly decreased and dropped to just 3 billion in final year.

The proportion of mobile phone games sales was at 0 in the first two years. However, the figure started to climb gradually from 2002 to 2006 (2 billion and around 7 billion respectively). There was a similar growth in the number of online games sales, which was evident reaching 1 billion in 2001 and around 9 billion in the final year.

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The (what kind of chart?) chart illustrates (wrong word) the global ~~international~~ selling (wrong word) of four types of digital games (mobile phone, online, console, and handheld) in the six-year period ~~six years~~ between 2000 and 2006. Units are measured in billion American dollar. (wrong form)

Overall, handheld games always achieved the highest global sales over the period given. The others had a tendency to increase in sales, except console games, which decreased over the years.

In terms of handheld games, the worldwide sales were almost 12 billion in 2000. Then, it ~~this figure~~ (Avoid "figure" in Task 1. A figure in this context is a map, diagram, table or chart inserted with the text. They are numbered "Figure 1., Figure 2, Figure 3. ...") rose steadily to reach a peak (That is not a peak. It is the highest value on the chart.) of around 18 billion in the final year. On the other hand, people didn’t show their preference for console games (You are making an inference, opinion or conclusion. Do not write any conclusions in Task 1. Just describe the figure.) over the period shown. The international (wrong word) sales started at around 6 billion in the first year, then constantly decreased and dropped to just 3 billion in final year.

The proportion (Proportional to what?) of mobile phone games (wrong form) sales was at 0 in the first two years. However, the figure started to climb gradually from 2002 to 2006 (2 billion and around 7 billion respectively).

If you use proportion, the data must be expressed in percentages or ratios. For example,

The proportion of mobile phone game sales in 2000 and 2001 was 0. The first sales were made in 2002, when it captured about 8% of the market, and by the end of the period it reached 18%. In contrast, the market share of handheld games declined from about two-thirds in 2000 to less than 50% in 2006.

8% in 2002: The total sales were 2 ( online), 2 ( phone), 5 ( console) and 15 ( handheld), making $24 bn total sales. Mobile phone sales were $ 2bn out of $24 bn or a proportion of 8%.

The proportions of sales in 2002 were

8% online
8% phone
21% console
63% handheld

There was a similar growth in the number (wrong word - number of sales would be how many times the game was sold. For example, if a game sold for $2 and the number of sales was 1000, the sales value is $2000) of online games sales, which was evident (opinion. Words like "obvious, evident, apparent," are opinion words) reaching 1 billion in 2001 and around 9 billion in the final year.

Vocabulary: Peak

A peak on a line graph is where the values both before and after the peak are lower. These graphs show peaks in the price or value of gold over time.

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