IELTS ACADEMIC
SAMPLE 17

The table below gives information about a restaurant’s average sales in three  different branches in 2016.
Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features,  and make comparisons where relevant.
Write at least 150 words.

Model answer
The table illustrates the performance of three different branches of a  chain of restaurants in three different locations in Vancouver for the year  2016. It is evident that the best performer is the branch in Georgia  Street, which with 854 transactions a day on average has at least 100  more transactions than Dunsmuir Street and more than double from  Drake Street. Georgia Street is also ahead in terms of average  transaction value (ATV), with $10.69 per transaction compared to  Dunsmuir Street’s $5.61 and Drake Street’s $9.02.
On average, eat-in and take-away transactions are almost equal in each  restaurant, with take-away transactions ending slightly ahead in two of  them. Drake Street is the only exception, with eat-in transactions  surpassing take-away by 10.
The table also gives us information about the most popular item in each  branch, revealing that the eating habit of customers in each area are  widely varied: Georgia Street’s best seller is Chicken Burger, while  Dunsmuir Street’s customers favour Chicken Wings, and Drake Street’s  customers prefer Chicken Pasta.
Overall, it is clear that the Georgia Street’s branch is the company’s most profitable branch, with the highest number of transactions and ATV.  Drake Street, on the other hand, lags far behind, despite the fact that its  ATV is higher than Dunsmuir Street.
(212 words)