The line graph illustrates how many barrels of oil were produced and consumed daily in China from 1982 to 2006.

Overall, both the supply and demand for oil increased throughout the span covered. It is also clear that while the figure for the former was higher than the latter up until around 1993, the reverse was true for the remaining period.

In detail, at the beginning, exactly 2 million barrels of oil were produced in China, whereas slightly fewer barrels were consumed. After 4 years, while the daily production capacity rose by 1 million barrels, amounting to 3 million barrels, the consumption rate saw a negligible growth. However, by about 1993, the production line had converged with that of consumption at a 3-million-barrel-a-day mark.

The figures continued to grow. Although the rate of production was steady, growing by about a mere 0.1 million barrels every 4 years till 2006, the figure for consumption increased significantly, finishing the period at just over 6 million barrels. This figure was almost 2 times higher than the number of barrels produced.

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It is a common problem for students who have just started writing essays to come up with relevant ideas for task questions. To help them, I want to share these 12 adjectives from Maximizer writing book. These adjectives are applicable to almost all questions. Let's look at some examples:

Essay question: Modern buildings change the character and appearance of towns and cities. The government should insist that new buildings be built in traditional styles to protect cultural identity. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

We can look at the given socially, culturally, educationally, historically...

Another question: Some people think that good health is a basic human need, so the medical service should not be run by profit -making companies. Do you think the disadvantages of the private health care outweigh the advantages?

We might generate ideas considering economic, physical, social, maybe global perspectives.

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Recently, I've learned the examiner's interpretation of what constitutes 'mechanical' writing. This is described in band 6 for CC in the task 1 and 2 marking criteria.
So what exactly would be a sign of 'mechanical' writing?

The main interpretation I've found is that it refers to the use of 'linking word plus comma' (not the technical name) being constantly used at the start of sentences. In other words, if every sentence starts with ['firstly, secondly, thirdly, finally' or 'for example, for instance, To illustrate, As a result, In addition, furthermore, nevertheless'], you are likely to max out at CC 6 (which makes getting a 7 very difficult).
Of course it's ok to start sentences like this sometimes, just don't do it all the time.
What are some alternatives?

Instead of saying 'firstly', you could say 'one obvious/clear/possible reason/problem/concern/issue is that...' or instead of secondly, you could say something like 'the fact that S+V is also an issue' or 'another issue is the fact that...'.

Instead of saying 'Therefore' or 'As a result', you could say 'a consequence of this is...'. Instead of 'however', you might be able to use 'despite the fact that x ..., y...'.

Remember, it's ok to have some sentences start with one of these linking expressions and then a comma, but don't start any more than half of your sentences like this - just to keep yourself safe.

As this is relatively new information for me as well, I'll be editing my essays in the future to reflect this higher-level approach.

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