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The table below provide information on rental charges and salaries

in three areas of London Write a report for a university lecturer describing the information shown below.

You should write at least 150 words

Weekly rents per property (£/w) Salaries needed (£/year)

Model answer

The table shows two sets of related information: the relative cost, inpounds, of renting a property with one, two or three bedrooms in threedifferent suburbs of London and an indication of the kind of annual salaryyou would need to be earning to rent in these areas

Of the three areas mentioned, Notting Hill is the most expensive with

weekly rents starting at £375 (salary approximately £100,000) and rising

to £738 per week for a 3-bedroom property To afford this, you wouldrequire a salary in the region of £200,000 per annum Alternatively,Fulham is the cheapest area shown with rents ranging from £215 perweek for a one bedroom property to £600 per week for a 3-bedroomproperty To rent in this area, salaries need to be somewhere between

£85,000 and £170,000 depending on the number of bedrooms required.For those able to pay in the middle price range for accommodation,Regent's Park might be a more suitable district

(163 words)

You should spend about 20 minutes on this task

The table below shows the sales at a small restaurant in a

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

Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples fromyour own knowledge or experience

Sales: week of October 7-13

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$2,400

$2,450

$2,595

$2,375

$2,500

$1,950

$1,550

Dinn

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$3,623

$3,850

$3,445

$3,800

$4,350

$2,900

$2,450

Model answer

The sales at this small restaurant during the week of October 7 to 13thfollowed a fairly set pattern from Monday to Friday, and then showednotable shift on the weekend The lunch and dinner sales during the weekpeaked on Friday and then dipper down as the weekend set in

During the week of October 7-14th, the lunch sales averaged atapproximately $2,400 The highest lunch sales occurred on Friday, andthe lowest occurred on Sunday Sunday's lunch sales were approximately

$1,000 less than the average lunch sales during the rest of the week

Dinner sales, which generated at least $1,000 to $1,500 more a day thanlunch sales, also remained steady during the week Just like the lunchsales, the dinner sales peak on Friday and dipped down for the weekend

Excluding Wednesday and Thursday, the lunch and dinner sales fromOctober 7-11 rose gradually until the end of the business week Midweek,

on Wednesday and Thursday, the sales were slightly lower than they

According to the sales report, this restaurant has a steady lunch anddinner crowd The most profitable day during the second week ofOctober was Friday Sunday, was the least profitable day, with the full

day's sales totaling/totalling less than the Friday dinner sales Thesenumbers are reflective of a restaurant that is located in abusiness/financial district where business hours are Monday throughFriday.

(234 words)

You should spend about 20 minutes on this task

The chart below shows the number of girls per 100 boys enrolled in

Write a short report for a university lecturer describing the information shown below.

You should write at least 150 words

Model answer

The chart shows the number of female students per 100 male students in

On Average, more boys than girls were enrolled in school both in 1990and 1998 in all the countries, except in tertiary education in developedcountries The number of girls per 100 boys was bigger in 1998 than in

1990 in the two country groups and in all the educational stages

Turning to the detail, there were more boys than girls in primary andsecondary education As can be seen, developing countries saw a biggerdiscrepancy between the numbers of male and female students thandeveloped countries, with the number of girls per 100 boys at 83 in 1990

However, in developed countries, the balance of the two was much closer

to the ideal, particularly in secondary education, with 98 girls per 100

Regarding tertiary education, the balance was even worse than in anyother levels of education in developing countries with 66 girls enrolledfor every 100 boys in 1990 and 75 in 1998 On the other hand, indeveloping countries, the number of girls overtook that of boys at 105per 100 boys in 1990 and 112 in 1998

(213 words)

You should spend about 20 minutes on this task

The charts give information about two genres of TV programmes watched by men and women and four different age groups in Australia.

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

Write at least 150 words

IELTS Tip

 With graphs, make sure you understand what each axis ismeasuring

 With bar and pie charts, there is often a key which tells you whateach different bar or area represents.

 With tables, read the data across the rows and down the columns

to identify the key features

Fill in the gaps in the model answer.

The charts give information about the genres of TV programmes thatAustralian men and women and different age groups watch It is clear

from the charts that women tend to watch television than man overall, although they watch slightly game shows The people who watch the television are in the 45+ age group.

Nearly 70% of women watch reality shows, which is almost as

many as the percentage of men who choose this genre of programme

Nevertheless, most age groups watch reality shows than game shows revealing that game shows are generally popular than

The percentage of people watching reality shows increases steadily from

ages 16 to 45 with the percentage of viewers, at just over 50% of the age group 16-24 and the percentage, at 68% of the over-45s.

However, the pattern is different for game shows The number of

programmes watched by 25- to 44-year-olds is lower than the

number watched by 16- to 24-year-olds and those over 45 Just over 50%

of 16- to 24-year-olds watch game shows, but this share is not high

as the share of people aged 45 and over watching game shows, at nearly

70% Only 41% of 35- to 44-year-olds watch game shows, and the share

of 24- to 34-year-olds is lower at 38%.

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IELTS Writing Task 1 #127

has decreased not it's decreased).

3) Avoid using very informal vocabulary (e.g write it has become more

4) Avoid using very informal punctuation, such as exclamation marks

5) Try to use linking devices, such as In contrast, However, Moreover, Similarly, to connect points.

You should spend about 20 minutes on this task

The graph below shows relative price changes for fresh fruits and vegetables, sugars and sweets, and carbonated drinks between 1978

Data are from the Bureau of Labor Statistics and represent the U.S cityaverages for all urban consumers in January of each year.

Read the following model answer Complete the answer by filling the gaps with a word from the box below.

periodic period temporaril

US between 1979 2009 The graph also shows the general inthe consumer price index during this time.

While the consumer price index showed a slow and increase from

1979 to 2009, the same cannot be said for the price of carbonated, or softdrinks After rising briefly between 1979 and 1981, they fairlyconstant until 1999, when the price did begin to increase slowly

In contrast, there was a marked difference in the price of fresh fruits andvegetables, which, despite fluctuations, rose throughout thisperiod In fact, fresh food prices only levelled out between 1990 and

1992 and again 2000 to 2001 However, 2008 the price hadincreased by more than 300%

Test Tip

Vocabulary: Do not confuse ton and tonne A ton is the same as 1.016

tonnes In American English a ton is 2000 pounds

Grammar: Use adverbs to make your comparisons more exact.

To emphasise a difference, you can use: many, much, far,

The percentage of garbage being recycled in 1970 was slightly higher than

in 1960.

Write a report for a university lecturer describing the information

in the graph below.

 You should write at least 150 words.

 Allow yourself 20 minutes for this task.

model answer:

The graph compares the rate of smoking in men and women in Somelandbetween the years 1960 and 2000 It can be clearly seen that the rate ofsmoking for both men and women is currently declining and that fewer

In 1960, 600 men in every 1,000 was smoking This number decreasedgradually to 500 by 1974 and continued to decrease but more steeply to

250 in 2000 In contrast, the rate of smoking in women in 1960 was verylow at only 80 in every 1,000 By 1968 this increased to 170, andincreased again but more steeply to 320 in 1977 The rate of femalesmokers then remained stable at 320 until 1984 at which point thefigures began to decline and had dropped to 200 by 2000

In conclusion we can see that the rate of smoking in men droppedthroughout the whole period but was always at a higher level than thefemale figures The rate of smoking in women increased until 1977 butthen decreased for the rest of the period

You should spend about 20 minutes on this task

The graph below compares the number of visits to two new music

Write a report for a university lecturer describing the information shown below.

You should write at least 150 words

model answer 1:

The graph shows the number of hits to two new music sites on the web,measured in thousands over a period of fifteen days As far as MusicChoice is concerned, the number of visits to the Site fluctuated between20,000 and 40,000 in the first eleven days, except for Day 3 when theyreached 60,000 By contrast, visits to the Pop Parade Site fell erraticallyfrom approximately 120,000 hits on Day 1 to around 40,000 on Day 7

Between days 11 and 15 visits to Music Choice fluctuated dramatically,hitting a peak of over 120,000 on Day 14 Despite a drop to less than40,000 hits, Pop Parade Saw a huge increase in the number of hitsbetween Days 9 and 11, reaching a total of over 150,000 hits on Day 11

At the end of the fifteen-day period the number of hits to Pop Paradepeaked at around 170,00, whereas those for Music Choice Showed amarked decline to around 70,000

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model answer 2:

The graph shows people using new music places on the Internet in fifteendays period of time namely personal choice and trendy pop music

The overall trend shows fluctuation with slight Increased towards the

Starting with Music Choice websites; 40,000 poeple went on this new site

on first-day Half of them backed out the next day In Contrast to this PopParade net sites were visited by 120,000 music lovers on day one whichdecreased slightly on the next day thereafter regaining the same fame on

After 3rd day the enthusiasm for both music lines on Internet droppedslowly- reaching maximum fall of 40,000 on 7th day Whereas Musicchoice gained popularity, slightly Improoving to get the original strength

of 30,000 viewers on screen, but was getting still less visiters than theiropponent Pop group i.e 40,000 on day 7

In the biegining of the next week both gained remarkable recovery after afew fluctuations for 8th and 9th day having 40,000 and 50,000 visitersrespectively, reaching to their peaks of one and a half thousand newviewers for Pop Parade on 11th day showing a contrast of very fewpeople visiting Music choice for the same day Thereafter Music choicegained popularity on 12th day for having more than 120,000 new visiters

on web.

In the end of the period Pop sites were visited by maximum viewers of180,000 whereas sites located to Music choice were not explored bymore than 80,000 explorers on the last day of the report

(257 words)

This is an answer written by a candidate who achieved a Band 6 score.

Here is the examiner's comment:

Well organized with some good linking devices and collocations (gainpopularity, remarkable recovery, decrease slightly) and some validcomparison of the music sites However, some sentences are long andconfusing (paragraph 5), some collocations are inaccurate (slightincreased, reaching to their peaks) and there is some repetition (7th day,3rd day, 11 th day) Some words are spelt incorrectly (poeple,Improoving, visiters, biegining)

You should spend about 20 minutes on this task

The graph below shows waste recycling rates in the U.S from 1960

You should spend about 20 minutes on this task

The graph below shows the population figures of different types of turtles in India between 1980 and 2012.

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

Write at least 150 words

Model answer

The total number of all species of turtles in India has been relativelystable over the last two decades, although there were significant drops innumbers between 1987 and 1989 and again in 1992 and 1996 Since

2004 there has been an improvement in numbers of all species, althoughthe graph shows a slight decrease in 2010

In contrast, the population of Leatherback turtles has suffered a severedecline, particularly in 1988 when numbers fell dramatically The rate ofdecline in the population appears to have slowed and it has remained

relatively stable since 2009.

There was also a fall in the number of Green turtles of around 30%between 1984 and 2002 The population increased slightly in 2010 but it

It is only Olive Ridley turtles that have seen a steady increase inpopulation over this period Their numbers dropped slightly in 2007 andagain in 2012 but the overall trend has been a positive one

(162 words)

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The graph below shows the unemployment rates in the US and Japan between March 1993 and March 1999.

Write a short report for a university lecturer describing the information shown below.

You should write at least 150 words

of 1996 Japan turned out to be less lucky, as their unemployment ratedoubled in three years From then on, the percentage of unemployedworkforce in United States remained roughly the same — about 5% untilMarch 99, although there were minor falls and rises in the

As for Japan, the percentage of unemployed fell rapidly by 0.5—0.6%after March 1996, but from summer 1996 and onwards it grew steadilyand without any falls to reach 5.0% boundary in March 1999 The major conclusion that I've drawn using the graph, is that number of

unemployed in USA decreased by about 2.0% in the course of six years,while in Japan it actually increased by 2.5% As a result, in March 99, bothJapan and US had about 5% of their work force unemployed.

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

Write at least 150 words

Source: http://www.epa.gov/epawaste/facts-text.htm#chart3

Read the following sample answer Complete the answer by filling the gaps with the correct form of the words in the box Some words can be used more than once.

The graph depicts waste recycling rates in the U.S 1960 to 2011, in

Between 1960 and 1970, the percentage of garbage being recycledannually remained relatively at just over 6% It then slightly

over the next 15 years to 10.1% in 1985.

On the other hand, the amount of garbage being recycled duringthe same period, from 5.6 million tons in 1960 to 16.7 million tons in

1985 Following this increase, the amount of waste material beingrecycled has risen between 1985 and 2011 when it at 86.9

Similarly, the recycling rate continued to grow from 1985 to 1995,and then at a slower rate over the next 15 years until it a peak of34.7% in 2011 However, this figure is still disappointing to thetotal amount of waste being recycled each year

You should spend about 20 minutes on this task

The graph below gives information from Annual Energy Outlook

2008 about consumption of energy in the USA since 1980 with

Source: http://www.eia.gov/oiaf/aeo/pdf/0383(2008).pdf

Exam Tip

The verb Tell can be used to refer to a chart/graph: The graph tells us

how much energy was consumed However, it is better to use language

that is more impersonal: The graph showshow much energy was consumed You should not use Say to talk about charts/graphs: From the graph I can say how much energy …

increase, which is expected to continue, reaching 47q in 2030.

Consumption of energy from natural gas and coal followed a similarpattern over the period From 20q and 15q respectively in 1980, gasshowed an initial fall and coal a gradual increase, with the two fuels equalbetween 1985 and 1990 Consumption has fluctuated since 1990 butboth now provide 24q Coal consumption is projected to rise to 31q in

2030, whereas after 2014, natural gas is forecast to remain stable at 25q

In 1980, energy from solar/wind, nuclear, and hydropower was the used, with only 4q Nuclear has risen by 3q, and solar/wind by 2 Since

least-2005, hydropower has fallen back to the 1980 figure It is expected toremain approximately constant through 2030, while the others are

Overall, fossil fuels will remain the chief energy source for the US, with alittle bit of hydroelectric, nuclear and a smidgen of renewables like windand solar

(215 words)

Write a report describing the information in the graph below.

 You should write at least 150 words.

 You should spend about 20 minutes on this task.

model answer:

The line graph shows estimated sales of gold in Dubai for 12 months in

2002 in millions of dirhams There were two main seasons for gold sales

The main season for sales is in the December to May period Sales wereconsistently above 200 million dirhams per month, rising sharply to apeak of 350 million dirhams in March However, for the next four months,sales declined steadily, reaching an annual low of 120 million dirhams inJuly

In August, there was a sudden increase Sales almost doubled, rising from

120 million dirhams in July to 210 million dirhams in August This wasfollowed by a drop in September, back to the July figure

From September to October, sales recovered, from 120 to 180 million InOctober and November, sales remained steady, and there was a small

increase in December to 190 million dirhams

In conclusion, the main sales period is in the early part of the year,slumping in the summer, except for a sudden increase in August

You should spend about 20 minutes on this task

The line graph below shows the changes in the share price of Outokumpu companies in euros between January 2006 and

Source: NASDAQ OMX Helsinki

At the beginning of this period the share price was at EUR 13 per share.There were several fluctuations until late 2006 when there was a suddenincrease from EUR 21 to EUR 31 This higher price did not last long,however, and it fell before rising strongly again in 2008 From mid-2008there was a sharp downward trend through the end of the year when itfell to the lowest point in this period at just over EUR 7 per share After

that the share price recovered and, despite some fluctuations, continued

to rise until it reached a peak of EUR 17 in early 2010 Until late 2010 thetrend was downward again, ending the year at just over EUR 12

Outokumpu made significant gains and losses during this period butoverall lost around EUR 1 per share

(164 words)

IELTS Tip

You will increase your Writing Band Score in Academic Writing Task 1 ifyou:

 Mention all the major features of the statistics or charts

 Make sure you describe the statistics accurately

 Paraphrase the information in the question

 Avoid repeating the same words and phrases and try to vary thesentence structures you use

 Give an overview of the most important trends or patterns

Related Topic: Twenty tips for IELTS success

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The graph below shows the number of books read by men and women at Burnaby Public Library from 2011 to 2014.

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

Write at least 150 words

Model answer

The graph gives information about Burnaby Public Library between 2011and 2014 It shows how many library books people read over this four-year period

As can be seen from the graph, there were different trends for men andwomen The number of books read by men increased steadily between

2011 and 2012, from about 3000 to 4000 After that, the number rosedramatically to 14000 books in 2014 This was the highest figure in theperiod

Women started off reading more books than men, but their numbersfollowed a different pattern Between 2011 and 2012, there was an

increase of 3000 from 5000 books to 8000 books, and then a gradual rise

to 10000 books in 2013 However, in 2014, their numbers fell back to

8000 again

Overall, there was a strong upward trend in the number of books read bymen Although women read more books than men in 2011, their readingfell to below the level of men in 2014

(162 words)

IELTS Tip: Useful language for describing trends

to experience a(n) [increase/decrease/rise/fall/drop in/of]

to [increase/decrease/rise/fall/drop by/from … to]

to fluctuate / undergo a change / remain [stable/steady] / stagnate /dip / peak / increase [twofold/threefold] / surge

a [less/more] marked [increase/decrease], etc (occurred / took place)[less/more] significant / steady / especially strong growth

to expect / predict / forecast

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The line graph below shows the percentage of tourists to England who visited four different attractions in Brighton.

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

Write at least 150 words

During the 1980s and 1990s there was a sharp increase in visitors to thepavilion from 28% to 48% and then the percentage gradually went down

to 31% in 2010 The trend for the art gallery was similar to the pavilion.Visitors increased rapidly from 22% to 37% from 1980 to 1985 thengradually decreased to less than 10% over the next twenty-five years.The number of tourists who visited the Brighton Festival fluctuatedslightly but in general remained steady at about 25% Visitors to the pieralso fluctuated from 1980 to 2000 then rose significantly from 12% to22% between 2000 and 2010

(163 words)

IELTS Tip

You will lose marks if you make grammatical errors in your writing,particularly when errors are frequent and effect meaning Be careful ofthe following common mistakes when describing numbers

amount and number: amount is used with uncountable nouns; number is

used with countable nouns, e.g The amount of meat consumed in China

between 1985 and 2010 NOT number of meat

per cent and percentage: per cent is always used with a number; percentage is used on its own without a number,

e.g The percentage of male teachers in the UK NOT the per cent of male

teachers According to the graph, four per cent of the total household

budget went towards transportation NOT four percentage.

You should spend about 20 minutes on this task

The graph below shows the differences in wheat exports over three