101.Youshouldspendabout20minutesonthistask.ThelinegraphbelowgivesinformationaboutthenumberofvisitorstothreeLondonmuseumsbetweenJuneandSeptember.

Summarisetheinformationbyselectingandreportingthemainfeatures,andmakecomparisonswhererelevant.Writeatleast150words.TestTipCheckthehorizontalaxistofindwhetherthegraphreferstopast,present,futureorallthree.

Weusethepresentsimpletodescribethegraph:Thegraphshows…,Wecansee…

Ifthegraphreferstopastperiodoftime,weusethepastsimple,andifthegraphincludesfuturetimes,weusewilloritispredictedthat.Lookatthelinegraphandcompletethetextwiththecorrectformsoftheverbsinbracketsandthecorrectprepositions.Thegraphshows(show)howmanypeoplevisited(visit)threeLondonmuseumsinthesummerof.Mostvisitorswent(go)totheBritishmuseumbetweenJuneandSeptember.Thenumberfluctuated(fluctuate)between500and750.Bycontrast,theScienceMuseumandtheNaturalHistoryMuseumreceived(receive)fewervisitors.ThenumberofpeoplewhovisitedtheScienceMuseumdropped(drop)graduallyfrom400thousandto300fromJunetoAugustthenrose(rise)to450thousandinSeptember.Wecansee(see)thatthetrendfortheNaturalHistoryMuseum102.Youshouldspendabout20minutesonthistask.ThechartbelowshowsthepercentagechangeintheshareofinternationalstudentsamonguniversitygraduatesindifferentCanadianprovincesbetweenand.

Summarisetheinformationbyselectingandreportingthemainfeatures,andmakecomparisonswhererelevant.Writeatleast150words.

Source:StatisticsCanada,PostsecondaryStudentInformationSystemTestTipInTask1oftheIELTSWritingmodules,youmaybeaskedtodescribeagraphwhichshowschangesoveraperiodoftime.Todothisyouneedtouselanguageexpressingchangeandappropriatetenses.Intheexam,makesureyouleavetimetoedityourwrittenanswer.Youwilllosemarksifyoumaketoomanymistakesingrammarandvocabulary.ModelanswerThechartshowschangesintheshareofinternationalstudentswhograduatedfromuniversitiesindifferentCanadianprovincesoveraperiodof5years.

In,thissharehadarelativelynarrowrange,from3%inOntarioto7.0%inNewBrunswick.NovaScotiahadthesecondhighestproportionat6.5%.Fiveyearslater,thefiguresformostprovinceshadrisen,withtheexceptionofAlberta.There,thefiguresfellby1%tojustover4%.

By,somepartsofCanadaexperiencedaconsiderableincreaseintheirshareofinternationalgraduates.GrowthinthissharewasespeciallystronginthecaseofNewBrunswick,wherethefiguresrosefrom7%to12%.ThelargestgrowthoccurredinBritishColumbia,whereitmorethandoubledto11%.

Overthisfive-yearperiod,changesintheproportionofinternationalgraduateshavebeenveryunevenacrosstheprovincesofCanada.However,NewBrunswickremainedtheprovincewiththehighestpercentageoverall.(158words)103.Youshouldspendabout20minutesonthistask.ThechartbelowgivesinformationabouttheUK'sageingpopulationin1985andmakespredictionsfor2035.

Summarisetheinformationbyselectingandreportingthemainfeatures,andmakecomparisonswhererelevant.Writeatleast150words.

Source:OfficeforNationalStatistics,NationalRecordsofScotland,NorthernIrelandStatisticsandResearchAgencyExamTipInWritingTask1,itisessentialtounderstandwhatthegraphorchartisrepresenting.Lookcloselyattheinformationintheinstructionsaswellasalldetailsofthegraphorchart.

Thegraphinthistaskshowsthepercentageofover65sineachcountryoftheUK.Thefollowingareincorrectstatements:Waleshadmoreover65sthanEngland.(Thegraphisinpercentages,notnumbers)NorthernIrelandhad12%ofover65sin1985.(Thecountriesdonotaddupto100%soNorthernIrelanddidnothave12%ofallover65s.Thegraphshowsthat12%ofthepopulationofNorthernIrelandwasover65.)ModelanswerThegraphshowshowthesizeanddistributionoftheUK'sageingpopulationislikelytochangeovera50-yearperiod.

Overall,theproportionsarepredictedtoincreaseinallUKcountries.In1985,15percentoftheUKpopulationwasover65,butby2035,thiswillaccountfor23percentofthetotalpopulation.

AcloserlookatthedatarevealsthattheageingpopulationisexpectedtorisemoreinsomepartsoftheUKthaninother.In1985,Waleshadthehighestpercentageofpeopleaged65andover,at16percent.Thesecond-largestgroupcouldbefoundinEnglandandthethirdinScotland.NorthernIrelandhadlowestproportion,with12percentaged65andover.

By2035,Walesisstillgoingtohavebyfarthegreatestpercentageofover65s,withfigureslikelytoreach26percent.However,thebiggestincreasesinthisagegroup,relativetotherestofthepopulation,arepredictedtooccurinNorthernIrelandandScotland.InNorthernIreland,forexample,thisfigurewillincreasealmostdoubleto23percent.(189words)104.Youshouldspendabout20minutesonthistask.ThediagramsbelowgiveinformationontransportandcaruseinEdmonton.

Summarisetheinformationbyselectingandreportingthemainfeatures,andmakecomparisonswhererelevant.Writeatleast150words.People’sreasonsforusingthecarincityCommutetowork55%Shopping15%Leisureactivities15%Takingchildrentoschool40%Business45%TestTipInIELTSWritingTask1,whenyoumustdescribetwofigures,askyourselfthefollowing:

1)Whatdobothfiguresrelateto?

2)Whatkindofrelationshipisevident?(asimilarity,adifference,acauseandeffectrelationshiporsomeothertypeofrelationship)

3)Whichaspectsofeachfigureshouldbehighlighted?

4)ShouldIdescribethefiguresinseparateparagraphs,orshouldIcomparedifferentaspectsofthefigureswithinaseriesofparagraph?ModelanswerThetableshowsthereasonwhypeopleinEdmontonusetheircarsinthecityandthepiechartexplainswhattypeoftransportpeopleprefertousemostofthetime.

Lookingatthepiechartfirst,itisclearthatthecaristhemostpopularmeansoftransportinthiscity.45%ofthepeoplesaythattheyprefertocommutebycar.ThesecondmostpopularformoftransportistheLRT,whilebussesandtaxisarethemainmeansoftransportfortherestofthepeople.

Thetablegivesmoredetailedinformationaboutwhypeopleusetheircars.Surprisingly,55%ofthepeopleneedtocommutetoworkbycar.Carsarealsousedalotfortakingchildrentoschoolorbusinesspurposes.Only15%ofdriversaredoingtheirshoppingand,similarly,15%needtotravelbycarforleisure.

Overall,peopleinEdmontonmakegooduseofalternativemethodsoftransportbutthereisaheavydependenceoncarsforwork.(170words)105.Youshouldspendabout20minutesonthistask.ThebarchartbelowshowssharesofexpendituresforfivemajorcategoriesintheUnitedStates,Canada,theUnitedKingdom,andJapanintheyear.

Writeareportforauniversitylecturerdescribingtheinformationbelow.Writeatleast150words.

Source:U.S.BureauofLaborStatisticsTestTipInWritingTask1,itisagoodideatoendyouranswerbysummarizingthemaininformationshownbythediagram.Youarenotrequiredtoexplainthisinformation.Readthefollowingsampleanswer.Completetheanswerbyfillingthegapswiththewordsinthebox.bycontrastindicateslowestcomparesoverallwhereasexcepthigherhighesthoweverlargestamongThebarchartcompareshowconsumersintheUnitedStates,Canada,theUnitedKingdom,andJapanallocateddifferentsharesoftotalspendingtocategoriessuchasfood,housing,andtransportationin.

WecanseethattheUnitedStateshadthehighesthousingexpenditureshare,26%oftotalexpendituresin.TheUnitedKingdomandJapanfollowed,with24%and22%,respectively.Canadahadthelowesthousingshareat21%.HousingwasthelargestexpenditurecomponentinallcountriesexceptJapan.

Bycontrast,Canadahadthelargesttransportationshareofallfourcountriesat20%.TheUnitedStatesandtheUnitedKingdomhadthenext-highesttransportationshares,17%and15%,respectively.Japanhadthelowest,at10%.

However,inJapan,consumersspent23%oftheirtotalexpendituresonfoodin.TheUnitedKingdomhadthesecond-highestshareat20%.Canada,with15%,andtheUnitedStates,with14%hadthelowestfoodexpendituresharesamongthecountriesstudied.

Overall,thedataindicatesthathousingandhealthcaresharesoftotalexpenditureswerehigherintheUnitedStatesthaninCanada,theUnitedKingdom,andJapanin,whereasAmericanshadthelowestclothingshare.Canadahadthehighestclothingandtransportationshares,andJapanhadthehighestfoodshare,amongthecountriescompared.

ShowAnswers-HideAnswers(214words)106.VocabularyTipNoticethefollowingrulesforthespellingofthewordsprogrammeandprogram:

programme(UKonly)=ashowontelevision

program(USonly)=ashowontelevision

program(UKandUS)=instructionsforacomputer(averbandanoun)Youshouldspendabout20minutesonthistask.ThechartsgiveinformationabouttwogenresofTVprogrammeswatchedbymenandwomenandfourdifferentagegroupsinAustralia.

Summarisetheinformationbyselectingandreportingthemainfeatures,andmakecomparisonswhererelevant.Writeatleast150words.IELTSTipWithgraphs,makesureyouunderstandwhateachaxisismeasuring.Withbarandpiecharts,thereisoftenakeywhichtellsyouwhateachdifferentbarorarearepresents.Withtables,readthedataacrosstherowsanddownthecolumnstoidentifythekeyfeatures.Fillinthegapsinthemodelanswer.ThechartsgiveinformationaboutthegenresofTVprogrammesthatAustralianmenandwomenanddifferentagegroupswatch.Itisclearfromthechartsthatwomentendtowatchmoretelevisionthanmanoverall,althoughtheywatchslightlyfewergameshows.Thepeoplewhowatchthemosttelevisionareinthe45+agegroup.

Nearly70%ofwomenwatchrealityshows,whichisalmosttwiceasmanyasthepercentageofmenwhochoosethisgenreofprogramme.Nevertheless,mostagegroupswatchmorerealityshowsthangameshowsrevealingthatgameshowsaregenerallylesspopularthanrealityshows.

Thepercentageofpeoplewatchingrealityshowsincreasessteadilyfromages16to45withthelowest/smallestpercentageofviewers,atjustover50%oftheagegroup16-24andthehighest/biggest/largest/greatestpercentage,at68%oftheover-45s.

However,thepatternisdifferentforgameshows.Thenumberofprogrammeswatchedby25-to44-year-oldsissignificantly/considerablylowerthanthenumberwatchedby16-to24-year-oldsandthoseover45.Justover50%of16-to24-year-oldswatchgameshows,butthisshareisnotashighastheshareofpeopleaged45andoverwatchinggameshows,atnearly70%.Only41%of35-to44-year-oldswatchgameshows,andtheshareof24-to34-year-oldsisslightly/evenlowerat38%.107.Youshouldspendabout20minutesonthistask.ThegraphbelowshowsthechangesinfoodconsumptionbyChinesepeoplebetween1985and.

Summarisetheinformationbyselectingandreportingthemainfeatures,andmakecomparisonswhererelevant.Writeatleast150words.WritingTipItisbesttouseamountandquantityforuncountablenouns,althoughbothareusedforcountablenounsaswell,particularlyquantity.

Theamountofconsumptiondecreasedinthelast25years.

Answer

Thegraphshowschangesintheamountoffish,saltandmeateatenperpersonperweekinChinabetween1985and.

FromthegraphwecanseethatpeopleinChinaconsumedmorefishthaneithermeatorsaltthroughouttheperiod.In1985,theconsumptionoffishstoodat610grams,thenincreasedto700gramsin1990.Althoughitdippedin1995,itthenrosesteadilyandreached850gramsin.

Incontrast,therewasaconsistentdropinsaltconsumption.Theamountconsumeddecreasedsteadilyfromalmost500gramsperpersontoonly200gramsby.Theamountofmeatconsumedweeklystartedatabout100grams.However,thisgraduallyincreasedthroughouttheperiod.Byitwasatthesamelevelastheconsumptionofsalt.

Overall,theconsumptionoffishrose,whiletheconsumptionofsaltfell.Inaddition,theconsumptionofmeat,whileatarelativelylowlevel,rosesignificantlyduringthisperiod.108.Youshouldspendabout20minutesonthistask.Thegraphbelowshowsthepopulationchangebetween1940andinthreedifferentcountiesintheU.S.stateofOregon.

Summarisetheinformationbyselectingandreportingthemainfeatures,andmakecomparisonswhererelevant.Writeatleast150words.IELTSTipThestructureofyouranswerwouldlooklikethis:

Introduction-Explainbrieflyinyourownwordswhattheinformationshows.Givemoredetailthanthequestionandmakecomparisonswhereappropriate.

MainBody-Decidehowtoorganiseyourparagraphs.Forexample,inthemodelanswerbelow,paragraph2isabout1940-1970,paragraph3isabout1970-forColumbiaandYamhill,andparagraph4isabout1970-forWashington.Usewordssuchasalthoughandhowevertomakecontrasts,andwordssuchaslikewisetointroducesimilarities.Alwaysincludetheactualdatayouhavebeengiven.Thefinalparagraphisnotaconclusioninthistypeoftask.ModelanswerThegraphshowstheincreaseinpopulationofthreecounties,Columbia,YamhillandWashingtonintheU.S.stateofOregon,between1940and.In1940,Columbiahadthelowestpopulationofthethreecounties,ataround25,000.Thiscomparedwithabout30,000inYamhillandapproximately75,000inWashington.By1970,Columbia’spopulationhadrisentojustunder36,000.Althoughthisappearsonthegraphtobeagentleincrease,itisinfactanincreaseofapproximately50%.Yamhill’spopulationalsorosebynearly50%between1940and1970:from30,000tojustunder45,000.However,thegreatestrealincreasewasinWashington,wherethepopulationin1970hadincreasedbyapproximately75,000,to125,000.Theyears1970tosawthepopulationsofColumbiaandYamhillincreasebyapproximatelythesameamountsthattheyhadincreasedbythethirtyyearsbefore.In,Columbia’spopulation–atapproximately76,000–wastriplewhatithadbeenin1940.Likewise,Yamhill’spopulation,ataround90,000,wasalmosttriplewhatitwasin1940.AlthoughWashington’sincreaseinpopulationbetween1940and1970waslarge,itsincreaseinthefollowingthirtyyearswasevensharper,risingfromabout125,000in1970tomorethan240,000in.(206words)109.IELTSTipYouwilllosemarksifyoumakegrammaticalerrorsinyourwriting,particularlywhenerrorsarefrequentandeffectmeaning.Becarefulofthefollowingcommonmistakeswhendescribingnumbers.

amountandnumber:amountisusedwithuncountablenouns;numberisusedwithcountablenouns,e.g.TheamountofmeatconsumedinChinabetween1985and.NOT.

percentandpercentage:percentisalwaysusedwithanumber;percentageisusedonitsownwithoutanumber,e.g.ThepercentageofmaleteachersintheUK.NOT.Accordingtothegraph,fourpercentofthetotalhouseholdbudgetwenttowardstransportation.NOT.Youshouldspendabout20minutesonthistask.ThegraphbelowshowstheamountofmoneyspentonbooksinGermany,France,ItalyandAustriabetween1995and.

Writeareportforauniversitylecturerdescribingtheinformationbelow.Writeatleast150words.Readthefollowingsampleanswer.Completetheanswerbyfillingthegapswiththewordsinthebox.biggestsharpleastdramaticallymuchlessmorethreetimesThelinegraphcomparestheamountofmoneyspentonbuyingbooksinGermany,France,ItalyandAustriaoveraperiodoftenyearsbetween1995and.

In1995Austriaspenttheleastamountofmoneyonbooks,whileItalyandFrancespentaboutasmuchaseachother.However,by,thegapinspendingbetweenthesetwocountrieshadwidenedandconsiderablymoremoneywasspentinFrancethanInItaly.

Ascanbeseenfromthegraph,theamountofmoneyspentincreasedinallfourcountriesbutrosethemostdramaticallyinAustria.TheperiodbetweenandsawasharpgrowthandintheAustriansspentthreetimesasmuchmoneyastheydidin1995.

However,duringthisten-yearperiod,Germanyremainedthebiggestspendersonbook,withallthreeothercountriesspen