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IELTS Writing Task1
Example #1: Line Graph
The graph below shows the number of books read by men and women at Burnaby Public
Library from 2011 to 2014.
ummarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features! and make
comparisons where rele"ant.
The graphic gives information about the number of books read by men and
women at Burnaby Public Library from 2011 to 2014 The graphic shows how
many books people read over four years in this library
!s can be seen from the graphic" between 2011 and 2012" the number of the
books read by the men were steady" from about #000 to 4000 $n the other
hand" the number of books read by women in the same years were about %000
to &000" more than men 'evertheless" in 201# the women and men read the
same number of books" from about 10000
$n 2014" the graphics shows a decrease in the trendof books read by women"from 10000 to &000 (owever" the number of books read by men increased
considerably" from 10000 to 14000
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Example #2: Map
The diagrams below show the changes that ha"e taken place at #ueen $ary %ospital since
its construction in 1&'0.
ummarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features! and make
comparisons where rele"ant.
The diagrams show )ueen *ary (ospital at three di+erent stages in its
development, 1-.0" 1-&0 and 2000
$n 1-.0" the hospital was build close to the main road and ne/t to a shopping
centre ! car park was constructed in the area behind the hospital" while the
area behind the shopping centre was farmland
$n 1-&0" the shopping centre was replaced by two buildings, a pharmacy and a
cancer centre" which pertain to the hospital urthermore" the hospital gained
the farmland and converted into a nursing school
$n 2000" the main building of hospital did not change nevertheless" the cancer
centre was e/panded to the nursing school !s result of that" the car park was
divided in two" so that" provide a smaller nursing school and smaller cark park
uring this period the main hospital remained unchanged" but other buildings
which pertain to it was constructed The hospital increase its si3e in addition to
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a pharmacy" a cancer centre and a nursing school (owever" the capacity of car
park was halved
Example #3: Line graph
The line graph below shows the percentage of tourists to (ngland who "isited four different
attractions in Brighton.
ummarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features! and make
comparisons where rele"ant.
The graph shows the percentage of tourist to ngland who visited Brighton
attractions between 1-&0 and 2010 $n 1-&0 and 2010" the festival and pavilion
were the most popular attractions 5n the other hand" the least popular
attraction in 1-&0 was the pier" but" in 2010 this changed and the art gallery
was the least popular
uring the 1-&0s and 1--0 there was a sharp increase in visitors to the
pavilion from 2&6 to 406 5n the contrary" in the festival the percentage
gradually went down from #06 to 2%6" between 1-&0 and 1--% however" in
2000 the number of visitors increase form about #6 and in 2010 were steady!t the same time" the art gallery su+ered a decrease over the #06 and the
percentage decrease year per year The Pier from 1-&0 toward 200% 7uctuate
in a 106 to 1%6 however" in 2010 the percentage of visitors rise to 2#6
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Example 4#: Pie graph
The two pie charts below show some employment patterns in )reat Britain in 1&&2.
ummarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features! and make
comparisons where rele"ant.
(mployees and self*employed+ by se, and occupation! 1&&2
The charts provide information on the portion of females and males in
employment in board . categories" divided into manual and non8manual
occupations $n general" a greater percent of women work in non8manual
occupation than work in manual occupation 5n the contrary" a greater percent
of men work in manual occupations than non8manual
$n the non8manual occupations" while the greater percent of women than men
in clerical positions" there is a smaller percent of women than men employed in
managerial and professional positions The percentage of women employed in
non8manual occupations are slightly larger than women employed in manual
occupations
$n manual occupations" the biggest di+erences between two se/es is in the
employment of craft workers" where males make up 246 of the work force and
females only # 6 urthermore" the percentage of women employed in general
labourers is 9ust 16 $n the percentage of employees in the category of men"
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over %06 of the employers are in manual occupations on the contrary" the
biggest percentage of employers in the category of women are in non8manual
occupations
$n summary" the chart shows that women do not have the same opportunity of
employees than men
Example #5: iagram
The diagram below shows the production of electricity using a system called -cean Thermal
(nergy on"ersion /-T(.
rite a report for a uni"ersity lecturer describing the information below.
%ow -cean Thermal (nergy on"ersion /-T( works
This diagram illustrates the production of electricity using a system called
5cean Thermal nergy :onversion ;5T:
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The main components of the system are an evacuate evaporation chamber" a
condensing chamber and a turbine The solar energy heats up the surface
water and this warm water is introduced into the evacuated evaporation
chamber" where it boils :onsistently" the salt is deposited and water vapour is
generated Then" the water vapour drives a turbine to generate electric power
!fter the water vapour powers the turbine" it enters into the condensing
chamber where is cooled by the water from depths of the ocean The water
vapour is condensed in this chamber" producing drinking water *eanwhile"
waste salt is discharged to the ocean and the process can be repeated
Example #4: Ta!le
The Table below shows the results of a sur"ey that asked '00 cottish adults /aged 1'
years and o"er whether they had taken part in different cultural acti"ities in the past 12
months.
ummaries the information by selecting and reporting the main features! and make
comparisons where rele"ant.
Participation in cultural activities, by age
16-24 25-44 45-74All aged 16
and over
% % % %
Any performance* 35 22 17 22
Undertaking any crafts 11 17 22 19
Cultural purchases 11 17 18 16
Any visual arts 30 16 11 15
Any writing 17 6 5 7
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Computer based 10 9 5 6
* Dancing, singing, playing musical instruments and acting
This table shows details of participations in variety of activities in the past year"
according to the age of participants
The activity with a ma9or number of participants was any performance" which
includes dancing" singing" playing musical instrument and acting" with 226 of
respondent participating in the previous 12 months 5n the other hand"
computer based had the lowest level of participants
People aged between 4% and 4= years old" were more interested in undertake
any activity to do with crafts" while performances were more likely to be
participated by people aged between 1. and 24 The di+erences between ages
group were particularity marked in the case of visual marks and writing
categories" where the information shows that younger people had double
participation in visual arts than writing activities on the contrary" old people
had a preference in writing activities $t is clear from evidence that age plays a
signi>cant role in the popularity of the cultural activities listed
Example #4: "ar hart
The chart below shows the number of tra"ellers using three ma3or airports in ew 5ork ity
between 1&&6 and 2000.
ummarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features! and makecomparisons where rele"ant.
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The bar chart illustrates the number of persons that have been in three ma9orairports in 'ew ?ork :ity between 1--% and 2000
$t can be seen that the number of passengers" who travel through the La
@uardia airport" went up per year in the period of 1--% to 2000 5n the
contrary" the trend of Aohn ennedy airport was 7uctuant in the same period
Looking at the detail" the La @uardia airport had a steady increase between
1--% and 1---" from about % million passengers per year 'evertheless" in
2000 the number of passengers had a sudden increase to .& million of
passengers Cimilarly" the numbers of passengers in the airport of 'ewark was
1% million of passengers at the beginning" and in 1--= the number of
passengers rose to #& million however" in 1--& the trend in the number of
passengers remained steady
5n the other hand" in 1--= the Aohn ennedy airport had a signi>cant
increase to 4% million of passengers" but" in 1--- the number of passengers
dropped to #2 million *oreover" in 2000 the number of passengers increased
signi>cantly
$n Cummarise" the airport which has the ma9or number visits is the La @uardia
because its number increase over year
Example #5: Line graph
The line graph below shows the changes in the share price of -utokumpu companies in
euros between 7anuary 200' and 8ecember 2010.
rite a report for a uni"ersity lecturer describing the information below.
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Source: NASDAQ OMX Helsinki
This line graph demonstrate the changes and a decline overall in the share
price of 5utokumpu companies" in euros" in a period of >ve years form Aanuary
200. to ecember 2010
This graphic begins in Aanuary 200." where the share price was from about DE
1# per share There were several 7uctuations until late 200. nevertheless" the
share price had a steady increase !t the beginning of 200=" the share price
9umped to DE #1 per share however" this did not last long $n 200=" the trend
of the share price was 7uctuant and the price went down
espite the shares went down in 200=" there were a climb to DE #0 per share
in the middle of 200&(owever" it did not last long again and the shares
plummeted to DE & per share at the end of 200& $n the period from 200- to
2010" the share price had a signi>cant and 7uctuate increase" but no more
than DE 1= per share
Example #$: "ar graph
The graph !el%& sh%&s 'emale (nempl%)ment rates in eah %(ntr) %' the
*nite+ ,ing+%m in 2-13 an+ 2-14.
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S(mmarise the in'%rmati%n !) seleting an+ rep%rting the main 'eat(res/ an+
make %mparis%ns &here rele0ant.
This bar graph illustrates the unemployment rates among the women in the
countries that form part of Dnited ingdom between 201# and 2014 There can
be seen that percentage in unemployment has a small decrease in 2014"
e/cept in Ccotland
$n 201#" the biggest percentage of female unemployment was in ngland and
in second place Ccotland 5n the contrary" Fales and 'orthern $reland has apercentage under the .6 of female unemployment rate (owever" in 2014
ngland and Fales decreased their percentage of unemployment in a 0#6 and
046" respectively $n addition" 'orthern $reland had a sudden decrease in their
percentage of unemployment rates from %.6 to 4.6
espite of decreasing in the unemployment rates in ngland" Fales and
'orthern $reland" the rate of unemployment in Ccotland increased in a 0.6 $n
201#" the .16 of women who live in Ccotland were unemployed and this
percentage climbed to .=6 in 2014 That means that Ccotland is the country
with the biggest unemployment rate
Example #: Pie hart
The two pie charts below show the online shopping sales for retail sectors in anada in 2006
and 2010.
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ummarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features! and make
comparisons where rele"ant.
These pie charts compare the online shopping sales for a retail sector in
:anada in the years of 200% and 2010 The online sales are divided in four
sectors, lectronics G !ppliance" ood G Beverage" (ome urnishings and
Hideo @ames
The sector of lectronics G !ppliance have the ma9ority of online sales in 200%with a #%6" but in 2010 the sales decreased in a %6 however" this sector had
the ma9ority of online sales $n contrast" (ome urnishings had a 2%6 and was
the second place in sales in 200% but" in 2010 the sales went down to 1%6 and
had the last place in sales
ood G Beverage had a 226 in 200% and was the third place in sales
moreover" in 2010 the sales increased to #26 and this sector 9umped to the
second place in sales $n addition" Hideo @ames had the minor percentage in
sales in 200% 5n the other hand" in 2010" the sales in Hideo @ame sector
increase from 1&6 to 2#6 espite the decreasing sales in 2010 the best seller
in 200% and 2010 were lectronics G !ppliance
Example : Ta!le
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The table below shows the cinema "iewing figures for films by country! in millions.
ummarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features! and make
comparisons where rele"ant.
The table illustrate viewing >gures for >lms in four countries The >lms were
divided in four categories, action" romance" comedy and horror
The table indicates that more $ndian people watch >lms at the cinema than the
other three nationalities $n all four countries" action movies is the most popular
genre The number of people that see action >lms are almost #0 million" that
means between = and & millions of people in each country see this genre
5n the contrary" horror >lms are not popular in comparison with the other
threes genres $n $ndia and Aapan only 2282% million people see horror >lms"
but" in $reland and 'ew Iealand this genre is more popular 5n the other hand"
romance are the second more popular genre >lm in four countries for e/ample"
in $ndia around =% people see this genre and 20# million of people in the four
countries prefers this type of >lms