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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.



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.



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.



(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


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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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.



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

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