IELTS Academic Writing Task 1/ Graph Writing – Bar Chart:
You should spend about 20 minutes on this task.
The chart below shows the types of transport young people in four countries prefer to use.
Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
You should write at least 150 words.
Transport preferences among young people from different countries
Model Answer 1:
The column chart outlines the types of transportation the young generation in Great Britain, the USA, Germany and France prefer to use to commute.
Overall, automobiles are the most preferred vehicles in these countries among youths, except for Germany, where the highest proportion of youths prefer to travel by bicycle.
The illustration shows that three-quarters of French youths prefer a car for commuting, while the remaining 25% fo them opt for two-wheelers – both manual (15%) and motorised (10%). The majority of young Americans and English – 60% to be exact – prefer an automobile for travelling from one place to another. Bicycles, as a mode of transportation, are more popular (as much as three times) among juvenile Britons than among young Americans, and the reverse is true when it comes to their preference for motorbikes as a preferred transportation type.
Interestingly, the preferences of German youngsters are much different from those of others, as more young Germans choose to ride a bicycle (about 45% of them) instead of driving a car (40%) or motorbike (15%).
[Written by Varsha]
Model Answer 2:
The vertical bar chart illustrates preferences for three modes of transport, namely: cars, motorcycles, and bicycles, among young people in Great Britain, the USA, Germany, and France.
Overall, automobiles are the most popular means of transport in most of these countries. However, German youths are the only exception, with more youths preferring bicycles over cars and motorbikes.
In detail, approximately 75% youths in France and 60% in both Great Britain and the USA preferred to use cars, making this the dominant choice in these countries. The preference for automobiles was the highest in France. In contrast, bicycle usage accounted for around 30% in Britain but only about 10% in the USA. Bicycle preference remained relatively low in both France and the USA, where only one in ten youngsters prefer to use them. When it comes to motorbikes, they are most popular (30%) among youths in the USA. They are preferred by 10-15% of youths in the rest of the countries.
Germany exhibited a distinct pattern: around 45% of young people opted for bicycles, edging ahead of cars, which were chosen by roughly 40%. Motorcycles were less popular, with about 15% of young Germans favouring this mode.
Sample Answer 3:
The column graph outlines the transportation preferences among young people in Great Britain, the USA, Germany and France. As an overall trend, the young generation, except in Germany, mainly likes to use the car as a means of commuting, and this ratio is highest in France.
To illustrate, six out of ten British youth prefer cars to commute. Less than one-third of them use bicycles, and only one in ten youths in the UK pick motorbikes to commute. A similar ratio of US adolescents (precise 60%) prefer cars, but their preference for motorbikes is higher than that of the UK, 30% to be exact. However, a smaller percentage of American youngsters prefer riding bicycles, which is only one out of ten. Germany shows an interesting trend where almost half of the adolescents like to ride a bicycle, a trend uncommon in other countries. 40% of them choose cars as their transportation, and the rest are inclined to use motorbikes. Finally, the highest percentage of car-loving youngs are located in France, where around 2 out of 3 adolescents fancy cars over other vehicles. Around 10% of French youth use bicycles, and a similar percentage ride on motobikes.