IELTS Preparation and Model Answers
IELTS Preparation and Model Answers
IELTS Academic – Graph Writing:
In your IELTS Academic Writing Task 1, you will be given with one or more graph(s) (i.e. bar, column, line, pie), table, flowchart, map or process diagram and you need to summarise the main information, compare data, show contrasts and trends, identify significant trends and describe a process. You should write at least 150 words, ideally between 150 to 180 words.
You are advised to finish your report writing in 20 minutes. Always present factual data based on the diagram presented, and NEVER assume something, even if this is common knowledge! Write in a way so that the reader (examiner in this case) can very easily follow the trends of the graph and understand the factual information presented in the diagram or illustration.
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IELTS Academic Writing Task 1/ Graph Writing – Pie Chart: The charts below show the results of a questionnaire that asked visitors to the Parkway Hotel how they rated the hotel’s customer service. The same questionnaire was given to 100 guests in the years 2005 and 2010.
Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant.
IELTS Academic Writing Task 1/ Graph Writing – Line Graph: The line graph below shows the unemployment rates for the USA and Japan between March 2005 and March 2011.
Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant.
IELTS Academic Writing Task 1/ Graph Writing – Bar Graph + Table: The graph and table below show the number of fishers in millions for different regions in 1980, 1990, and 2000, and the world’s top exporters of fish in 2000.
Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant.
IELTS Academic Writing Task 1/ Graph Writing – Flow Chart/ Process Diagram: The diagram below shows the steps in the hiring process at ACME corporation.
Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant.
IELTS Academic Writing Task 1/ Graph Writing – Bar Graph: The graph below shows the student involvement in three sports in a school based on which grades they are studying in.
Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant.
IELTS Academic Writing Task 1/ Graph Writing – Bar Graph: The charts below show what the business and engineering graduates of a particular university were doing six months after graduating. The figures cover a two-year period.
Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant.
IELTS Academic Writing Task 1/ Graph Writing – Table: The table below shows personal saving as a percentage of personal income for selected countries in 1970, 1990 and 2010.
Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
IELTS Academic Writing Task 1/ Graph Writing – Table + Pie Chart: The tables and pie chart show in percentage terms of the results of a survey of a new shopping complex in Auckland, New Zealand.
Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
IELTS Academic Writing Task 1/ Graph Writing – Table: The table shows the proportions of pupils attending four secondary school types between 2000 and 2009.
Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
IELTS Academic Writing Task 1/ Graph Writing – Line Graph: The graph below shows the area of land from which grain was harvested. Write a report for a university lecturer describing the information in the graph.
Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.