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ThetableillustratestheproportionofnationalexpenditureinIreland,Italy,Spain,

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SwedenandTurkeyonthreecategoriesofitemsin2002.

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Overall,allcountriesspentmostonfood,drinksandtobacco,whichwasalmost

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threetimesthatoftheotheritems.Thelowestexpenditurewasonleisureand

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Intermsoffood,drinksandtobacco,Turkeyspentthemostat32.14%.The

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expenditureofIrelandwasalsohigh(28.91%)comparedtoSwedenwhichspent

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theleast(15.77%).SpainandItalyspent18.80%and16.36%respectively.

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Italyspentmorethantheothercountriesonclothingandfootwear(9%)as
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otherthreecountriesspentonaveragearound6.5%.
Thelowestexpenditurewasonleisureandeducationwhichaccountedforunder
5%inallcountries.Turkeyspentmostontheseitemsatjust4.35%oftheirnational
expenditurewhichisarounddoublethatofSpainwhichspenttheleastatjust
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davsays:
April28,2016at12:16pm

Dearliz,
pleasehelpmetoclarifythefollowingdoubt.isitpossibletousesubsequentlyinsteadof
respectively
thankyou
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ghamdanahmedsays:
April21,2016at8:24am

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Shouldwewriteitasadividedwriting,imeanwithleavinglinesorwriteitwithout
leavinglinesinbetween?
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Lizsays:
April21,2016at9:58am

Writethesameasmymodel.Justleaveonelinebetweenparagraphs.
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HoangMinhsays:
February29,2016at11:37am

hiliz,thetablesampleaboveisveryawesomebutsomethingconfusedme.for
example,youusethewords:spentandexpendituremanytimesinthesame
paragraphs..itseemtoberepeated,andwemusthavetherangeofvocabulary.canyou
explainforme?tksliz,theroleofyouralllessonsinthiswebisveryusefulandimportant
forme!
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Lizsays:
March1,2016at5:59pm

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AshishKadiansays:
January22,2016at4:53pm

HiLiz,
canweaddonelineinrstparagraph,e.gitiscalibratedinpercentageorunitsare
measuredinpercentage.PleasetellmeasearlyaspossiblebecauseIhavemyexam.
Thanks&Regards
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Lizsays:
February10,2016at10:47am

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TranLYsays:
December15,2015at12:06am

YouwroteallcontriesspentMOSTonfood,drinkandtobaccoandTurkey
spentTHEMOSTat32.14%.Whyinthesecondsentence,didyouuseTHE?
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Lizsays:
December16,2015at5:49pm

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Ahmedsays:
December7,2015at5:42pm

Inthelastparagraphyouwrote(..Spainwhospent..etc)isitcorrecttowrite
Spainwhichspentandwouldyouexplaintomethedierent
andiwanttosaythatyoureortshelpsusalot..thanxliz
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Lizsays:
December8,2015at12:21pm

Thanks.Wellspoed!
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MaiANhsays:
November19,2015at8:20am

WhereinVietnamareyouteachingat?
Canyougivemeapieceofadvicetoimprovethethinkingstrategy,tomakethewriting
morelogical,sharponeverypointandstillinteresting?
Thankyousomuch
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Lizsays:
November19,2015at1:12pm

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bbsays:
November11,2015at4:43am

Ifourwordlengthcompletebutdontwriteoverallthenwhatispenaltyfor
this?
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Lizsays:
November11,2015at12:45pm

Lookforyouransweronthispage:hp://ieltsliz.com/ieltswritingtask1
bandscores/
Allthebest
Liz
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bbsays:
November11,2015at1:35pm

Thnxmam,
Ndplztellmehowwritingscorecalculated
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Lizsays:
November11,2015at2:34pm

Seethebandscoreinformationonthispagefortask2:
hp://ieltsliz.com/ieltswritingtask2/andthispagefortask1:
hp://ieltsliz.com/ieltswritingtask1lessonsandtips/

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Allthebest
Liz
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Mahamsays:
November1,2015at9:58am

Hi,
IhavewatchedallthevideosforIELTStask1andamabitconfused.Inthevideoyou
mentionedthatthereshouldbeatotaloffourparagraphsincludingtheoverviewbutin
thesampleessayabovethereareveparagraphs.Inoticedasimilarpaernforaquestion
wherethreepiechartsweregiven.
Pleaseexplainwhenitpossibletowriteveparagraphsandwhy.
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Lizsays:
November1,2015at11:46am

Ialsomentionedthatsometimesitispossibletohavethreebodyparagraphs
insteadoftwo.Thisisthesameastask2.
Allthebest
Liz
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UmnaQureshisays:
October27,2015at2:34pm

HelloLiz,
Iwroteanessayonthegiventable,canyoupleasetellmethathowmanybandswillmy
essayget?
Herestheanswer
Thetableillustrateabouttheuctuatingpercentageforthenationalconsumer
expenditureonfood/drinks/tobacco,clothing/footwearandleisure/educationindierent
countrieswhicharenamedas:Ireland,Italy,Spain,swedenandTurkeyin2002.
Asitcanbeseenthatrstcategoryisforfood,drinkandtobacco,soifwecompareTurkey
withothercountries,theresahugedierencebetweenpercentageswhichis
approximately32%inTurkeywhereasinIrelanditsabout30%,slightlylessthan
Turkey.WhileSpainexpand16%only.
Ifwelookonclothingandfootwearcategory,ItalySurpassedfromallcountriesandits
percentageisexactly9%.WhereasIreland,SpainandTurkeyexpandapproximately6%
whileSwedenexpenditurewereonly5%.
Inthethirdandlastcategorywhichisofleisureandeducation,bywhichitcanbeseen
thatTurkeyisnowagainonthetopofthelistandaain4%ofexpenditurewhileItaly
andSwedenexpandapproximately3%only.WhereasIrelandandSpainexpenditure
wereonly2%.
Overall,consumerfromallcountriesexpandmostlyonfood,drinksandtobaccowhile
expandlessonotherthing.
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Lizsays:
October27,2015at3:31pm

SorryIdontgivefeedbackonwriting.
Liz
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preetsays:
October27,2015at7:57am

Howmanyparagraphsshouldbethereforwritingtask1Liz..Is3paragraphs
sucient?
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Lizsays:
October27,2015at11:45am

Gotothemainwritingtask1pageandwatchthestructureandparagraphs
lessons.
Liz
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SurjeetKumarsays:
October19,2015at1:03pm

Mamplstellmethatshouldoverviewwriteintheendorafterintro.
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Lizsays:
October19,2015at1:05pm

Seethislesson:hp://ieltsliz.com/writingtask1reportstructure/
Liz
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SurjeetKumarsays:
October20,2015at3:00pm

Thanksmam
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Lizsays:
October20,2015at3:04pm

Pleasedontcallmemam.Iamnotyourmother.JustcallmeLiz.
Thanks
Liz
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SurjeetKumarsays:
October20,2015at3:01pm

Thanksmam
Butmymamtoldmethatputitattheendnotaftertheintroduction.NowIm
confused.Plssuggestme.
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Lizsays:
October20,2015at3:03pm

Youcanputitwiththeintroduction,aftertheintroductionoratthe
end.Themostusualplaceisaftertheintroductionbecauseitcontainsthekey
informationaboutthechartwhichismorelogicaltoreadbeforethedetail.
Allthebest
Liz

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SurjeetKumarsays:
October21,2015at4:07am

Sorrylizforcallingmam.
thanksalot.
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Amarjotsinghsays:
October17,2015at3:38pm

Hi,iwanttoknowthatinTask1,Isitimportanttowriteoverallin2nd
paragraphorwecanalsowriteinLast?????
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Lizsays:
October18,2015at10:30am

Seethelessononstructureandparagraphsonthewritingtask1page.
Allthebest
Liz
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PratikPanchanisays:
September25,2015at9:54am

Hello,Iwanttoknowthatifwecanwritethedatainbrackets.Forexample,
Turkey(28.5%),..high(50%).
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Lizsays:
September25,2015at10:35am

Yes,itisnormaltousebracketsinwritingtask1.
Liz
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nikolsays:
September19,2015at7:49pm

HelloLiz
Fistofalliwouldsaythankyouforalltheeortyouaremakingtohelppeoplewho
intenttotakeIelts.Canyoupleasepostmoreinformationregardingtotabletask1
becauseinditoneofthemosdicultamongtheothertypesoftasks.
thankyou
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Lizsays:
September20,2015at12:20pm

Yes.Thanksforremindingme.Ireallymustdothatsoon.
Allthebest
Liz
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Nadasays:
September15,2015at3:42pm

HelloLiz
sometableshasverylongphrasetoillustratethemeasureofthedata.Forexample
AverageDistanceinmilestraveledperpersonperyear.So,eachtimeIwritenumber,It
shouldbefollowedby(milesperpersonperyear).andthatsquiteannoyingMy
questionis:CanIwritesymbolsinsteadofphrases,forexample(M.P.Y)insteadof
(MilesperPersonperYear).
andIwilldemonstratethatthissymbolstandsforthatphrase
inthersttimeIuseit.
Regards
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Lizsays:
September15,2015at7:31pm

Youintroducethatinformationintheintroductionandthenyoudontneed
torepeatit.
Liz
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Nadasays:
September15,2015at8:19pm

butIhavetorepeatthatinbodyparagraph..forexample,Iwanttosay
thatIn1989,themostpopularmodoftravellingwascars,whichwas3199(miles
perpersonperyear)..andthesameforothernumbers..
Ihopethatmyfurtherquestionwouldnotbotheryou.
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Lizsays:
September16,2015at10:19am

AsIcantseethetable,Icantgiveyouthesamplesentence.Ifyouare
referingtomiles,thenyoudontneedtorepeatthatitisperperson,peryear.
Liz
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Nadasays:
September16,2015at3:18pm

OK.ThankyouLiz
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Haidersays:
September14,2015at2:05pm

HiLiz
couldyouhelpmetowritethebestanswerforthefollowingTask1question(table
model)becauseitmisguidesmeduetotheabsenceofanynumbersorratesor%please?
Q/Thetablebelowrepresentstheopinionsoftowgroupsinregardstothemaincausesof
airpollution
group1group2
manufacturespesticides&plantfertilizers
carsmanufactures
pesticides&plantfertilizershouseholdwastes

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householdwastescars
withmykindregards
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Lizsays:
September14,2015at2:07pm

ThisisnotanauthenticIELTStable.Youneedtondtheoriginal.
Liz
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Haidersays:
September16,2015at11:50am

Sorryforthedisturbanceinprinting,thequestionwasinIELTSexamin
31/01/2015inExetercollegecenter.eventhoughIhavewriendependingonmy
memory,butitwaswiththesameideaandsameissue.asItoldyoutherewasno
rates,nonumbersandno%.
group1
manufactures
cars
pesticides&growthfertilizers
householdwaste
group2
pesticide&plantfertilizers
manufactures
cars
householdwaste
these2groupsofpollutioncauses(accordingtopeopleopinions)wereputinone
tableIthinkaccordingtothepriority
Regards
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Lizsays:
September16,2015at12:01pm

Thekeyisthattheywereaccordingtopriority.Thatmeansthatthe
rstoneisnumber1priority,thesecondisnumber2priorityetcforeachtable.
Thismeansitwasorderedbyprioritynumber.Youneedtostatewhatthetwo
groupsrepresentedagegroups,incomegroups?youcanseethatthemain
priorityintherstgroupismanufactureswhileinthesecondgroupitis
pesticidesandplantfertilizers.Thelowestprioritywashouseholdwasteforboth
groups.Tobehonest,unlessIsaweverysinglewordwithfullinstructions,Icant
oeryoumoreinformation.
Liz
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Haidersays:
September16,2015at1:16pm

Tobehonest,Ihavebeenendeavoringtondsuchdesignof
questionindierentbooksforalongtimebutwithoutresult.Ithinkitismore
protableandIwillbegratefulifyoudesignandpostsuchquestionwiththe
edanswer.
Thanksabundlewithmyregards
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Lizsays:
September16,2015at1:38pm

Ialsohaveneverseensuchatable.Canyourememberwhatthe
twogroupswereforthistable?Illtrytoreplicateit.
Liz
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MuhammedShamsuddinsays:
September11,2015at5:22pm

whichwasalmostthreetimesthatoftheotheritems.(Ididntunderstandthis
sentence.plzwillyouexplain)
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Lizsays:
September11,2015at9:03pm

Itmeansthreetimemore.
Liz
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Christiansays:
August18,2015at1:34pm

HiLiz,
IfoundyourblogveryusefulformyIELTSwritingimprovement.Currently,Ihaveone
sentencewhichIdoubtusing:
Overall,itcanbeseenthatallthreeaiportssawanupwardtrendwithsomevariations
amongoneandanother.
Couldyoupleaseadvisemeonwhetherthephraseamongoneandanotheraboveis
correct?
Manythanksinadvance.
Christian
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Lizsays:
August18,2015at2:13pm

Youshouldntbewritingsomevariationsamongoneandanotherbecause
alllineshavevariationssoitisirrelevanttoputsuchinformationinyouroverview.
Allthebest
Liz
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Christiansays:
August19,2015at11:37am

ThankyouverymuchforyourcommentLiz!
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Alsays:
August12,2015at9:17pm

Hi,iamastudent.
Excuseme,isitnotbeertowriteinsteadofTurkeyhas.,IwriteTurkeyhad?
becauseitwasin2002?(pastsimple),pleasetellmeifiamwrong,thankyou.
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Lizsays:
August13,2015at12:38pm

Ifthedatesinthepast,youmustusepasttense.
Liz
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NohaFaisalsays:
July26,2015at10:42am

Hi,
caniparaphrasethewordspendwithwordslikeconsume,expend,useand
drain
becausespendistoomuchrepeated!
Thanks!!
Regards,
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Lizsays:
July26,2015at1:57pm

Themeaningoftheverbdependsonthenounwithit.Consumefuelmeans
tousefuel.Consumefoodmeanstoeatfood.Youneedtolookateachcontext
carefully.
Liz
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NohaFaisalsays:
July26,2015at3:13pm

okay..Thanks
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jasminesays:
July25,2015at8:32am

DearLiz,
canyouexplainwhymostisusedinthissentenceallcountriesspentmoston..while
themostisusedinthissentenceTurkeyspentthemost?.Iamreallyconfusedwith
thiscase.
Thankyousomuch,Liz
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Lizsays:
July25,2015at4:50pm

Itsjustavariation.Itsbesttousethethough.
Liz
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JenneeOcamposays:
July24,2015at7:11pm

HiLiz,
IsthereanyotherwordthatIcanusetoparaphraseproportion?
Thanks
Regards,
Jennee
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Lizsays:
July24,2015at7:28pm

Youcouldusepercentageorinsomecasesrate.
Liz
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Anyasays:
July17,2015at10:52am

Hello,Isawthatyouusedthewordexpendituremorethanvetimes.Isit
correctinIELTSexam?
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Lizsays:
July17,2015at1:25pm

Yes,youcantchangewordsallthetime.Englishhasalimitednumberof
paraphrasesforanyword.Thewordexpenditurecanonlybeparaphrasedas
moneyspentorspendingsoofcourse,wordswillberepeated.
Liz
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Michaelsays:
May8,2015at2:38pm

HiLiz
Ijustfoundamistakeinyourmodel.Theotherthreecounties..shouldbetheother
threecountries,orIamwrong?
ThanksMichael
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Lizsays:
May9,2015at9:34am

Thanks
Liz
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Nadiasays:
April14,2015at4:46am

HiLiz,

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Isitappropriatetouseexpenses,outlayinsteadofexpenditure?
Thanksforeverything.
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Lizsays:
April14,2015at8:51am

outlaymightbepossible.Ifyouwritesomesamplesentences,Illletyou
know.Butrememberyouonlyhaveaparaphraseacoupleoftimesandnomore.Dont
risktakingchanceswithoverparaphrasingitwonthelpyourbandscore.
Allthebest
Liz
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Laylasays:
March2,2015at10:34pm

Hiliz,
Isthisintroductionappropriteforthetableabove?Thetablegivesinformationaboutthe
amountofmoneyspentbyindivisulsin2002onthreecategoriesofitemsinvecountries
(Irland,Italy,spain,swedenandTurkey)
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Lizsays:
March3,2015at11:23am

HiLayla,
Yes,itsne.Youhaveintroducedalltherightinformation.Ofcourse,therearesome
spellingmistakesanddontforgetyourcapitalleersforallnamesofcountriesbut
thatmightjustbeatypingerror).Goodintroduction!
Liz
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azizulislamsays:
February24,2015at5:25am

Howwayicanstartmyieltsexamspreparation?
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Lizsays:
February24,2015at10:23am

Hi,
IwillpostavideolessononSaturdayabouthowtopreparationforIELTS.Pleasewait
untilthen.Meanwhile,gothroughmyusefulwebsiteslisttolearnmoreaboutIELTS:
hp://ieltsliz.com/usefulwebsitesandresourcesforielts/
Regards
Liz
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Lizsays:
February19,2015at5:36pm

Hi,

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Theoverviewcontainsonlykeyfeaturesnotallfeatures.Youselectthemainones.So,for
thistableweselecttheitemswhichwerethemostandleastpopularandwealsomention
thecountrywhichspentthemostpossiblyalsothecountrythatspenttheleast.Those
arethekeyfeatures.Youshouldntmentionothernamesorotherinformation.Takealook
atmyothermodelsforwritingtask1andyouwillseethattheoverviewsonlyhavekey
featureswhicharechosen:hp://ieltsliz.com/tag/modeltask1/
Allthebest
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