IELTS Academic Writing Task 1.

Sample 1

You should spend about 20 minutes on this task.

The pie graphs below show the result of a survey of children's activities. The first
graph shows the cultural and leisure activities that boys participate in, whereas the
second graph shows the activities in which the girls participate.

Write a report describing the information shown in the two pie graphs.

Write at least 150 words.

How to answer this task?

1. Introduce the pie charts.

Write what do they summarize.

2. Write a general overview.

Write in brief the main trends.

3. Describe the first chart.

 Tell about the activities on the boys' chart and their popularity.
Use linking structures and vocabulary to describe graphs.

4. Describe the second chart.

Tell about the activities on the girls' chart and their popularity. Use words
from academic wordlist.

Model answer
The two pie charts draw the conclusion of a survey of boys' and girls' cultural
and leisure activities.

Overall, equal quantities of both sexes enjoyed listening to music, but a

dramatically larger number of girls liked reading. There were also many
differences in terms of the children's preferred sports.

Turning to the first chart, we can observe that boys prefer playing computer
games (34% participation rate) than taking other activities. Playing basketball
comes as the second most popular leisure, practiced by almost a third of male
children. Basketball is followed by soccer, which is exercised by 17%.
Skateboarding and listening to music are less preferable activities, chosen by
11% and 10% of boys respectively. Reading, the least popular cultural activity
among boys, represents only two percent.

Taking a closer look at the second chart, we can see that girls' most preferred
activity is dancing, being 27% of the total. In contrast to the boys' preferences,
reading is chosen by more than a fifth of all girls. Although percentage of
female children who play computer games is roughly twice less than that of
boys (16%), this activity is third most popular on the girls' chart. With a slight
difference between computer games and netball, the latter is practiced at 15%
rate. Similarly to skateboarding popularity among boys, 11% of girls go in for
gymnastics. Listening to music comes as the least popular leisure, with a
proportion of 10%, equal to those on the first chart.

(244 words)
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Sample 2

You should spend about 20 minutes on this task.

The diagrams below show the changes that have taken place at West park Secondary
School since its construction in 1950.

Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make
comparisons where relevant.

Write at least 150 words.

How to answer this task?

 1. Introduce the maps.

Write what do they illustrate.

2. Note the changes that occurred.

Look attentively at the maps and note what was modified and what
remained unchanged.

3. Describe each element of the map in a separate paragraph.

Tell about each element (farmland, car park, school etc) and its
alteration. Use vocabulary for graph description and linking structures.
Also see words from academic wordlist.

4. Give a general overview.

Write in brief about the changes.

Model answer
The pictures illustrate the changes, which have taken place at West Park
secondary school from 1950 to 2010.

Firstly, significant alterations occurred to the farmland, it was redesigned to a

sports field in 1980 and then to a car park in 2010. There was an expansion of
the car park in 2010 and the sport field was placed between the car park and
the playground.

Moreover, substantial changes happened to the houses. They were removed

from the map, car park and science block taking their place.

Furthermore, a science block was added to the school building in 1980 and
playground was reduced in size. However, the locations of the playground and
school were not modified.

In contrast, the main road remained unchanged throughout the period.

Overall, farmland and houses disappeared from the map, playground was
abridged, and there were built science block, car park and sports field.

(151 words)
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Sample 3

You should spend about 20 minutes on this task.

The graph shows average annual expenditures on cell phone and residential phone
services between 2001 and 2010.

Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make
comparisons where relevant.

Write at least 150 words.

How to answer this task?

1. Introduce the line graph.

Write what it illustrates.

 2. Give an overview.

Briefly summarize what happens on the graph.

3. Apart from obvious trends, see some less noticeable features.

Where did the graph rise/decline sharply and where slowly? What is the
difference between initial and final figures? Where did the recors meet?

4. Describe each change on the graph in a separate paragraph.

This graph is a good example of a situation when students get confused,

thinking there is not enough information to write 150 words. In this case,
make a lot of comparisons, support your assertions with data and
paraphrase the written information. Use vocabulary to describe
graphs, linking structures and words from academic wordlist .

Model answer
The line graph illustrates the average cost that American customers spent on
mobile and landline phone services annually over a 10-year period.

Overall, spending on residential phone services dramatically declined, while

popularity of mobile services increased sharply throughout a decade. Also, both
of services met at the same record in 2006.

In 2001, spending on mobile phone services began by merely $200, while the
amount of annual expenditure on the residential phone services was around
$700. Over the following five years, expenditure on landline phone services
gradually dropped below $600, whereas expenditure on cell phone services rose
to just over $500.

In 2006 cell phones overtook landline phones, and the services became equal in
popularity with customers' annual expenditure of about $550. Then, cell phone
expenses rose to approximately $750 in 2010, making nearly a fourfold jump
relatively to its initial figure in 2001. Meanwhile, spending on residential phone
services experienced a steep fall in 2007 and went on to steadily decrease for
the rest of the period.

(168 words)
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Sample 4

You should spend about 20 minutes on this task.

The bar chart shows the number of visitors to three London Museums between 2007
and 2012.

Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make
comparisons where relevant.

Write at least 150 words.

How to answer this task?

1. Introduce the bar chart.

Write what it shows/compares.

2. Give a general overview.

Write in brief about the main changes on the chart.

3. Note the changes that occured to each element.

 Look attentively at the chart and discern each museum's trends.

4. Describe each element of the chart in a separate paragraph.

Tell about each museum's number of visitors and how it changed

throughout the period. Use vocabulary to describe graphs., linking
structures and words from academic wordlist.

Model answer
The bar chart compares the yearly number of visitors in 3 different museums
from 2007 to 2012.

Overall, the peak of visitors' number was in 2012, while the lowest point was in
2009 and 2010.

Victoria and Albert Museum was the most popular from 2007 to 2009. During
2007-2008 its annual number of visitors remained constant at about 14 million
people per year. However, the figure started to decline rapidly in 2009, and
reached its lowest point of about 8 millions in 2010, becoming the least popular
museum for the rest of the period. After that, the number of Victoria and Albert
Museum's visitors gradually rose up to 10 million visitors within 2 years.

British Museum was the second most popular in 2007, being outraced by
Victoria and Albert Museum. Nevertheless, its number of visitors experienced a
sharp fall in 2008 and remained unchanged the following year. Then, the figure
started to increase. It reached its peak of approximately 14 million visitors in
2012, regaining its position of 2007.

National Gallery Museum showed the most notable development with a steady
growth throughout the period. Being the least popular museum in the
beginning, it experienced a growth of more than 10 million visitors over 6-year
period, and became the most visited museum in 2012.

(213 words)