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IELTS Academic Writing Task 1

In this task you will be presented with a graph, table, chart or diagram and asked to
describe, summarise or explain the given information.

How to answer IELTS Academic Task 1?

1) Analyse the graph

Firstly, you need to get an overview of the graph/chart/diagram you will describe. Look
for general trends, changes and key features to get an idea of how you will structure the
information.

Example:

We can note some trends :

 Car was the most popular type of transport in all countries, except for Germany.
 In Great Britain and USA, there are big differences between percentages of people
who choose some kind of transport.
 In Germany, percentages of people who choose car and bicycle are roughly the
same.
 In France, percentages of people who choose motorcycle and bicycle are nearly
equal.
 Motorcycle was the least popular type of transport in all countries, except for the
USA.
 Overall, car is the most chosen transport, bicycle is on the second place and
motorcycle is the least chosen transport.

2) Write an answer with the following structure:


Once you've thought out all patterns on the graph, you can start writing your answer.

Introduce the graph (ideally


Introduction
1-2 sentences).

General In this paragraph you should


Bod
overview describe main trends.
y
Specific Group the given data by
features some feature. Then describe
each feature.

Use paragraphing! Usually,


there should be 1-3
paragraphs in the body part.

Don't worry if you think there is too much or not enough information!

Remember that the purpose of Academic Task 1 is to test your ability to


distinguish and describe the changes and trends you see on the graph.

If you think that there is not enough information on the graph to write 150 words:
don't panic! Write in detail about every single alteration and support your writing with a
lot of data.

If you think that there is too much information on the graph: also don't panic! Don't
ornately depict each change on the graph, but try to see a few main trends instead.
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)

American or British English?


For each person, simply write "US" (American) or "UK" (British) in the small box
below each sentence.

1. The elevator in my apartment building is broke again.

2. The faucet in the kitchen is dripping again.

3. I have to put another few gallons of gas into my Chevy.

4. I'm going to McDonalds to get some chips and a burger.

5. I hate people who park their bikes on the pavement.

6. This semester, I have completed all but one of my assignments.

7. Last vacation, we went on a great tour of Europe.

8. The stores will all be closed for Labor Day.

9. That motorway must be the busiest in the area.

10. The line outside the music store was huge.

11. There's rubbish been dropped all over the park. Terrible!

12. The mailman is really late this morning!

13. I think Graham is listening to his new ZZ Top CD in the den.

14. I only paid six pounds for this new cricket bat.

15. If you tow your caravan through the town centre, you will get fined.

16. I avoid the interstates at this time - too many trucks.

17. You can't touch the ball with your hands in football. That's why it's called
football.

18. All the ploughs queued up in defence of the aluminium factory.

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