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Identify Decreasing Trends in IELTS Task 1

May 12, 2016 IELTS Research

How to Identify Decreasing Trends in IELTS Task 1
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Related Vocabulary

Declined to
Decreased to
Dropped to
Fell to

Dipped to
Reduced to
Went down to
Slumped to

Plummeted to
Hit the minimum

Example:

In 2000, the school A had 80 students. In the next three years, the number of children declined rapidly to 50 and hit the minimum of 20 in the year 2006. In comparison, there were more students in school B in 2000 but the figures dropped gradually in the following years before ending at about 80 pupils in 2006.

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Increasing Trends in IELTS Task-1

May 11, 2016 IELTS Research

Trends are the most important part of the IELTS exam. Trends can either be increasing or decreasing. Sometimes it even remains constant. It is essential for you to know how to describe trends in a better way. This time we bring you the best way in which you can explain increasing trends in IELTS writing.

Example:

How to Identify Increasing Trends in IELTS Task-1 ?

Increased to Rose to Climbed to Went up to Leapt to	Boomed to Soared to Rocketed to Surged to	Hit the mark of Touched the mark of Hit the maximum

In 2000, there were 70 children in school A. The number of students increased gradually to about 85 in the next six years. In comparison, school B had only 10 students in the year 2000 but the figures increased rapidly in the following years and hit the mark of 70 pupils in 2006.

Changes in British living standards # Table Academic Task 1

April 13, 2016 IELTS Research

Academic Task 1:

You should spend about 20 minutes on this task.
The table below shows the consumer durables (television, computer, etc.) owned in Britain from 1972 to 1998.
Write a report for a university lecturer describing the information shown below.
You should write at least 150 words.

Consumer durables	1972	1975	1981	1985	1991	1993	1995	1996	1998
Percentage of households with:	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
Color TV	93	96	74	86	95	95	97	97	98
Home computer	..	..	..	13	21	24	25	27	34
Washing Machine	66	71	78	81	87	88	90	90	92
Telephone	42	54	75	81	88	90	93	94	96
Central Heating	37	43	59	69	82	83	86	88	90
Car or van	52	56	69	62	67	68	71	70	72

Source: Office for National Statistics, UK

ANSWER:

The table provides information about how the number of British households with a range of consumer durables and household amenities has changed over a 26-year period between 1972 and 1998.
In 1972, the vast majority of households (93%) had a color television. In the next three years, figures touched the mark of 96%, but dropped to their lowest of about three quarters (74%) in the early 1980s. The percentage has steadily risen since then and almost all households (98%) had this mode of entertainment in 1998.
Looking at other products, it is clearly evident that there was a gradual rise in the ownership of all of them. The greatest increase was observed for central heating as the number of houses equipped with this facility rose from 37% in 1972 to 90% in 1998. Next came telephone ownership, rising from under a half (42%) of households in 1972 to 96% in 1998. The percentage of households with a washing machine went up by 26% over the same period and of those with a car or van rose by 20%. In 1985, the introduction year of home computers, just over one in eight British households (13%) owned a home computer. Interestingly, by the end of the period, numbers had climbed to 34%.
Overall, the percentage of British houses endowed with long-lasting goods and facilities increased throughout the given period.
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Annual Spending of the Indian Rail Industry # Pie Chart

April 11, 2016 IELTS Research

Question Writing task 1

You should spend about 20 minutes on this task.
The three pie charts show the annual spending of the Indian rail industry in 1992, 2002 and 2012.

IELTS Dehradun topic: Annual spending of the Indian rail industry

The pie charts illustrate the variation in the running costs of the Indian railway in three separate year 2002.

IELTS Dehradun The pie charts illustrate the variation in the running costs of the Indian railway in three separate year 2012.

Answer: (Level band 8.5)

The pie charts illustrate the variation in the running costs of the Indian railway in three separate years 1992, 2002 and 2012.

In all three years, the greatest expenditure was on fuel and workers’ salaries including benefits. Fuel spending increased dramatically from 28% in 1992 to 38% in 2002 but the expenses reduced to their nominal value of 29% in 2012. Approximately, employees wages and benefits used the same proportion, 26-30%.

In the year 1992, one fifth of the annual budget went towards taxes and slightly less, 16%, was spent on resources such as equipment and rentals. Surprisingly, the smallest fraction, 10%, was expended on the modernization of railways in this year. In the next two decades, there were small fluctuations of the order of two percent in the expenditure on taxes. Comparitively, the budget for equipment saw a downward trend, ending at only four percent of the total in 2012. In a sharp contrast, the spending on railway development experienced a rising trend, growing from only 6% in 2002 to a whooping 20% by 2012.

Overall, staff salaries and fuel constituted the largest cost to the Indian railway, and while figures fluctuated for most categories, the modernization expenditure went up significantly.