Changes in British living standards # Table Academic Task 1

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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Recommend a driving school # IELTS letter

WRITING TASK 1
You should spend about 20 minutes on this task.
Your friend is thinking about learning to derive and would like some advice,

Write a letter to your friend. In your letter

  • Say why a driving license is advantageous
  • Recommend a driving school
  • Give any extra guidance/tips

ANSWER (Band 7.5 Level):
Dear Rebecca,

I would like to appreciate your decision of learning to drive. There will be a whole new start of your life after that.
If I start up with the paybacks of having a driving license, the list will go endless. The first and foremost thing is that you will feel self-dependent this way. Neither you will feel restricted nor the oddities of public transport will bother you. Moreover, you can save your precious time.
As you have asked about a driving school, here is one I would like to suggest. Success Driving School will be my first advice as this is recognized as one of the most renowned driving school in New Delhi. They have a well organized training program and flexible timings. More importantly, their trainers are truly professional. You will get the best out of your bucks.
Firstly, for theoretical exam, it would be a great idea to purchase a traffic rule guide published by City Traffic Control Police. Secondly, I would advice you to keep a first aid box handy. I hope you will give your best in this training. As the saying goes, “practice makes a man perfect” I am sure after a few months, you will start driving confidently. Looking forward for a win over news.

Love,

Sussain

Annual Spending of the Indian Rail Industry # Pie Chart

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.

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IELTS Essay Sample Answer # Purpose Of Zoo

You should spend 40 minutes on this task.

Zoo has no useful purpose.

Do you agree or disagree with the statement?

Write at least 250 words.

SAMPLE ANSWER

Keeping wild animals in cages for public exhibition is a tradition that people are performing for a long and for majority people this is an amusement and educational purpose for kids while others think it to be a very inhuman act. In recent times, the importance and reason for zoo has been put into scrutiny.

The most important use of zoo is for education. A child can obviously not go to the jungle to understand the animal life, however, it is very easy for him/her to observe animals closely in zoo. Secondly, it is a great help for animals that go stray. It is often seen that animals like monkey or tigers lose their way and enter into cities. Zoo provides them with an atmosphere like their natural habitat, and also the safety.

However, zoo could be irritating for many animals and birds, especially when they are brought from their natural habitat to an artificial one, only to meet the “purpose”. Even more, often kids are very rude to animals ;teasing or throwing things at them, this adds up to their frustration. Even more, although often it is not allowed to take pictures, people do take. The camera flashes tends to irritate the animals. In addition, with coming of internet, children can understand and see the animal life, on it.

Overall, zoo do serve a purpose but the downsides of having one, exceed the need of zoo. In my opinion, since the animal life is slowly moving towards extinction, more and more steps to keep them mentally and physically fit must be taken.

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