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IELTS ACADEMIC WRITING TASK 1 BAR GRAPH

IELTS ACADEMIC WRITING TASK 1
You should spend about 20 minutes on this task.
The bar graph below shows the net worth of the UK from 2000 to 2010 according to three sectors.
Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
Write at least 150 words.

 

IELTS BAND 7 GRAPH

 

ANSWER:

The bar chart highlights the variation in the total wealth of the UK according to three different sectors over a decade (2000 -2010).
Between 2000 and 2002, the UK household net wealth remained fairly stable at about £4,500. The figures for both households and government sectors rose consistently in the following years until the economic downturn in 2008. In that year, the net worth of UK households dropped to about £6,000 billion, a significant decrease of approximately £800 billion compared with 2007. Interestingly, UK households wealth recovered in the next two years but the government’s net worth went into negative figures in 2010. It is important to note that throughout the given period the government’s wealth was comparatively much lower than that of the households.
Looking at the total wealth of the UK between 2000 and 2010, the figures were on a par with that of UK households. In six of the ten years represented in the chart, UK households were worth approximately 5% to 10% more than the UK total. For just under a third of this period, in the years 2002 to 2004, the UK total was equal to or greater than the total worth of UK households. Although, the net worth of business in the country improved from 2000 to 2002, this trend did not last and began to worsen again only a year later. From 2005 to 2007, although the rest of the country experienced continued growth, the wealth of business returned to the 2000 levels.
Overall, the total wealth of UK households and the government sector followed an upward trend in the given time period except in 2008. Surprisingly, the business sector remained the least growing section of the UK economy.

IELTS Task 1: Identify stable and fluctuating trends

IELTS Task 1: Identify stable and fluctuating trends
How to identify stable and fluctuating trends?

IELTS Task 1: Identify stable and fluctuating trends.

Related Vocabulary

For constant trends For Fluctuations
Stayed constant at

Remained unchanged at

Did not change

Remained stable at

Levelled out at

Levelled off at

Maintained the same level

 Small fluctuations of the order

of N percent

Wild fluctuations

Figures fluctuated

 

Example
In 2000, School B topped the list with about 85 students whereas school C and A stood at second and third position respectively with nearly 50 and 22 pupils. In the next 6 years, the number of students in school A remained constant. On the other hand, school B witnessed wild fluctuations in its figures which reached the peak at about 140 in 2003, followed by a gradual decline to 120 in the year 2006. In comparison, school C experienced regular fluctuations of the order of 10 percent. Nevertheless, the number of pupils in 2006 was roughly the same as in the year 2000.

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Identify Decreasing Trends in IELTS Task 1

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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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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