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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
decrease IELTS Band 7 Dehradun

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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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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