IELTS Writing Task 1 Table

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The table shows the Proportions of Pupils Attending Four Secondary School Types !""" and !""# Su$$ari%e the infor$ation by selecting and reporting the $ain features and $ake co$parisons where rele&ant' etween etween

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Secondary School Attendance

2000 Specialist Schools Grammar Schools Voluntary-controlled Schools Community Schools 12% 24% 52% 12% 2005 11% 19% 38% 32% 2009 10% 12% 20% 58%

(odel Answer
The table illustrates the percentage of school children attending four different types of secondary school from 2000 to 2009. It is evident that the specialist, grammar and voluntary-controlled schools e perienced declines in numbers of pupils, !hereas the community schools became the most important providers of secondary school education during the same period. To begin, the proportion in voluntary-controlled schools fell from "ust over half to only 20# or one fifth from 2000 to 2009. Similarly, the relative number of children in grammar schools -"ust under one $uarter -- dropped by half in the same period. As for the specialist schools, the relatively small percentage of pupils attending this type of school %&2#' also fell, although not significantly. (o!ever, !hile the other three types of school declined in importance, the opposite !as true in the case of community schools. In fact, !hile only a small minority of &2# !ere educated in these schools in 2000, this figure increased to !ell over half of all pupils during the follo!ing nine years. )ords &*0

I+,TS )riting Tas- & Sample 2

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The pie chart shows the a$ount of $oney that a children)s charity located in the *SA spent and recei&ed in one year' Su$$ari%e the infor$ation by selecting and reporting the $ain features and $ake co$parisons where rele&ant'

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.evenue Sources and + penditures of a /SA 0harity in one year.

(odel Answer
The pie charts sho! the amount of revenue and e penditures over a year of a children1s charity in the /SA. 2verall, it can be seen that donated food accounted for the ma"ority of the income, !hile program services accounted for the most e penditure. Total revenue sources "ust e ceeded outgoings. In detail, donated food provided most of the revenue for the charity, at 34#. Similarly, !ith regard to e penditures, one category, program services, accounted for nearly all of the outgoings, at 95.3#.

The other categories !ere much smaller. 0ommunity contributions, !hich !ere the second largest revenue source, brought in &0.6# of overall income, and this !as follo!ed by program revenue, at 2.2#. Investment income, government grants, and other income !ere very small sources of revenue, accounting for only 0.3# combined. There !ere only t!o other e penditure items, fundraising and management and general, accounting for 2.4# and &.4# respectively. The total amount of income !as 758,54&,530, !hich !as "ust enough to cover the e penditures of 758,226,394. )ords &46

The line graph illustrates the amount of fast food consumed by teenagers in Australia bet!een &9*5 and 2000, a period of 25 years. 2verall, the consumption of fish and chips declined over the period, !hereas the amount of pi99a and hamburgers that !ere eaten increased. In &9*5, the most popular fast food !ith Australian teenagers !as fish and chips, being eaten &00 times a year. This !as far higher than :i99a and hamburgers, !hich !ere consumed appro imately 5 times a year. (o!ever, apart from a brief rise again from &930 to &935, the consumption of fish and chips gradually declined over the 25 year timescale to finish at "ust under 60 times per year. In sharp contrast to this, teenagers ate the other t!o fast foods at much higher levels. :i99a consumption increased gradually until it overtoo- the consumption of fish and chips in &990. It then leveled off from &995 to 2000. The biggest rise !as seen in hamburgers, increasing sharply throughout the &9*01s and &9301s, e ceeding fish and chips consumption in &935. It finished at the same level that fish and chips began, !ith consumption at &00 times a year.

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The diagra$ illustrates the process that is used to $anufacture bricks for the building industry' Su$$ari%e the infor$ation by selecting and reporting the $ain features and $ake co$parisons where rele&ant'

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The ;ric- <anufacturing :rocess

IELTS Process (odel Answer

The diagram e plains the !ay in !hich bric-s are made for the building industry. 2verall, there are seven stages in the process, beginning !ith the digging up of clay and culminating in delivery. To begin, the clay used to ma-e the bric-s is dug up from the ground by a large digger. This clay is then placed onto a metal grid, !hich is used to brea- up the clay into smaller pieces. A roller assists in this process. =ollo!ing this, sand and !ater are added to the clay, and this mi ture is turned into bric-s by either placing it into a mould or using a !ire cutter. >e t, these bric-s are placed in an oven to dry for 26 ? 63 hours. In the subse$uent stage, the bric-s go through a heating and cooling process. They are heated in a -iln at a moderate and then a high temperature %ranging from 200c to &800c', follo!ed by a cooling process in a chamber for 2 ? 8 days. =inally, the bric-s are pac-ed and delivered to their destinations. )ords &*8

IELTS Writing Task 1 + E,a$ple #

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The chart shows ritish E$igration to selected

destinations between !""- and !"".' Summari9e the information by selecting and reporting the main features and ma-e comparisons !here relevant.

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I+,TS ;ar 0hart <odel Ans!er The bar chart sho!s the number of ;ritish people !ho emigrated to five destinations over the period 2006 to 200*. It is evident from the chart that throughout the period, the most popular place to move to !as Australia. +migration to Australia stood at "ust over 60,000 people in 2006, !hich !as appro imately 4,000 higher than for Spain, and t!ice as high as the other three countries. Apart from a "ump to around 52,000 in 2004, it remained around this level throughout the period. The ne t most popular country for ;ritons to move to !as Spain, though its popularity declined over the time frame to finish at belo! 80,000 in 200*. @espite this, the figure !as still higher than for the remaining three countries. Appro imately 20,000 people emigrated to >e! Aealand each year, !hile the /SA fluctuated bet!een 20-25,000 people over the period. Although the number of visitors to =rance spi-ed to nearly 85,000 in 2005, it !as the country that !as the least popular to emigrate to at the end of the period, at "ust under 20,000 people. %Words 179'