IELTS Writing Task1

Example #1: Line Graph

The graph below shows the number of books read by men and women at Burnaby Public
Library from 2011 to 2014.
Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make
comparisons where relevant.

The graphic gives information about the number of books read by men and
women at Burnaby Public Library from 2011 to 2014. The graphic shows how
many books people read over four years in this library.
As can be seen from the graphic, between 2011 and 2012, the number of the
books read by the men were steady, from about 3000 to 4000. In the other
hand, the number of books read by women in the same years were about 5000
to 8000, more than men. Nevertheless, in 2013 the women and men read the
same number of books, from about 10000.
In 2014, the graphics shows a decrease in the trend of books read by women,
from 10000 to 8000. However, the number of books read by men increased
considerably, from 10000 to 14000.

Example #2: Map

The diagrams below show the changes that have taken place at Queen Mary Hospital since
its construction in 1960.
Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make
comparisons where relevant.

The diagrams show Queen Mary Hospital at three different stages in its
development: 1960, 1980 and 2000.
In 1960, the hospital was build close to the main road and next to a shopping
centre. A car park was constructed in the area behind the hospital, while the
area behind the shopping centre was farmland.
In 1980, the shopping centre was replaced by two buildings: a pharmacy and a
cancer centre, which pertain to the hospital. Furthermore, the hospital gained
the farmland and converted into a nursing school.
In 2000, the main building of hospital did not change; nevertheless, the cancer
centre was expanded to the nursing school. As result of that, the car park was
divided in two, so that, provide a smaller nursing school and smaller cark park.
During this period the main hospital remained unchanged, but other buildings
which pertain to it was constructed. The hospital increase its size in addition to

a pharmacy, a cancer centre and a nursing school. However, the capacity of car
park was halved.

Example #3: Line graph

The line graph below shows the percentage of tourists to England who visited four different
attractions in Brighton.
Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make
comparisons where relevant.

The graph shows the percentage of tourist to England who visited Brighton
attractions between 1980 and 2010. In 1980 and 2010, the festival and pavilion
were the most popular attractions. On the other hand, the least popular
attraction in 1980 was the pier, but, in 2010 this changed and the art gallery
was the least popular.
During the 1980s and 1990 there was a sharp increase in visitors to the
pavilion from 28% to 40%. On the contrary, in the festival the percentage
gradually went down from 30% to 25%, between 1980 and 1995; however, in
2000 the number of visitors increase form about 3% and in 2010 were steady.
At the same time, the art gallery suffered a decrease over the 30% and the
percentage decrease year per year. The Pier from 1980 toward 2005 fluctuate
in a 10% to 15%; however, in 2010 the percentage of visitors rise to 23%.

Example 4#: Pie graph

The two pie charts below show some employment patterns in Great Britain in 1992.
Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make
comparisons where relevant.
Employees and self-employed: by sex and occupation, 1992

The charts provide information on the portion of females and males in

employment in board 6 categories, divided into manual and non-manual
occupations. In general, a greater percent of women work in non-manual
occupation than work in manual occupation. On the contrary, a greater percent
of men work in manual occupations than non-manual.
In the non-manual occupations, while the greater percent of women than men
in clerical positions, there is a smaller percent of women than men employed in
managerial and professional positions. The percentage of women employed in
non-manual occupations are slightly larger than women employed in manual
occupations.
In manual occupations, the biggest differences between two sexes is in the
employment of craft workers, where males make up 24% of the work force and
females only 3 %. Furthermore, the percentage of women employed in general
labourers is just 1%. In the percentage of employees in the category of men,

over 50% of the employers are in manual occupations; on the contrary, the
biggest percentage of employers in the category of women are in non-manual
occupations.
In summary, the chart shows that women do not have the same opportunity of
employees than men.

Example #5: Diagram

The diagram below shows the production of electricity using a system called Ocean Thermal
Energy Conversion (OTEC).
Write a report for a university lecturer describing the information below.

How Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) works

This diagram illustrates the production of electricity using a system called

Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC). This system converts solar energy
into electric power using the temperature differences between surface water,
which can be up to 29 Celsius degrees, and deep sea water, which is from
about 5 Celsius degrees.

The main components of the system are an evacuate evaporation chamber, a

condensing chamber and a turbine. The solar energy heats up the surface
water and this warm water is introduced into the evacuated evaporation
chamber, where it boils. Consistently, the salt is deposited and water vapour is
generated. Then, the water vapour drives a turbine to generate electric power.
After the water vapour powers the turbine, it enters into the condensing
chamber where is cooled by the water from depths of the ocean. The water
vapour is condensed in this chamber, producing drinking water. Meanwhile,
waste salt is discharged to the ocean and the process can be repeated.

Example #4: Table

The Table below shows the results of a survey that asked 6800 Scottish adults (aged 16
years and over) whether they had taken part in different cultural activities in the past 12
months.
Summaries the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make
comparisons where relevant.

Participation in cultural activities, by age

16-24

25-44

45-74

All aged 16
and over

Any performance*

35

22

17

22

Undertaking any crafts

11

17

22

19

Cultural purchases

11

17

18

16

Any visual arts

30

16

11

15

Any writing

17

Computer based

10

* Dancing, singing, playing musical instruments and acting

This table shows details of participations in variety of activities in the past year,
according to the age of participants.
The activity with a major number of participants was any performance, which
includes dancing, singing, playing musical instrument and acting, with 22% of
respondent participating in the previous 12 months. On the other hand,
computer based had the lowest level of participants.
People aged between 45 and 47 years old, were more interested in undertake
any activity to do with crafts, while performances were more likely to be
participated by people aged between 16 and 24. The differences between ages
group were particularity marked in the case of visual marks and writing
categories, where the information shows that younger people had double
participation in visual arts than writing activities; on the contrary, old people
had a preference in writing activities. It is clear from evidence that age plays a
significant role in the popularity of the cultural activities listed.

Example #4: Bar chart

The chart below shows the number of travellers using three major airports in New York City
between 1995 and 2000.
Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make
comparisons where relevant.

The bar chart illustrates the number of persons that have been in three major
airports in New York City between 1995 and 2000.
It can be seen that the number of passengers, who travel through the La
Guardia airport, went up per year in the period of 1995 to 2000. On the
contrary, the trend of John F. Kennedy airport was fluctuant in the same period.
Looking at the detail, the La Guardia airport had a steady increase between
1995 and 1999, from about 5 million passengers per year. Nevertheless, in
2000 the number of passengers had a sudden increase to 68 million of
passengers. Similarly, the numbers of passengers in the airport of Newark was
15 million of passengers at the beginning, and in 1997 the number of
passengers rose to 38 million; however, in 1998 the trend in the number of
passengers remained steady.
On the other hand, in 1997 the John F. Kennedy airport had a significant
increase to 45 million of passengers, but, in 1999 the number of passengers
dropped to 32 million. Moreover, in 2000 the number of passengers increased
significantly.
In Summarise, the airport which has the major number visits is the La Guardia
because its number increase over year.

Example #5: Line graph

The line graph below shows the changes in the share price of Outokumpu companies in
euros between January 2006 and December 2010.
Write a report for a university lecturer describing the information below.

Source: NASDAQ OMX Helsinki

This line graph demonstrate the changes and a decline overall in the share
price of Outokumpu companies, in euros, in a period of five years form January
2006 to December 2010.
This graphic begins in January 2006, where the share price was from about EUR
13 per share. There were several fluctuations until late 2006; nevertheless, the
share price had a steady increase. At the beginning of 2007, the share price
jumped to EUR 31 per share; however, this did not last long. In 2007, the trend
of the share price was fluctuant and the price went down.
Despite the shares went down in 2007, there were a climb to EUR 30 per share
in the middle of 2008.However, it did not last long again and the shares
plummeted to EUR 8 per share at the end of 2008. In the period from 2009 to
2010, the share price had a significant and fluctuate increase, but no more
than EUR 17 per share.

Example #6: Bar graph

The graph below shows female unemployment rates in each country of the
United Kingdom in 2013 and 2014.

Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and
make comparisons where relevant.

This bar graph illustrates the unemployment rates among the women in the
countries that form part of United Kingdom between 2013 and 2014. There can
be seen that percentage in unemployment has a small decrease in 2014,
except in Scotland.
In 2013, the biggest percentage of female unemployment was in England and
in second place Scotland. On the contrary, Wales and Northern Ireland has a
percentage under the 6% of female unemployment rate. However, in 2014
England and Wales decreased their percentage of unemployment in a 0.3% and
0.4%, respectively. In addition, Northern Ireland had a sudden decrease in their
percentage of unemployment rates from 5.6% to 4.6%.
Despite of decreasing in the unemployment rates in England, Wales and
Northern Ireland, the rate of unemployment in Scotland increased in a 0.6%. In
2013, the 6.1% of women who live in Scotland were unemployed and this
percentage climbed to 6.7% in 2014. That means that Scotland is the country
with the biggest unemployment rate.

Example #7: Pie chart

The two pie charts below show the online shopping sales for retail sectors in Canada in 2005
and 2010.

Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make
comparisons where relevant.

These pie charts compare the online shopping sales for a retail sector in
Canada in the years of 2005 and 2010. The online sales are divided in four
sectors: Electronics & Appliance, Food & Beverage, Home Furnishings and
Video Games.
The sector of Electronics & Appliance have the majority of online sales in 2005
with a 35%, but in 2010 the sales decreased in a 5%; however, this sector had
the majority of online sales. In contrast, Home Furnishings had a 25% and was
the second place in sales in 2005; but, in 2010 the sales went down to 15% and
had the last place in sales.
Food & Beverage had a 22% in 2005 and was the third place in sales;
moreover, in 2010 the sales increased to 32% and this sector jumped to the
second place in sales. In addition, Video Games had the minor percentage in
sales in 2005. On the other hand, in 2010, the sales in Video Game sector
increase from 18% to 23%. Despite the decreasing sales in 2010 the best seller
in 2005 and 2010 were Electronics & Appliance.

Example 8: Table

The table below shows the cinema viewing figures for films by country, in millions.
Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make
comparisons where relevant.

The table illustrate viewing figures for films in four countries. The films were
divided in four categories: action, romance, comedy and horror.
The table indicates that more Indian people watch films at the cinema than the
other three nationalities. In all four countries, action movies is the most popular
genre. The number of people that see action films are almost 30 million, that
means between 7 and 8 millions of people in each country see this genre.
On the contrary, horror films are not popular in comparison with the other
threes genres. In India and Japan only 2.2-2.5 million people see horror films,
but, in Ireland and New Zealand this genre is more popular. On the other hand,
romance are the second more popular genre film in four countries; for example,
in India around 7.5 people see this genre and 20.3 million of people in the four
countries prefers this type of films.