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PRACTICE IELTS WRITING task 1 The diagram below shows the water cycle, which is the continuous movement of water on, above and below the surface of the Earth The picture illustrates the way in which water passes from ocean to air to land during the natural process known as the water cycle Three main stages are shown on the diagram Ocean water evaporates, falls as rain, and eventually runs back into the oceans again Beginning at the evaporation stage, we can see that 80% of water vapor in the air comes from the oceans Heat from the sun causes water to evaporate, and water vapor condenses to form clouds At the second stage, labeled ‘precipitation’ on the diagram, water falls as rain or snow At the third stage in the cycle, rainwater may take various paths Some of it may fall into lakes or return to the oceans via ‘surface runoff’ Otherwise, rainwater may filter through the ground, reaching the impervious layer of the earth Salt water intrusion is shown to take place just before groundwater passes into the oceans to complete the cycle (156 words, band – From Simon) The table below provides information on rental charges and salaries in three areas of London Write a report for a university lecturer describing the information shown below You should write at least 150 words Weekly rents per property (£/w) Area bed Salaries needed (£/year) bed bed bed bed bed Notting Hill 485 738 98,500 127,500 194,000 Regent's Park 450 650 85,500 118,000 170,500 Fulham 390 600 56,500 102,500 157,500 Model answer: The table shows two sets of related information: the relative cost, in pounds, of renting a property with one, two or three bedrooms in three different suburbs of London and an indication of the kind of annual salary you would need to be earning to rent in these areas Of the three areas mentioned, Notting Hill is the most expensive with weekly rents starting at £375 (salary approximately f 100,000) and rising to £738 per week for a 3-bedroom property To afford this, you would require a salary in the region of £200,000 per annum Alternatively, Fulham is the cheapest area shown with rents ranging from £215 per week for a one bedroom property to £600 per week for a 3-bedroom property To rent in this area, salaries need to be somewhere between £85,000 and £170,000 depending on the number of bedrooms required For those able to pay in the middle price range for accommodation, Regent's Park might be a more suitable district (163 words) The diagram below shows how a central heating system in a house works Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant You should write at least 150 words Model answer: This diagram provides an overview of a domestic central heating system It shows how the tank, boiler and pipes ensure a constant flow of hot waterto both the radiators and the taps The cold water enters the house and is stored in a water storage tank in the roof From there ü flows down to the boiler, located on the ground floor of the house The boiler, which is fuelled by gas or oil, heats up the water as it passes through it The hot water is then pumped round the house through a system of pipes and flows into the radiators, located in different rooms The water circulates through the radiators, which have small tubes inside them to help distribute the heat, and this warms each of the rooms Some of the water is directed to the taps to provide hot water for the house Once the water has been through the pipes and radiators, it is returned to the boiler to be re-heated and circulated round the house again Introduction: First sentence Overview: Second sentence Key features: Entry of cold water into boiler; circulation of hot waterto radiators and taps; return of waterto boiler Supporting information: direction of flow; types of boiler; location of radiators; radiator tubes Paragraph breaks: The paragraph breaks mark stages in the process Linkers: and, from there, then, once, again Reference words: it, both, there, which, this Topic vocabulary: enters, stored, roof, flows, ground floor, located, passes, pumped, system, circulates, heat, directed, returned, reheated Less common vocabulary: ensure, fuelled by, heats up, distribute the heat, warms Structures: An appropriate mix of active and passive structures and a range of sentence types are used Length: 172 words The graph below gives information about the preferred leisure activities of Australian children Write a report for a university lecturer describing the information shown You should write at least 150 words model answer: The graph shows the preferred leisure activities of Australian children aged 5-14 As might be expected, it is clear from the data that sedentary pursuits are far more popular nowadays than active ones Of the 10,000 children that were interviewed, all the boys and girls stated that they enjoyed watching TV or videos in their spare time In addition, the second most popular activity, attracting 80% of boys and 60% of girls, was playing electronic or computer games While girls rated activities such as art and craft highly – just under 60% stated that they enjoyed these in their spare time – only 35% of boys opted for creative pastimes Bike riding, on the other hand, was almost as popular as electronic games amongst boys and, perhaps surprisingly, almost 60% of girls said that they enjoyed this too Skateboarding was relatively less popular amongst both boys and girls, although it still attracted 35% of boys and 25% of girls The graph below shows the different modes of transport used to travel to and from work in one European city in 1960, 1980 and 2000 Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant Write at least 150 words The number of people using trains at first rose from just under 20% in 1960 to about 26% in 1980, but then fell back to about 23% in 2000 Use of the tube has been relatively stable, falling from around 27% of commuters in 1960 to 22% in 1980, but climbing back to reach 25% by 2000 On the other hand, the use of cars increased steadily from just over 5% in 1960 to 23% in 1980, reaching almost 40% by 2000, whereas the popularity of buses has declined since 1960, falling from just under 35% in 1960 to 27% in 1980 and only 15% in 2000 The graph indicates the growing use of cars for commuting The graph shows the changing patterns in commuting by to work between 1960 - 2000, and the corresponding decline train, car, tube or bus for commuters in London in the years in the popularity of buses from being the most popular mode 1960, 1980 and 2000 of transport in 1960 to the least popular in 2000 The diagrams below give information about the Eiffel Tower in Paris and an outline project to extend it underground Write a report for a university lecturer describing the information shown You should write at least 150 words model answer: The Eiffel Tower is situated close to the Seine River in Paris It is a metal structure that is 1,063 feet high and weighs 7,417 tones The tower has been a tourist attraction since 1889, when it was built, and there are 1,665 steps that can be climbed in order to reach the two viewing platforms There are now plans to build below the foundations of the tower These plans include the development of five underground levels that will incorporate the tower's ticket office, shopping facilities, a cinema and museum and two floors of underground parking Although details have yet to be finalized, the principle is that the five floors will be connected by two vertical passenger lifts on either side of the tower In addition, the floor immediately below the tower, which is planned to house the ticket office, will also consist of a large atrium with a glass ceiling so that visitors can look directly up at the tower itself You should spend about 20 minutes on this task The diagram below gives the information about the Hawaiian island chain in the centre of the Pacific Ocean Write a report for a university lecturer describing the information shown You should write at least 150 words model answer: The Hawaiian island chain, in the centre of the Pacific Ocean, is approximately 2,700 km in length It is formed of volcanoes and the active ones are at the south-east tip of the archipelago, where Hawaii itself is located It is believed that the chain began to form nearly 80 million years ago Each island started to evolve after an eruption on the sea floor First, a `hot spot' existed on the ocean bed, which let out a plume of material called magma This magma may originate as deep as 2,883km below the ocean bed Next, further eruptions took place, which built up the volcano Eventually, it emerged above the surface of the ocean Since that time, the spume of magma has remained static as the Pacific tectonic plate moves in a north-west direction across it at a speed of 7-9cm per year As it moves, a volcano forms as it passes over the hotspot and then become inactive when it has passed it The bar chart below shows the results of a survey conducted by a personnel department at a major company The survey was carried out on two groups of workers: those aged from 18-30 and those aged 45-60, and shows factors affecting their work performance Write a report for a university lecturer describing the information shown below You should write at least 150 words model answer: The bar chart indicates a survey on two different age groups on the factors contributing to make their environment pleasant for working These factors are divided into external and internal factors The internal factors are team spirit, competent boss, respect from colleagues and job satisfaction The external factors are chance for personal development, job security, promotional prospects and money On the internal factors above 50% in both age groups agreed that team spirit, competent boss and job satisfaction are essential to make their environment pleasant Whereas on the external factors, there are contrasting results On the chance for personal development and promotional aspects, 80% to 90% of the younger groups were in favor while only less than 50% of the older group thought so A similar pattern is also noted on job security With regards to money, 69% to 70% on both age group said it is essential In conclusion, the internal factors have similar responses from the two age groups while they had dissimilar responses on the external factors (170 words) This is an answer written by a candidate who achieved a Band score Here is the examiner's comment: The information contained in the bar chart has been described accurately and concisely and follows a clear progression There is a clear introduction followed by effective comparisons between the age groups and a valid conclusion Good formulaic phrases (the bar chart indicates, these factors are divided), although the candidate uses the same language to describe the factors in the bar chart and does not attempt to rephrase them in any way The graph below compares the number of visits to two new music sites on the web Write a report for a university lecturer describing the information shown below You should write at least 150 words Model answer 1: The graph shows the number of hits to two new music sites on the web, measured in thousands over a period of fifteen days As far as Music Choice is concerned, the number of visits to the Site fluctuated between 20,000 and 40,000 in the first eleven days, except for Day when they reached 60,000 By contrast, visits to the Pop Parade Site fell erratically from approximately 120,000 hits on Day to around 40,000 on Day Between days 11 and 15 visits to Music Choice fluctuated dramatically, hitting a peak of over 120,000 on Day 14 Despite a drop to less than 40,000 hits, Pop Parade saw a huge increase in the number of hits between Days and 11, reaching a total of over 150,000 hits on Day 11 At the end of the fifteen-day period the number of hits to Pop Parade peaked at around 17000, whereas those for Music Choice showed a marked decline to around 70,000 model answer 2: The graph shows people using new music places on the Internet in fifteen days period of time namely personal choice and trendy pop music The overall trend shows fluctuation with slight Increased towards the end of the period Starting with Music Choice websites; 40,000 people went on this new site on first-day Half of them backed out the next day In Contrast to this Pop Parade net sites were visited by 120,000 music lovers on day one which decreased slightly on the next day thereafter regaining the same fame on 3rd day After 3rd day the enthusiasm for both music lines on Internet dropped slowly- reaching maximum fall of 40,000 on 7th day Whereas Music choice gained popularity, slightly Improving to get the original strength of 30,000 viewers on screen, but was getting still less visitors than their opponent Pop group i.e 40,000 on day In the beginning of the next week both gained remarkable recovery after a few fluctuations for 8th and 9th day having 40,000 and 50,000 visitors respectively, reaching to their peaks of one and a half thousand new viewers for Pop Parade on 11th day showing a contrast of very few people visiting Music choice for the same day Thereafter Music choice gained popularity on 12th day for having more than 120,000 new visitors on web In the end of the period Pop sites were visited by maximum viewers of 180,000 whereas sites located to Music choice were not explored by more than 80,000 explorers on the last day of the report (257 words)This is an answer written by a candidate who achieved a Band score Here is the examiner's comment: Well organized with some good linking devices and collocations (gain popularity, remarkable recovery, decrease slightly) and some valid comparison of the music sites However, some sentences are long and confusing (paragraph 5), some collocations are inaccurate (slight increased, reaching to their peaks) and there is some repetition (7th day, 3rd day, 11 th day) Some words are spelt incorrectly (people, Improving, visitors, beginning) 10 The table below describes percentages of home schooled students in SomeCountry in 1999-2004 Write a report for a university lecturer describing the information shown You should write at least 150 words This table shows homeschooled students in Somecountry in year 1999-2004 in percentages The main trend is that all grades including kindergarten is growing every year Kindergarten started highest at 2.4 and ended with percentage of 2.9 percent with a constant increase But grades 1-2 and grades 5-6 show a little different trend, both started at 1,5 percent in 1999 and declines (declined) a little bit in 2000 Both of them increased slowly in 2002 and both held that course to 2004 where grades 1-2 reached 2,1 percent and grades 5-6 reached 2.6 percent Grades 3-4 had a slow but steady growth throughout all six years It started at 1.6 percent in 1999 and increased by 0.1 every year except in 2003 when it peaked up at 0.2 percent Grades 7-8 started at 1.6 percent and stays there for three years until it rapidly rised up to 2.2 and peaked at 2.5 in 2004 Overall, all grades including kindergarten has had a rise at roughly minimum percent and more in years This is a good report; here is how you can make it better: the coherence needs improvement, meaning the logical connection between sentences inside a paragraph and between paragraphs Use more connective words (Furthermore, However, etc) The groupings you’ve done are fine, but try to use more variations describing those statistics: use words such as numbers, figures, percentages, etc The grammar and the spelling need some extra attention 11 The graph below gives information on wages of Somecountry over a ten-year period Write a report for a university tutor describing the information shown You should write at least 150 words The linegraph describes the growth of wages in Somecountry from year 1993 to year 2003 The growth starts at two percent in 1993, but it doesn’t stay there very long before it rapidly doubles in 1994 Further on, the percentages decline to three percent in 1995, stays steady for year, before it start to rise slowly and ends up just under four percent in 1997 1998 is the best year where the wages peaked at six percent However, after 1998 the wages declines nearly every year Only a year later , the percentage drops to well under three percent, stays there on roughly three percent till 2000 In 2002 the wages reach the lowest point of just one percent growth Luckily the growth rises in 2003 at just under two percent Overall, the growth rate in wages in some countries has shown striking changes through the ten years This is a good report It covers the task, divided correctly into paragraphs and the vocabulary is just right Problems: it has less than 150 words (146) and there are some grammatical errors Assuming the corrections were made looks like Band 12 The table below shows the proportion of different categories of families living in poverty in Australia in 1999 Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant You should write at least 150 words Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience Family type Proportion of people from each household type living in poverty single aged person 6% (54,000) aged couple 4% (48,000) single, no children 19% (359,000) couple, no children 7% (211,000) sole parent 21% (232,000) couple with children 12% (933,000) all households 11% (1,837,000) Model answer: The table gives a breakdown of the different type of family who were living in poverty in Australia in 1999 On average, 11% of all households, comprising almost two million people, were in this position However, those consisting of only one parent or a single adult had almost doubt this proportion of poor people, with 21% and 19% respectively Couples generally tended to be better off, with lower poverty levels for couples without children (7%) than those with children (12%) It is noticeable that for both types of household with children, a higher than average proportion were living in poverty at this time Older people were generally less likely to be poor, though once again the trend favoured eldery couples (only 4%) rather than single elderly people (6%) Overall the table suggests that households of single adults and those with children were more likely to be living in poverty than those consisting of couples 13 The take below gives information about the underground railway systems in six cities Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant You should write at least 150 words Underground Railways Systems City Date opened Kilometres of route Passengers per year (in millions) London 1863 394 775 Paris 1900 199 1191 Tokyo 1927 155 1927 Washington DC 1976 126 144 Kyoto 1981 11 45 Los Angeles 2001 28 50 model answer: The table shows the details regarding the underground railway systems in six cities London has the oldest underground railway systems among the six cities It was opened in the year 1863, and it is already lye years old Paris is the second oldest, in which it was opened in the year 1900 This was then followed by the opening of the railway systems in Tokyo, Washington DC and Kyoto Los Angeles has the newest underground railway system, and was only opened in the year 2001 In terms of the size of the railway systems, London, For certain, has the largest underground railway systems It has 394 kilometers of route in total, which is nearly twice as large as the system in Paris Kyoto, in contrast, has the smallest system It only has 11 kilometers of route, which is more than 30 times less than that of London Interestingly, Tokyo, which has only 155 kilometers of route, serves the greatest number of passengers per year, at 1927 million passengers The system in Paris has the second greatest number of passengers, at 1191 million passengers per year The smallest underground railway system, Kyoto, serves the smallest number of passengers per year as predicted In conclusion, the underground railway systems in different cities vary a lot in the site of the system, the number of passengers served per year and in the age of the system (233 words) This is an answer written by a candidate who achieved a Band score Here is the examiner's comment: This answer selects and describes the information well Key features are clearly identified, while unexpected differences are highlighted and illustrated The answer is relevant and accurate with a clear overview Information is well-organized using a good range of signals and link words These are generally accurate and appropriate, although occasional errors occur The writer successfully uses some less common words There is a clear awareness of style but there are occasional inaccuracies and there is some repetition Grammar is well-controlled and sentences are varied and generally accurate with only minor errors 14 The charts below show the percentage of their food budget the average family spent on restaurant meals in different years The graph shows the number of meals eaten in fast food restaurants and sit-down restaurants You should write at least 150 words Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience model answer: Over the past 30 years, the average family has dramatically increased the number of meals that they eat at restaurants The percentage of the family's food budget spent on restaurant meals steadily climbed Just 10 percent of the food budget was spent on restaurant meals in 1970, and 15 percent in 1980 That percentage more than doubled in 1990, to 35 percent, and rose again in 2000 to 50 percent Where families eat their restaurant meals also changed during that 30-year period In 1970, families ate the same number of meals at fast food and sit-down restaurants In 1980, families ate slightly more frequently at sit-down restaurants However, since 1990, fast food restaurants serve more meals to the families than the sit-down restaurants Most of the restaurant meals from 2000 were eaten at fast food restaurants If this pattern continues, eventually the number of meals that families eat at fast food restaurants could double the number of meals they eat at sitdown restaurants (164 words) 15 The map below is of the town of Garlsdon A new supermarket (S) is planned for the town The map shows two possible sites for the supermarket Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant You should write at least 150 words Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience model answer: The first potential location (S1) is outside the town itself, and is sited just off the main road to the town of Hindon, lying 12 kms to the north-west This site is in the countryside and so would be able to accommodate a lot of car parking This would make it accessable to shoppers from both Hindon and Garlsdon who could travel by car As it is also close to the railway line linking the who towns to Cransdon (25 km to the south-east), a potentially large number of shoppers would also be able to travel by train In contrast, the suggested location, S2, is right in the town centre, which would be good for local residents Theorically the store could be accessed by road or rail from the surrounding towns, including Bransdon, but as the central area is a no-traffic zone, cars would be unable to park and access would be difficult Overall, neither site is appropriate for all the towns, but for customers in Cransdon, Hindon and Garlsdon, the out-of-town site (S1) would probably offer more advantages (179 words) 16 The table below shows CO2 emissions for different forms of transport in the European Union The Pie Chart shows the percentage of European Union funds being spent on different forms of transport 17 You should write at least 150 words Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience 18 21 22 model answer: 19 20 ... 9 81 982 19 83 17 9 Percentage of 18 7 18 0 18 1 18 2 18 3 18 4 18 5 18 6 households with: 18 9 19 0 19 1 19 2 19 3 19 4 19 5 19 6 18 8 central heating 9 64 19 8 19 9 200 2 01 202 203 204 205 19 7 television 6 7 98 16 8... 89 Fri 90 Sat 91 Sun 92 Lunch 93 $2,400 94 $2,450 95 $2,595 96 $2,375 97 $2,500 98 $1, 950 99 $1, 550 10 0 10 8 10 9 11 0 11 1 11 2 11 3 Din 10 1 $3, 10 2 $3, 10 3 $3, 10 4 $3, 10 5 $4, 10 6 $2, 10 7 $2, ner 623... information given 15 3 You should write at least 15 0 words 15 4 15 5 NUMBER OF VISITORS (million) 15 6 15 7 15 8 19 75 15 9 2005 16 0 16 1 SOUTH KOREA 16 2 2.9 9 .1 JAPAN 3.2 12 .0 CHINA 0.3 0.8 USA 0.4 1. 1 BRITAIN