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IELTSWritingTask1:'table'essay

TodayI'mgoingtoexplainmythinkingprocesswhenIansweranIELTSWritingTask1question.We'llusethisquestion(

CambridgeIELTS7,page30):

Thetablebelowgivesinformationonconsumerspendingondifferentitemsinfivedifferentcountriesin2002.

Percentageofnationalconsumerexpenditurebycategory-2002

BeforeIworryaboutwhatlanguagetouse,it'sreallyimportanttounderstandtheinformation,anddecidehowtoorganiseit.ThisiswhatI'mthinking:

IknowthatIcanwriteashortintroductionbyparaphrasingthequestion.

Ilookforanoveralltrend.Icanseethatthefood/drinks/tobaccocategoryhasthehighestpercentages,andleisure/educationhasthelowest.

NowIwanttowritetwomainbodyparagraphs.Ineedtoselectsomethingtosayabouteachcountry.Remember,thereisnoruleaboutwhatinformationyouselect;everyonewilldothisdifferently.

Ilookforthehighestfiguresineachcategory:IcanseethatTurkeyhasthehighestfigureforfood/drinks/tobaccoANDforeducation/leisure.Italyhasthehighestfigureforclothing/footwear.

So,I'llwriteaparagraphaboutTurkeyandItaly.

MyfinalparagraphneedstotalkaboutIreland,SpainandSweden.

MaybeI'llpointoutthatIrelandhasahighfigureforthefirstcategory,Spainhasthelowestfigureforeducation/leisure,andSwedenhasthelowestfiguresforthefirstANDsecondcategories.

Idon'tneedaconclusionbecauseIhavealreadymentionedageneraltrendinpoint2.

Trywritinganessayfollowingthesesteps.Youcancompareyouressaywithminenextweek.

Here'smyband9essayfollowingthestepsin

lastweek'slesson

:

Thetablebelowgivesinformationonconsumerspendingondifferentitemsinfivedifferentcountriesin2002.

Percentageofnationalconsumerexpenditurebycategory-2002

Thetableshowspercentagesofconsumerexpenditureforthreecategoriesofproductsandservicesinfivecountriesin2002.

Itisclearthatthelargestproportionofconsumerspendingineachcountrywentonfood,drinksandtobacco.Ontheotherhand,theleisure/educationcategoryhasthelowestpercentagesinthetable.

Outofthefivecountries,consumerspendingonfood,drinksandtobaccowasnoticeablyhigherinTurkey,at32.14%,andIreland,atnearly29%.TheproportionofspendingonleisureandeducationwasalsohighestinTurkey,at4.35%,whileexpenditureonclothingandfootwearwassignificantlyhigherinItaly,at9%,thaninanyoftheothercountries.

ItcanbeseenthatSwedenhadthelowestpercentagesofnationalconsumerexpenditureforfood/drinks/tobaccoandforclothing/footwear,atnearly16%andjustover5%respectively.Spainhadslightlyhigherfiguresforthesecategories,butthelowestfigureforleisure/education,atonly1.98%.

Note:

-WhichinformationdidIchoosetoincludeinmy'summary'paragraph?

-WhydidIusepastandpresenttensesinparagraph2?

-HowdidIgrouptheinformationforparagraphs3and4?

Q13.Task1-Graph(Solved)(Tablegraph)

Solution:

ThetwotabularchartsdepictthevisitsabroadbyUKresidentsbypurposeofvisitandthedestinationsofvisitsfortheyears1994to1998.

Atthefirstglance,itisobservedthatthemainreasonfortravelingabroadhasbeentheholidaysinallthe5yearsfollowedbybusinessandvisitstofriendsandrelatives.Therewasanapproximate30%increaseintheholidayfiguresfrom1994to1998whileinotherpurposesthefiguresinclinedslightly.ThemaximumvisitsabroadbyUKresidentswerein1998.

Movingfurther,WesternEuropewasthefavoritedestinationforUKresidentstravelingabroadandthefigurejumpedbyanapproximate25%in5years.VisitstoNorthAmericadoubledfrom919to1823fromtheyears1994to1998.

Overall,thebiggestreasonforvisitsabroadwasholidaysandthefavoritedestinationwasWesternEurope.

Sampletask

Youshouldspendabout20minutesonthistask.

Writeareportforauniversitylecturerdescribingtheinformationinthetablebelow.

Writeatleast150words.

Yourtask

CompletetheTaskOnereportexerciseabove.Spendonly20minutes.Thenlookatthenotesandthesampleanswerbelow.

Sampleanswers

Wewillnowcomparetwosampleanswers,onebetterthantheother.Howwelldoeseachonefollowtheguidelines?

Sampleanswer1

ThetableshowshowpeopleindifferentagegroupsspenttheirleisuretimeinSomeland.Itcanbeclearlyseenthattheamountofleisuretimeavailablevariedconsiderablyacrosstheagegroups.

TeenagersinSomelandspent1,200hoursayearwatchingTVandthoseintheover70sgroupspent100hourslessat1,100.Theyspent150hoursonsocialisingwith4orlesspeoplecomparedwith200hoursattheotherendofthescale.Theyspent350hourssocialisingwith4ormorepeoplecomparedwith25hours.Theteenagersspent450hoursongroupexercisebutretiredpeopledidn’tdoany.

Inconclusion,wecanseethatinSomelandtheteenagersandretiredpeopleprefertospendtheirfreetimeindifferentways.

Teacher'scommentsonthesampleanswer

“Thereportstructureisclearandwellorganisedwithanintroduction,bodyandconclusion.

Thecandidateusesrepetitivegrammaticalstructuresandvocabularywhichwouldbringthemarkdownconsiderably.Thetenseusedisnotappropriateasthereisnoindicationonthetablethatthefiguresrefertothepast.Alsothereaderdoesn’tknowwhoisbeingreferredtointhetwosentencesonsocialising.Theword‘prefer’intheconclusionisinappropriatebecausethetabledoesnotgiveanyindicationofpeople’sreasonsforspendingtheirtimeononeactivityratherthananother.Someonemaychooseindoorratherthanoutdooractivitiesbecauseoftheirhealthalthoughtheywouldprefertogooutside.

Intermsoftaskrequirementsthereporthasseriousproblems.Althoughinwritingaboutatableyouwillhavethedifficultyoftherebeingtoomuchinformationtoputintoa150wordreport,youcan’tsolvethisproblembyignoringwholesectionsofthetable.Inthiscasethecandidatesimplycomparedtwoagelevelsandignoredtherest.”

Sampleanswer2

ThetableshowshowpeopleindifferentagegroupsspendtheirleisuretimeinSomelandoverthecourseofayear.Itcanbeclearlyseenthattheamountofleisuretimeavailablevariesconsiderablyacrosstheagegroupsandthatpeopleofdifferentagelevelshaveverydifferentwaysofspendingtheirleisuretime.

Accordingtothefigures,aspeopleageinSomelandtheirsociallivesreduce.Teenagersandpeopleintheirtwentiesspendonaverage500hoursperyearonsocialisingand350hoursofthattimeiswithagroupofmorethan4people.Althoughthetotalhoursofsocialisingintheir30s,40s,50sand60sisfairlyconstant(between300-350),socialisingwithmorethan4peopledropsdramaticallyto50hoursinthe30sand40sagegroupsandonly25from50yearsold.Groupandindividualexercisefollowasimilarpattern.

PeopleofallagesspendagoodpartoftheirleisuretimeonentertainmentsuchasTV/videoviewingandcinema.Inbothcases,teenagersandretiredpeoplespendaroundtwiceasmuchtimeasthosewhoareatworkingage.Homeentertainmentrangesfromjustoverathousandhoursforteenagersandretiredpeopleandanaverageof600hoursforeveryoneelse.Cinemaaccountsfor100hoursoftheteenagersandretiredpeople’sleisuretimeand25-50hoursfortherest.

Inconclusionwecanseethereisasignificanttrendtowardssolitaryandsmallergroupactivitiesaspeoplegrowolderandthatteenagersandretiredpeoplespendalotmoretimeonentertainmentthanthoseofworkingagedo.

StrategiesforimprovingyourIELTSscore

Selectinginformation

Likethelinegraphsyourreportshouldbestructuredsimplywithanintroduction,bodyandconclusion.Tensesshouldbeusedappropriately.

Usetwostandardopeningsentencestointroducethetableandyourreport.Theseopeningsentencesshouldmakeupthefirstparagraph.Sentenceoneshoulddefinewhatthetableisabout;thatis,thedate,location,whatisbeingdescribedinthegraphsetc.Forexample:

ThetableshowshowpeopleindifferentagegroupsspendtheirleisuretimeinSomelandoverthecourseofayear.

Noticethatthesampleopeningsentencedoesnotsimplycopythewordsusedonthegraphicmaterial.Copiedsentenceswillnotbeassessedbytheexaminerandsoyouwasteyourtimeincludingthem.

Sentencetwo(andpossiblythree)mightsumuptheoveralltrend.Forexample:

Itcanbeclearlyseenthattheamountofleisuretimeavailablevariesconsiderablyacrosstheagegroupsandthatpeopleofdifferentagelevelshaveverydifferentwaysofspendingtheirfreetime.

Noticethetenseused.Inthiscasethereisnodategivenandsowemusttakethetableinformationasbeingcurrentnow.

Thebodyofthereportwilldescribetheinformationpresentedinthetableindetail.Youwillneedtodecideonthemostclearandlogicalordertopresentthematerial.Generallyyouwillchooseoneofthecategoriesgiveninthetable;thatis,theageoractivityintheexampletaskabove.Yourchoicewoulddependonwhetheryoucouldseethemostsignificanttrendsoccurringbyagegrouporbyactivity.Inthiscasedistinguishingtheagegroupisyourprimaryconcernindescribingthistable,andyouwoulddothisbyhighlightingsomedifferencesbetweentheactivitypreferencesoftheagegroups.

Ideallyyourreportshouldendwithoneortwosentenceswhichsummariseyourreportordrawarelevantconclusion.

Grammarandvocabulary

Youwillreceiveahighermarkifyourwritingusesarangeofstructuresandvocabularycorrectlyratherthanalimitednumber.

Selectingyourinformation

Incompletingthistaskitisimportantthatyoucoveralloftheinformationgiven.However,thisdoesnotmeanthatyoushouldnoteeverydetail.Intablesthereisinvariablytoomuchinformationforyoutomentioneachfigure.Youwillthereforeneedtosummarisethetableinmeaningfulsegments.Inotherwords,youwilldescribethesignificanttrendsinyourreport.

Toseethetrendsinatable,startbyfindingpatternsunderthehorizontalandverticalheadings.Inthesampletaskyouwouldanalysetheagegroupsandactivities.WecanseethatatdifferenttimesintheirlivesSomelandpeoplehavemoreorlessfreetimeandtheirprioritiesforhowtheyspendtheirfreetimearedifferent.Inanalysingtheactivitieswecanlookforwhichagegroupsspendmoretimeonindividualorgroup,cheaporexpensive,homeoroutdoor,strenuousorrestfulactivities.Bydescribingtrendsinthisway,wecanavoidhavingtodescribeeveryagegroupacrosseveryactivity.

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ThetablesbelowshowinformationonAustraliantourism

fortheyears1991to1999.ThefirstshowsthenumberofvisitorscomingtoAustraliaandthesecondshowsthenumberofAustralianresidentstravelingoverseas.Writeareportforauniversitylecturerdescribingtheinformationshownbelow.

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SUGGESTEDAPPROACH

Theanswershouldclearlycovertheinformationgivenadequatelybycomparingthenumbersleavinganddepartingratherthanfocusingoneachgroupindividually.

SAMPLEANSWER

Therewere4,459,510visitorsin1999,representinga7%increaseinvisitorarrivalsfrom1998.Thisincreaseindicatesarecoveryfromthe3.5%declineinvisitorarrivalsexperiencedin1998,whichwasuncharacteristicofthehighincreasesrecordedearlierinthedecade.

Whilethenumberofforeignvisitors.comingtoAustraliaincreasedin1999afterafallin1998,thenumberofAustralianresidentsdepartingforoverseashasbeenincreasingoverthelastsixyears.Until1996theannualpercentageincreaseinAustraliansvisitingoverseaswassmallerthantheincreasein

visitorarrivals.However,in1997and1998thepercentageincreaseinAustralianstravelingabroadwasgreaterthantheincreaseininternationalvisitorscomingtoAustralia,withthosedepartingupby7%and8%respectivelywhencomparedwithvisitorsarriving(up4%in1997,anddown4%in1998).In1999the7%increaseofinboundvisitorscomparedwithonlya15%increaseinoutboundvisitors.Thenumberofinboundvisitorsremainedhigherthanthenumberof

outboundvisitors,byjustover1.2millionpersonsin1999.(177words)[Band9]

Lookatthistableandcompletethedescription.

Forsomespacesyoumayneedtousemorethanoneword.

The

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how

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money

people

spent

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4different

itemsintheUnitedKingdomin1998.

Itisimmediatelyapparentthatadultsspent_____

oftheirmoneyonfood,electronicequipment,musicandvideosthanchildrendid.Adultsspentjustovera

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oftheirincomeontheseitems,whilechildrenspent

84%

ofmoneyonthesamegoods.Onemajordifferencebetweenadultmalesandfemalesisthatwomenspentasmuchas

39%

oftheirmoneyshoppingforfood,whereasmenspentmorethan

_______

onfood.Whileitseemsthat

____menorwomenspentasignificant

______

ofmoneyonmusicandvideos,wecansee

______

ofmen’sincomewentonelectronicequipmentincontrasttojust1%forwomen.

Generally,boysandgirlsspenttheirmoneyinasimilarway.Musicwasthemostpopularitemataround

40%,followedbyvideosatapproximately

18%

andfoodatjust10%.Theonestrikingdifferencebetweenthegenderswasinelectronicequipment.Hereboys(18%)spentalmost

________

asmuchasgirls(5%).

Oneconclusionisthatthereweredifferencesinpatternsofspendingbothinageandgender.

Thisismyanswer.Theremaywellbeotherpossiblecorrectanswers.Ifyouhavesomethingdifferentyouwantchecked,justleaveacomment.

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table

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people

spent

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4different

itemsintheUnitedKingdomin1998.

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oftheirmoneyonfood,electronicequipment,musicandvideosthanchildrendid.Adultsspentjustovera

third

oftheirincomeontheseitems,whilechildrenspent84%ofmoneyonthesamegoods.Onemajordifferencebetweenadultmalesandfemalesisthatwomenspentasmuchas39%oftheirmoneyshoppingforfood,whereasmenspentjustoverathird

onfood.Whileitseemsthat

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menorwomenspentasignificant

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ofmen’sincomewentonelectronicequipmentincontrasttojust1%forwomen.

Generally,boysandgirlsspenttheirmoneyinasimilarway.Musicwasthemostpopularitemataround40%,followedbyvideosatapproximately18%andfoodatjust10%.Theonestrikingdifferencebetweenthegenderswasinelectronicequipment.Hereboys(18%)spentalmost

threetimes

asmuchasgirls(5%).

Oneconclusionisthattherearedifferencesinpatternsofspendingbothinageandgender.

Thetablebelowpresentsthenumberofchildreneverborntowomenaged40-44yearsinAustraliaforeachyeartheinformationwascollectedsince1981.

Summarisetheinformationbyselectingandreportingthemainfeatures,andmakecomparisonswhererelevant.

Writeatleast150words.

Numberofchildreneverborn,Womenaged40–44years

Fouror

One

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more

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child

children

children

children

year

%

%

%

%

%

2006

15.9

13.2

38.3

21.5

11.0

1996

12.8

11.3

38.2

24.6

13.1

1986

9.7

8.7

35.6

27.0

18.9

1981

8.5

7.6

29.0

27.4

27.6

Source:ABSBirthsAustralia2001,2006(3301.0)

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Thetable/piechart/graph/etc.shows...

Themostsignificantchange...

Anothernoticeabletrend...

Overall...

Youmustalsosupportgeneralstatementswithdetailedinformationfromthetable/graph/etc.

Modelanswer字数太多，不适合这么写

Thetableshowsthenumberofchildrenborntowomenaged40–44yearsinAustraliain1981,1986,1996and2001.

In1981,womenaged40-44yearswereonlymarginallymorelikelytohavehadtwochildrenthanthreechildren(29%vs27.4%)orfourormorechildren(27.6%).Similarly,by1986,womenofthisagewereconsiderablymorelikelytohavegivenbirthtotwochildrenthanthreechildren(35.6%vs27%)orfourormorechildren(18.9%).

In1996and2006,theproportionsofwomenaged40-44yearswhohadgivenbirthtotwochildrenwerealmostidentical,thoughtheproportionswhohadgivenbirthtothreechildrenortofourormorechildrenhaddecreased.Inthesemorerecentperiods,womenweremorelikelytohavehadtwochildrenthanthreeormorechildren-atrendthatwasmostmarkedinthemostrecentperiod(38.2%vs24.6%in1996;38.3%vs21.5%in2006).

Whiletwo-childfamiliesnowpredominate,thenumberofwomenwhohadgivenbirthtoonlyonechildincreasedprogressivelyfrom7.6%in1981to13.2%in2006.

In1981,similarproportionsofwomenagedintheirearlyfortieswerechildlessorhadgivenbirthtoonlyonechild(8.5%and7.6%respectively).By2006,15.9%ofwomenwerechildlessand13.2%hadgivenbirthtoonlyonechild.

Overall,byage40-44years,theproportionofwomenwhohavehadthreeormorechildrenhasfallenconsiderablysincethe1980s,whiletheproportionswhohavehadnochildren,oronlyoneortwochildrenhasincreased.

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Q26.Task1-Graph(Table)

Solution:

ThetabulargraphillustratesthepercentageofBritishhouseholdswhoownedarangeofconsumerdurablesbetween1972and1983.

Fromanoverallview,itisapparentthatthepercentageofdurablesownershipincreasedovertheyears.Thegreatestincreasewasintelephoneownership,risingfrom42%in1972to77%in1983.Nextwasthecentralheatingownership,risingfrom37%ofhouseholdsin1972to64%in1983.Thepercentageofhouseholdswitharefrigeratorroseby21%overthesameperiodandofthosewithawashingmachineby14%.

Householdswithvacuum-cleaners,televisionsanddishwashersincreasedby8%,5%and2%respectively.In1983,theyearoftheirintroduction,18%ofhouseholdshadavideorecorder.OvertheperiodtheproportionofBritishhouseswithcentralheatingdoubledandofthosewithaphoneincreasedfromunderahalftooverthree-quarters.

Therewerealsobigincreasesintheownershipofwashingmachinesandrefrigerators,whichsuggestsrisinglivingstandardsoftheBritishpeopleovertheperiod.

ThechartbelowshowsaveragehoursandminutesspentbyUKmalesandfemalesondifferentdailyactivities.

I'vemadethefollowingessayintoagap-fillexercise.

Thetablecomparestheaverage______oftimeperdaythatmenandwomenintheUKspend______differentactivities.

ItisclearthatpeopleintheUKspendmoretime______thandoinganyotherdailyactivity.Also,therearesignificantdifferencesbetweenthetime______bymenandwomenonemployment/studyandhousework.

Onaverage,menandwomenintheUK______forabout8hoursperday.Leisure____