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IELTS Writing Task 1 Samples
Understanding the IELTS Writing Task 1 format and requirements
Introduction
Boost your IELTS writing score with our comprehensive collection of IELTS Writing Task 1 samples. Get inspired and learn effective techniques to tackle this section of the IELTS exam with confidence.
TASK 1 Sample Pie Chart
This IELTS writing task 1 sample is a pie chart. Below the pie chart is a model answer.
With pie charts you are usually given 2, 3, or 4 to compare. In this case there are 2.
Take a look at the question and chart first. Which is the best way to compare the information?
Make a decision then look at the model answer. Comments are provided so you can see why the response would achieve a high IELTS score.
TASK 1 Sample
You should spend about 20 minutes on this task.
The pie chart shows the amount of money that a children’s charity located in the USA spent and received in one year, 2016.
Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant.
Write at least 150 words.
Revenue Sources and Expenditures of a USA Charity in one year, 2016.
Model Answer
The pie charts show the amount of revenue and expenditures in 2016 for a children’s charity in the USA. Overall, it can be seen that donated food accounted for the majority of the income, while program services accounted for the most expenditure. Total revenue sources just exceeded outgoings.
In detail, donated food provided most of the revenue for the charity, at 86%. Similarly, with regard to expenditures, one category, program services, accounted for nearly all of the outgoings, at 95.8%.
The other categories were much smaller. Community contributions, which were the second largest revenue source, brought in 10.4% of overall income, and this was followed by program revenue, at 2.2%. Investment income, government grants, and other income were very small sources of revenue, accounting for only 0.8% combined.
There were only two other expenditure items, fundraising and management and general, accounting for 2.6% and 1.6% respectively. The total amount of income was $53,561,580, which was just enough to cover the expenditures of $53,224,896.
Task 1 Table for IELTS
Below is an IELTS Writing Task 1 Table. Below the table is a model answer.
With a table, you need to do much the same as you would for any other question that requires you to write about data.
In this case, the table is over time, so you would treat it like a line graph and describe the changes.
TASK 1 Table
You should spend about 20 minutes on this task.
The table shows the Proportions of Pupils Attending Four Secondary School Types Between Between 2000 and 2009.
Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant.
Write at least 150 words.
Secondary School Attendance
Model Answer
The table illustrates the percentage of school children attending four different types of secondary school from 2000 to 2009. It is evident that whereas the community schools experienced a marked increase in the proportion of those attending their institutions over the period, the others saw a corresponding decline.
To begin, the percentage of pupils in voluntary-controlled schools fell from just over half to only 20% or one fifth from 2000 to 2009. Similarly, the relative number of children in grammar schools – just under one quarter – dropped by half in the same period. As for the specialist schools, the relatively small percentage of pupils attending this type of school (12%) also fell, although not significantly.
However, while the other three types of school declined in importance, the opposite was true in the case of community schools. In fact, whereas only a small minority of 12% were educated in these schools in 2000, this figure increased to well over half of all pupils during the following nine years.
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