IELTS Writing Tests - Task 1

The table below gives information about the daily cost of water per person in five different countries. (Figures are based on the minimum daily requirement per peron of 11.5 litres.)

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

The table shows the percentage of people with mobile phones who use various features on their phone between 2006 and 2010.

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

The tables show (Table a) the average speed of urban zone traffic (in kilometres per hour or kph) in a number of countries over a fifty-year period, including a future estimate; and also (Table b) the total number of urban zones per country (in thousands).

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

The tables below give information about the amount of exports (millions of tonnes) moving through Rotterdam port in Holland to various global destinations in 2002 and 2012; and also, the % rates of tax imposed on these exports by the receiving countries.

• Write a report for a university lecturer describing the information shown below, and make comparisons where relevant.

The tables below show data about the amount of television watched by children in different countries (hours per day) and also the average academic achievement of people in these countries (% of people completing each level).

• Write a report for a university lecturer describing the information shown below, and make comparisons where relevant.

The graph shows average annual expenditures on cell phone and residential phone services between 2001 and 2010.

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

The bar chart shows the number of visitors to three London Museums between 2007 and 2012.

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

The pie graphs below show the result of a survey of children's activities. The first graph shows the cultural and leisure activities that boys participate in, whereas the second graph shows the activities in which the girls participate.

• Write a report describing the information shown in the two pie graphs.

The first graph below shows the weight (in tonnes) of fruit produced by a farm during each month in 2013, and also the amount (in tonnes) of fertiliser used. The second graph shows the volume of rainfall in each month (in millimetres).

• Write a report summarising the information. Select and describe the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The first chart below shows the number of airline crew (pilots, stewards etc) needed to fly a passenger plane between Australia and a number of other countries. The second chart shows the number of passenger complaints per plane journey made on these routes, and average kilogram (kg) weight of luggage (or baggage) carried per passenger.

• Write a report summarising the information. Select and describe the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The plans below show a public park when it first opened in 1920 and the same park today.

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

The table below shows the numbers of visitors to Ashdown Museum during the year before and the year after it was refurbished. The charts show the result of surveys asking visitors how satisfied they were with their visit, during the same two periods.

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

The diagrams below show a picture frame and front view of other two picture frames.

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

The diagrams below show the life cycle of a species of large fish called the salmon.

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