IELTS Writing Task 1 | People with mobile phones (1 Table)

Task 1 | Essay 3
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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.
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How to answer this essay?
  • Introduce the table.
  • Write what it shows/compares.
  • Write the main body paragraphs.
  • Explain the group trends, give selected figures, compare and explain exceptions.
  • Write the summary sentence and check your work.
  • You should summarise the key trends and the key exceptions that you have described in the main body.
Model Answer | Marked as Band 8
Cohesive connecting words that improve coherence in writing . Useful less common words that boost fluency in writing .
  • The table illustrates the various functions available on mobile phones, showing the percent of users that take advantage of these capabilities over three different years.
  • The most striking point is that with the exception of a slight fall in 2010, all owners use their mobile phone to telephone people. The second most common use is for text messaging, which steadily increased from just under three quarter of all users in 2006 to nearly four fifths of users in 2010.
  • Using the phone as a camera increased by 5 percent each year, rising to a peak of 76% in 2010. Playing games on the phone increased dramatically between 2006 and 2008, but then fell slightly in 2010 to end at 41%. The largest increase in the table is between 2008 and 2010 for those browsing the internet, but no data is given for 2006. Video and music use also increased, with video overtaking music in 2010.
  • In total, the functions used on mobiles all increased over the years with the exception of games and making calls.
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4 comments
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Iroma SenanayakeJul 09, 2024
This table provides data regarding the percentage of the people’s usage of the several features of the mobile phone in 2006, 2008 and 2010 respectively. It clearly shows that they mainly used mobile phones to make calls, send and receive text messages and taking photos in 2006 however there is no any major particular changes of using these features in 2010 also.According to the table there was no data available in 2006 to access the internet and to record videos however between 2008 to 2010 usage of these features increased significantly around two thirds. It is considered that playing games and music considerably increased from 2006, 2008 to 2010 respectively. Taking everything in to consideration there was no major changes of using main features of the mobile phones such as calls, messages and photos among the people from 2006 to 2010 and on the other hand additional features such as video record, access to internet, and playing games and music were increased considerably fro
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Faisal HammoodFeb 29, 2024
Is using a conclusion in task 1 appropriate?
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Faisal HammoodFeb 29, 2024
Is not the paraghraph should be written in past simple since the table about previous years?
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Yared GebrehiwotAug 21, 2024
The table provides information on how many poeple in percent used different mobile phone features from 2006 to 2010.It is clear that, most people used their mobile phones to make calls as well as messaging. All mobile phone users made calls between 2006 and2008 axcept for the 1% decrease in 2010%. The number of people who played music and took pictures using their cell phones increased along the years, where as, playing games decreased from 2008 to 2010 by 1%. Eventhough there was no data for 2006, video recording and searching internate gradually increased in the two years gap from 2008 to 2010 showing that the number of people recording video almost trippledOver all, the percent of people using different mobile features significantly increased in almost all cases.
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