Luyện ielts writing task dạng bar chart pie chart Dạng bar chart Test Tip When writing a Task answer, it is important to describe numbers and data in different ways to avoid repetition You will be given credit for doing this, as it will show you have a wider range of vocabulary ĐỀ BÀI VÀ BÀI MẪU You should spend about 20 minutes on this task The chart below gives information about Someland's main exports in 2005, 2015, and future projections for 2025 Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant Write at least 150 words Model answer This bar chart illustrates the performance of Someland's primary exports in 2005 and 2015 It also indicates future projections for 2025 According to the data, it seems likely that international tourism will become the dominant industry, although dairy exports will remain strong In 2005, we can see that tourism was the greatest exports earner of the three industries, with revenue standing at just over $6 billion This figure has increased slightly, so that now, in 2015, it has reached almost $7 billion It is estimated that international tourism will continue to grow, so that by 2025, it will be earning around $8 billion for the country In 2000, dairy exports were worth around $5 billion, but since then there has been a dramatic increase, and sales for this year are approximately $8 billion Experts are predicting that exports in this area may fall slightly, so a figure of $7.5 billion is expected for 2025 Meat products are the third key industry in Someland, but sales have dropped since 2000 and now stand at $3.5 billion It is expected that sales will continue to decrease in the future (187 words) Writing Exam Tip You not have to write very long sentences to well in your Writing test If sentences are too long, they will become less coherent and also make it harder for you to control the grammar You should spend about 20 minutes on this task The chart below shows the number of travellers using three major airports in New York City between 1995 and 2000 Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant Write at least 150 words Model answer The bar chart gives information about how many people visited New York City through three major airports, over a six-year period between 1995 and 2000 Overall, it can be seen that over the period, there was a fluctuant trend in the number of passengers who travelled via John F Kennedy airport, while the other two airports saw an upward trend Another interesting point is that LaGuardia airport was the most popular at the end Looking at the detail, the number of travellers at John F Kennedy airport started at 26m in 1995, and then increased remarkably to reach the highest point of 47m in 1997 In 1999, the figure dipped to 32m At the last year, there was a slight growth to 44m On the other hand, LaGuardia began at 35m in 1995, after that it rose remarkably for the next three years, at 46m In 2000, LaGuardia hit the peak point at 68m travellers However, if we look at Newark airport, it started at the lowest point of 16m passengers in the first year After this point, the trend increased significantly to 42m in 1998 In the last two years it remained stable at 42m travellers (197 words) You should spend about 20 minutes on this task The bar chart below shows shares of expenditures for five major categories in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and Japan in the year 2009 Write a report for a university lecturer describing the information below Write at least 150 words Source: U.S Bureau of Labor Statistics Test Tip In Writing Task 1, it is a good idea to end your answer by summarizing the main information shown by the diagram You are not required to explain this information Read the following sample answer Complete the answer by filling the gaps with the words in the box by contrast Indicates Lowest compares overall Whereas Except higher highest However Largest among The bar chart how consumers in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and Japan allocated different shares of total spending to categories such as food, housing, and transportation in 2009 We can see that the United States had the housing expenditure share, 26% of total expenditures in 2009 The United Kingdom and Japan followed, with 24% and 22%, respectively Canada had the housing share at 21% Housing was the expenditure component in all countries Japan ., Canada had the largest transportation share of all four countries at 20% The United States and the United Kingdom had the next-highest transportation shares, 17% and 15%, respectively Japan had the lowest, at 10% ., in Japan, consumers spent 23% of their total expenditures on food in 2009 The United Kingdom had the second-highest share at 20% Canada, with 15%, and the United States, with 14% had the lowest food expenditure shares among the countries studied , the data that housing and health care shares of total expenditures were in the United States than in Canada, the United Kingdom, and Japan in 2009, Americans had the lowest clothing share Canada had the highest clothing and transportation shares, and Japan had the highest food share, the countries compared (214 words) Test Tip You only have 20 minutes to Writing Task 1, so make sure the points you include are: Relevant – you will waste time and lose marks if you don’t follow the instructions Don’t speculate or add your own opinions Not repetitive – don’t say the same thing in different words, or write similar sentences about all the figures Describe something different in every point Make comparisons and describe trends rather than focus on individual numbers Accurate – giving the wrong information loses marks, so study the question carefully and interpret data or diagrams correctly You should spend about 20 minutes on this task The chart below shows the percentage of male and female teachers in six different types of educational setting in the UK in 2010 Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant Write at least 150 words Model answer The bar chart gives information about the gender of teachers in six types of educational institutions in the UK in 2010 It shows what percentage of teachers was male and what percentage was female Women dominated the teaching profession in primary education, but less so at lower and upper secondary education It was particularly true of nursery school, where the share of female teachers was above 95% Similarly onesided was the situation in primary school, where over 90% of teachers were also female At secondary and upper secondary level this pattern was less pronounced, where there were nearly equal proportions of male and female teachers On the other hand, male teachers outnumbered female teachers in high-level education, where the proportion of men was twice that for women Overall, the higher the level of education, the more male teachers dominated, and the reverse occurred with respect to female teachers (150 words) You should spend about 20 minutes on this task The chart below shows the percentage change in the share of international students among university graduates in different Canadian provinces between 2001 and 2006 Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant Write at least 150 words Source: Statistics Canada, Postsecondary Student Information System Test Tip In Task of the IELTS Writing modules, you may be asked to describe a graph which shows changes over a period of time To this you need to use language expressing change and appropriate tenses In the exam, make sure you leave time to edit your written answer You will lose marks if you make too many mistakes in grammar and vocabulary Model answer The chart shows changes in the share of international students who graduated from universities in different Canadian provinces over a period of years In 2001, this share had a relatively narrow range, from 3% in Ontario to 7.0% in New Brunswick Nova Scotia had the second highest proportion at 6.5% Five years later, the figures for most provinces had risen, with the Model answer The charts show how much local authorities spent on a range of services in Someland in three separate years: 1980, 1990 and 2000 In all three years, the greatest expenditure was on education But while K12 education saw a fall from 25% in 1980 to only 18% of spending in 2000, higher education remained the largest proportion, reaching 45% of total spending in 1990 and ending at 40% in 2000 Expenditure on health and human resources had increased to 20% by 1990 before decreasing to only 10% by the end of the period In contrast, the share of transportation saw an opposite trend This cost decreased to only 6% of total expenditure in 1990 but rose dramatically in 2000 when it represented 22% of the total budget Similarly, the cost of environmental services saw a rising trend, growing from only 4% to 9% by 2000 Overall, higher education constituted the largest cost to local authorities, and while spending increased for transportation and environmental services, there were corresponding drops in expenditure on health and human resources and K-12 education (178 words) You should spend about 20 minutes on this task The diagrams below give information on transport and car use in Edmonton Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant Write at least 150 words People’s reasons for using the car in city Commute to work 55% Shopping 15% Leisure activities 15% Taking children to school Business Test Tip 40% 45% In IELTS Writing Task 1, when you must describe two figures, ask yourself the following: 1) What both figures relate to? 2) What kind of relationship is evident? (a similarity, a difference, a cause and effect 3) Which relationship aspects of or each some other figure type should of relationship) be highlighted? 4) Should I describe the figures in separate paragraphs, or should I compare different aspects of the figures within a series of paragraph? Model answer The table shows the reason why people in Edmonton use their cars in the city and the pie chart explains what type of transport people prefer to use most of the time Looking at the pie chart first, it is clear that the car is the most popular means of transport in this city 45% of the people say that they prefer to commute by car The second most popular form of transport is the LRT, while busses and taxis are the main means of transport for the rest of the people The table gives more detailed information about why people use their cars Surprisingly, 55% of the people need to commute to work by car Cars are also used a lot for taking children to school or business purposes Only 15% of drivers are doing their shopping and, similarly, 15% need to travel by car for leisure Overall, people in Edmonton make good use of alternative methods of transport but there is a heavy dependence on cars for work (170 words) IELTS Tip: Writing Task 1) Spend a few minutes planning the organization of your answer and the content of each paragraph 2) If there are large amount of data, divide it into categories so that you express the main features, but not every detail 3) Leave time to check your work for mistakes You should spend about 20 minutes on this task The diagrams below show UK students' responses to the question of to what extent would they describe themselves as financially organised Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant Write at least 150 words Very organised % All students 21 Age up to 22 years 18 Age 23-25 years 26 Age over years 26 35 Source: 1350377092294.pdf Test Tip http://www.unite-group.co.uk/binaries/MungoBlobs- In IELTS Writing Task 1, you not need to describe all the information given To summarise, you must select the main features from what is shown Information is often given in the form of a graph, a chart, or a table Read any headings, key and sources for the data to understand what it relates to The data may show differences or changes over time, between places, or between groups of people Try to identify significant contrasts, similarities, or trends Model answer The two diagrams show students' responses to the question of how good they are at managing their finances The pie chart illustrates the ability of UK students to manage their finances and the table shows the proportion of students, by age, who think they are very organised at managing their finances More than three-quarters of students (76%) believe they are either ‘very’ or ‘fairly’ organised financially, while one in five (20%) say they are not very organised in this area Only 4% of students rate themselves as ‘not at all’ competent The ability to manage one’s finances well would seem to develop with age and experience as older students are almost twice as likely to say they are ‘very’ organised than younger ones (31% of students aged 26 or over compared to just 17% for those aged up to 22) Overall, the findings suggest that students generally manage their finances well (151 words) Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant Write at least 150 words Employees and self-employed: by sex and occupation, 1992 Model answer The charts provide information on the proportion of males and females in employment in broad categories, divided into manual and non-manual occupations In general, a greater percentage of women work in nonmanual occupations than work in manual occupations, and the reverse is true for men In the non-manual occupations, while a greater percentage of working women than men are found in clerical-type positions, there is a smaller percentage of women than men employed in managerial and professional positions The percentage of women employed in other non-manual occupations is slightly larger than the percentage of men in these occupations In manual employment, the biggest difference between the two sexes is in the employment of craft workers, where males make up 24% of the workforce and females just 3% Furthermore, the percentage of women working as general working as general labourers is very small, only 1% There is not a great deal of difference between the percentage of men doing other forms of manual work (26%) and women in other manual work (27%) In summary, the two charts clearly show that women not have the same access as men to certain types of employment (194 words) IELTS Writing Task 1: 'customer service' pie charts Let's look at the first half of my report about the charts below The charts below show the results of a questionnaire that asked visitors to the Parkway Hotel how they rated the hotel's customer service The same questionnaire was given to 100 guests in the years 2005 and 2010 Introduction and overview / summary: The pie charts compare visitors’ responses to a survey about customer service at the Parkway Hotel in 2005 and in 2010 It is clear that overall customer satisfaction increased considerably from 2005 to 2010 While more than half of the hotel guests surveyed rated customer service as satisfactory or poor in 2005, a clear majority described the hotel’s service as good or excellent in 2010 You should spend about 20 minutes on this task The pie charts below give information about world population in 1900 and 2000 Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant Write at least 150 words Writing Tip We can use either present simple tense or past simple tense when describing data in pie charts Whichever tense you choose, remember to be consistent throughout your whole answer Model answer The pie charts illustrate changes in the population of different areas of the world between 1900 and 2000 The major regions are represented as percentages of the total world population From 1900 to 2000, the percentage of people living in Africa more than doubled from 4.5% to 10%, while Latin America’s proportion almost tripled in the same period On the other hand, the percentage of population in Europe and Asia decreased over the last century Europe’s percentage dropped from 25% to 14%, while Asia declined from 60% to 54% North America’s percentage however, remained constant at 5% in 1900 and 2000 The Middle East and North Africa, a new category in 2000, represented 6% of world population Overall, this represents a huge increase in the number of humans on the planet, from 1.6 billion to billion in just one century Most of this population growth has occurred in developing countries (151 words) IELTS Writing Task 1: 'customer service' pie charts Try writing a report for about the following information Next week I'll give you some tips and show you part of my answer The charts below show the results of a questionnaire that asked visitors to the Parkway Hotel how they rated the hotel's customer service The same questionnaire was given to 100 guests in the years 2005 and 2010 Posted by Simon in IELTS Writing Task | Permalink | Comments (26) Thursday, July 07, 2016 IELTS Writing Task 1: 'list' sentences One easy way to describe the information on a graph or chart is by writing a sentence that lists three related figures For example: • In school A, 30% of students chose to study languages, 40% selected an art or music course, and 50% chose a science option • In the year 2010, over million people bought product A, around million bought product B, and nearly 10 million consumers purchased product C Notice that I tried to vary the vocabulary in each list: chose = selected, course = option, people = consumers, bought = purchased SPIECAL IELTS Tip Note that the number of words in this sample is 178 Always write at least 150 words but not go much over this figure as you will not get any extra marks and you will use up time which you can better spend on doing Task You should spend about 20 minutes on this task The diagrams below show the changes that have taken place at Queen Mary Hospital since its construction in 1960 Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant Write at least 150 words Model answer The diagrams show Queen Mary Hospital at three different stages in its development: 1960, 1980 and 2000 In 1960, the hospital was built close to a main road and next to a shopping centre A large area behind the hospital was turned into a car park, while the area behind the shopping centre was farmland By 1980, the shopping centre had been demolished in order to make way for two additional hospital building which became a pharmacy and a cancer centre Furthermore, the hospital gained the farmland and converted it into a nursing school In 2000, the main hospital building remained unchanged but the cancer centre was extended to cover the entire nursing school As a result of this, the original car park was divided into two so that it provided a smaller car park and a small nursing school During this period, the hospital has increased in size and, in addition to a new nursing school, a cancer centre has been created and extended Hence the capacity of the car park has been reduced by a half (178 words) [...]... minutes on this task The bar chart below shows the percentage of students who passed their high school competency exams, by subject and gender, during the period 2 010 -2 011 Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant Write at least 15 0 words Students passing high school competency exams, by subject and gender, 2 010 -2 011 *includes French,... minutes on this task The graph below shows female unemployment rates in each country of the United Kingdom in 2 013 and 2 014 Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant Write at least 15 0 words Model answer The bar chart shows the unemployment rates among women in the countries that make up the United Kingdom, both in 2 013 and in 2 014 There has... (Speaking /Writing) • We use the past perfect simple tense to describe graphs: By the year X, the price of Y had fallen (Writing) • We use the future simple tense to talk about the future: I hope I’ll pass the exam (Speaking) You should spend about 20 minutes on this task The bar chart below gives information about the number of students studying Computer Science at a UK university between 2 010 and 2 012 Summarise... where relevant Write at least 15 0 words Source: Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency Exam Tip In Writing Task 1, it is essential to understand what the graph or chart is representing Look closely at the information in the instructions as well as all details of the graph or chart The graph in this task shows the percentage of over... this task 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 15 0 words model answer: The bar chart. .. 2004 Local landline calls were the highest throughout the period, rising from 12 000 million minutes in 19 95 to just under 17 000 million in 2000 After peaking at 17 000 million the following year, these calls had fallen back to the 19 95 figure by 2004 National and international landline calls grew steadily from 6000 million to 10 500 million at the end of the period in question, though the growth slowed... over the second half of the period in question (15 5 words) You should spend about 20 minutes on this task The chart below gives information about science qualifications held by people in two countries Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant Write at least 15 0 words Model answer The bar chart illustrates the percentage of people who... overall (15 8 words) Test Tip This chart does not provide information about population size If you choose to include information in your answer that is not given in the task, you will not get extra marks In fact, it may be considered irrelevant and you may be penalised if you make detailed comments about information that is not provided in the chart You should spend about 20 minutes on this task The chart. .. had 12 % of over 65s in 19 85 (The countries do not add up to 10 0% so Northern Ireland did not have 12 % of all over 65s The graph shows that 12 % of thepopulation of Northern Ireland was over 65.) Model answer The graph shows how the size and distribution of the UK's ageing population is likely to change over a 50-year period Overall, the proportions are predicted to increase in all UK countries In 19 85,... this task The chart below shows the total number of minutes (in millions) of telephone calls in Finland, divided into three categories, from 19 95 – 2004 Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant Write at least 15 0 words Model answer The chart shows the time spent by Finland’s residents on different types of telephone calls between 19 95