Task 1 IELTS Writing

TASK 1

Percentage of national consumer expenditure by category – 2002 CountryFood/Drinks/TobaccoClothing/FootwearLeisure/Education Ireland28.91%6.43%2.21% Italy16.36%9.00%3.20% Spain18.80%6.51&1.98% Sweden15.77%5.40%3.22% Turkey32.14%6.63%4.35%

Task Requirement You should spend about 20 minutes on this task. The table below gives information on consumer spending on different items in five different countries in Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant. Write at least 150 words.

Introduction The table below gives information on consumer spending on different items in five different countries in 2002.

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Task Requirement You should spend about 20 minutes on this task. The table below gives information on consumer spending on different items in five different countries in Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant. Write at least 150 words.

Percentage of national consumer expenditure by category – 2002 CountryFood/Drinks/TobaccoClothing/FootwearLeisure/Education Ireland28.91%6.43%2.21% Italy16.36%9.00%3.20% Spain18.80%6.51&1.98% Sweden15.77%5.40%3.22% Turkey32.14%6.63%4.35%

Introduction As can be seen, the largest proportion of consumer spending in each of the five countries went on food, drinks and tobacco. Meanwhile, the leisure-education category had the lowest percentages. Somewhere in between saw the category of clothing-footwear, with none of these five countries exceeding 10% of the consumer expenditure at the national level.

Percentage of national consumer expenditure by category – 2002 CountryFood/Drinks/TobaccoClothing/FootwearLeisure/Education Ireland28.91%6.43%2.21% Italy16.36%9.00%3.20% Spain18.80%6.51&1.98% Sweden15.77%5.40%3.22% Turkey32.14%6.63%4.35%

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Body To be more specific, consumer spending on food, drinks and tobacco was noticeably higher in Turkey with 32.14%, followed by Ireland with 28.91%. Standing at 4.35%, Turkey also led the four other countries in terms of the proportion of spending on leisure and education, compared to the lowest percentage in Spain at 1.98%.

Introduction The figures of spending on clothing and footwear of the five countries in percentage order were Italy (9.00%), Turkey (6.63%), Spain (6.51%), Ireland (6.43%), and Sweden (5.40%). Sweden had the lowest percentages of national consumer expenditure for food, drinks and tobacco at 15.77%.

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Task Requirement You should spend about 20 minutes on this task. The graph below shows the quantities of goods transported in the UK between 1974 and 2002 by four different modes of transport. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant. Write at least 150 words.

增加、上升 increase grow rise double / triple / quadruple 减少、下降 decrease decline fall

不变 remain... be constant (at) be stable plateau

各种变 The amount of goods transported by water was constant from 1974 to 1978, where it showed an exponential growth, rising to almost 60 million tonnes after which it plateaued for about 20 years before starting to rise gradually again.

各种变 The amount of goods transported by water was constant from 1974 to 1978, where it showed an exponential growth, rising to almost 60 million tonnes after which it plateaued for about 20 years before starting to rise gradually again.

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