I was helping one of my former students recently with an IELTS writing task 1 question that she found a little difficult. It concerned the populations of two countries over a fifty year period, expressed in pie charts. I decided to write my own answer to help her, and have shared it her...
Why does this Task 1 answer get an IELTS Band 9 score? Task achievement:The model answer selects only the most important information from the Task 1 diagram and uses this to make several direct comparisons. The model answer also explains the link between the creatures’ respective lifestyles an...
This is a model response to a Writing Task 1 topic fromHigh Scorer’s Choice IELTS Practice Testsbook series (reprinted with permission). This answer is close to IELTS Band 9. Set 3 General Training book, Practice Test 15 Writing Task 1 You should spend about 20...
Full Sample Essay (Band 9): The line graph compares the amount of clothing exported by three countries from 1999 to 2003. Overall, clothing exports from both Colombia and Myanmar had increased from their initial values by the end of the period shown. Japanese clothing exports, on the other h...
How to compare two pie charts in IELTS writing task 1. This sample answer illustrates the method of organising the report as well as useful language and sentence structures to get a band score 9. IELTS Pie Charts The pie charts below show the comparison of different kinds of energy production...
Answers below. This is a typical multiple chart task that continues to appear in the test every year (updated 2024). IELTS Writing Task 1: Multiple Charts Sample Answer Estimated at band score 8. It contains a few mistakes which is why it isn’t band 9. ...
Here's my band 9 sample answer: The bar chart and table give information about a country's export earnings from five groups of products in 2015 and 2016. It is noticeable that export revenues in all but one of the five product categories increased over the period shown. While petroleum pro...
Band 9 sample answer: The bar chart and table give information about a country’s export earnings from five groups of products in 2015 and 2016. It is noticeable that export revenues in all but one of the five product categories increased over the period shown. While petroleum products were ...
Why does this Task 1 answer get an IELTS Band 9 score? Task achievement:The model answer fully satisfies all requirements of the task by describing each stage in the process. Coherence and cohesion:The model answer uses a range of sequencing expressions to describe the order in which the acti...
Why does this Task 1 answer get an IELTS Band 9 score? Task achievement:The model answer presents an overall description first, followed by key supporting details that illustrate the main trend. Coherence and cohesion:The model answer is divided into clear paragraphs and each paragraph contains on...