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IELTS Writing

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TASK 1

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Percentage of national consumer expenditure by category – 2002

Country Food/Drinks/Tobacco Clothing/Footwear Leisure/Education

Ireland 28.91% 6.43% 2.21%

Italy 16.36% 9.00% 3.20%

Spain 18.80% 6.51& 1.98%

Sweden 15.77% 5.40% 3.22%

Turkey 32.14% 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 2002.

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.

Introduction

• give information on

show illustrateindicatedemonstratepresentprovide an overview ofcompare

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 2002.

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

Country Food/Drinks/Tobacco Clothing/Footwear Leisure/Education

Ireland 28.91% 6.43% 2.21%

Italy 16.36% 9.00% 3.20%

Spain 18.80% 6.51& 1.98%

Sweden 15.77% 5.40% 3.22%

Turkey 32.14% 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

Country Food/Drinks/Tobacco Clothing/Footwear Leisure/Education

Ireland 28.91% 6.43% 2.21%

Italy 16.36% 9.00% 3.20%

Spain 18.80% 6.51& 1.98%

Sweden 15.77% 5.40% 3.22%

Turkey 32.14% 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%.

In terms of + n.

关于、在 ... 方面 （可用于另起话题）

As for ...In regard to ...In the case of ...

排序结构 Next come... / ...come ne

(It’s this is) followed by...

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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