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BEST IELTS Academic Writing Task 1, 19th June
ACADEMIC WRITING TASK 1
ACADEMIC WRITING TASK 1
The tables below show results of a survey of urban residents’ opinions related to various aspects of life in 1980 and 2010.
| Year 1980 | Good | Neither good or bad | Bad |
| Educations | 82 | 17 | 6 |
| Shops | 75 | 11 | 14 |
| Environment | 72 | 20 | 8 |
| Healthcare | 64 | 24 | 12 |
| Transport system | 54 | 31 | 14 |
| Accommodation | 56 | 34 | 10 |
| Year 2010 | Good | Neither good or bad | Bad |
| Educations | 76 | 13 | 11 |
| Shops | 81 | 9 | 10 |
| Environment | 64 | 16 | 20 |
| Healthcare | 83 | 10 | 7 |
| Transport system | 67 | 22 | 11 |
| Accommodation | 65 | 17 | 18 |
SAMPLE ANSWER
The tables compare the data of how residents in an urban area assessed six different aspects relating to their life in the years 1980 and 2010.
Overall, most people had good opinions about all the given categories. Apart from that, education and healthcare were the most highly-ranked, while shops, transport, environment and accommodation received the highest amount of negative feedback.
In 1980, 82% of respondents said that education was good, while 75% and 72% of people rated the shops and environment as also being good. Meanwhile, only 54% and 56% of surveyed individuals said they were satisfied with the transport system and accommodation. They were, however, the two aspects having the greatest number of neutral opinions, 31% for the former and 34% for the latter. Regarding negative feedback, 14% of residents both thought the shops and transport system were bad, which was double the number for negative feedback about education, at a mere 6%.
Over the span of three decades, the data for all aspects considerably changed. In particularly, the opinions of healthcare services and shops were increased, to 83% and 81%, in turn holding the top ranks. Conversely, opinions regarding the environment and accommodation decreased, with the quantity of negative opinions climbing to 20% and 18% respectively, much higher than that of healthcare with at only 7%. Lastly, neutral opinions related to all aspects dropped significantly over the 30 year period.
