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BEST IELTS Academic Writing Task 1, 2nd September
ACADEMIC WRITING TASK 1
ACADEMIC WRITING TASK 1
The graph below presents the employment patterns in the USA between 1930 and 2010. Summarise the information by selecting and report in the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
SAMPLE ANSWER
The line graph illustrates how the employment in five different categories changed from 1930 to 2010.
Overall, while farming, fishing and foresting experienced the most significant change, the figures of the remaining items remained below 40% in the given period.
In 1930, the percentage of farming, fishing and foresting started at 75%, which was higher than those of the remaining items by about 65%. Farming, fishing and foresting witnessed a gradual fall by 15% in 1970. Meanwhile, there were few changes in the proportion of industrial, sales and office, technical and other services. In 1970, they all shared the same figure of around 10%.
The percentage of farming, fishing and foresting dropped significantly by almost 60% with the lowest figure among the items. In contrast, other services levelled off at 10%. Industrial, technical and sales and office increased constantly to reach 35%, 30%, and 20% respectively.
