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BEST IELTS Academic Writing Task 1, 8th September
ACADEMIC WRITING TASK 1
ACADEMIC WRITING TASK 1
The bar chart below shows shares of expenditures for five major categories in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and Japan in the year 2009. Write a report for a university lecturer describing the information below.
SAMPLE ANSWER
The bar chart compares the amount of money spent on different categories in five countries during the year 2009.
Overall, it is clear that housing and transportation were by far the most common expenditure in the five countries.
In terms of housing, the figure for the US was 26%, which was 2% higher than that of the UK and the percentage of Canada and Japan’s spending on this category were almost the same, at 22% and 24% respectively. In contrast, around 28% of Japan’s expenditure used on food, followed by the UK with 20%, Canada with 15% and the US with 14%.
The amount of money spent on transportation in Canada was exactly 20%, doubling the figure for Japan (10%) and a little higher compared to the US (18%) and the UK (15%). However, there were no significant differences in the proportions of the outgoings in health care and clothing, with the approximate figures of 3-8 % and 4-7% respectively.
