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BEST IELTS Academic Writing Task 1, 4th March
IELTS ACADEMIC WRITING TASK 1
IELTS ACADEMIC WRITING TASK 1
The graph below shows how money was spent on different forms of entertainment over a five-year period. Write a report for a university lecturer describing the information shown below.
SAMPLE ANSWER
The bar chart provides information about expenditures on several recreational activities of people living in Asia, Europe, and United States in 1995 and 2000.
Overall, United States was the region spending the largest amount of money on entertainment of all given areas. Furthermore, all places witnessed a considerable increase in the expenditures on relaxing activities over five years.
In a five-year period, the biggest amount of money devoted for fun belonged to the United States. In 1995, Americans spent 184 billion dollars to enjoy different types of media, compared to under one hundred billion dollars spent by Asians and Europeans. While the amount of money spent on music, video, and cinema almost unchanged in the US after five years, about 40 billion dollars, this figure for television and publishing rose rapidly from about 140 billion dollars to 200 billion dollars.
There was also an upward trend in the total expense on entertaining goods in Asia and Europe. The figure for Asia, in detail, increased noticeably from around 60 billion dollars in 1995 to 110 billion dollars in 2000. During the same period, almost all types of amusement in Europe became more popular, especially television and publishing.
