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BEST IELTS Academic Writing Task 1, 20th June
IELTS ACADEMIC WRITING TASK 1
IELTS ACADEMIC WRITING TASK 1
The graph below shows the consumption of three spreads from 1981 to 2007. Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
SAMPLE ANSWER
The line graph presents information on the consumption of three types of spreads – margarine, low fat and reduced spreads, and butter – from 1981 to 2007.
Overall, it is evident that all of three spreads saw the fluctuation in consumption at different levels over the period of 26 years, therein, at the outset margarine decreased slightly while butter increased inconsiderably, and low fat and reduced spreads rose sharply.
In terms of margarine, it fell from nearly 90 grams to 80 grams in the 1981 – 1986 period prior to going up again to 100 grams in 1991. Then, the consumption of margarine remained stable over the next 5 years and commenced to fall steadily to 40 grams in 2007. Meanwhile, the amount of butter experienced a small increase from over 140 grams to approximately 160 grams in the first half of its decade. In the following years, it saw a sharp decrease before reaching its lowest point at about 50 grams in 2007.
In regard to the quantity of consumed low fat and reduced spreads, it underwent a substantial rise from about 10 grams to over 80 grams in the 1996 – 2001 period prior to declining slightly to about 70 grams in 2007.
