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BEST IELTS Academic Writing Task 1, 8th August
IELTS ACADEMIC WRITING TASK 1
IELTS ACADEMIC WRITING TASK 1
The two tables below show the number of books borrowed per genre each week for two different libraries in 2016. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
| North London Library | |||
| January-April | May-August | September-December | |
| General Fiction | 25 | 27 | 34 |
| Literacy Fiction | 12 | 10 | 10 |
| Young Adult Fiction | 43 | 60 | 58 |
| Thriller / Horror | 45 | 58 | 60 |
| Science Fiction | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| Other | 20 | 24 | 20 |
| South London Library | |||
| January-April | May-August | September-December | |
| General Fiction | 12 | 13 | 30 |
| Literacy Fiction | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Young Adult Fiction | 10 | 11 | 12 |
| Thriller / Horror | 45 | 46 | 41 |
| Science Fiction | 15 | 20 | 23 |
| Other | 28 | 24 | 26 |
SAMPLE ANSWER
The two tables demonstrate how many books library members took out in different genres per week in two libraries in London in 2016. Overall, it can be seen that thriller and horror were the most popular genres in both libraries, whereas literary fiction was among the least popular in the North London Library, and the least in South London Library. Science fiction was also not very popular in North London Library, but was slightly more successful in the South.
Looking at the graphs in further detail, thriller and horror stood at 45 books per week in the North and South London Library at the beginning of the year. That number grew consistently for the North London Library, peaking at 60 per week in the September-December period. In the South London Library, however, it dropped to 41.
Young Adult was the second most popular genre in the North London Library by the end of the year, having briefly enjoyed the top spot mid-2016. By contrast, in the South London Library, YA numbers were consistently low at 10 to 12. General Fiction started out near the bottom in the South London Library, but by the end of the year it had reached 30 per week, close to North London’s 34.
Literary fiction, finally, was similarly unsuccessful in both libraries, while science fiction was at least thrice more popular in South London than the North London Library, with numbers ranging from 15 per week (January-April) to 23 (September-December). The numbers of books borrowed in other genres were relatively similar throughout the year in both libraries.
