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Wednesday 23 December 2009

IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Here is a model answer, as promised, for the Academic IELTS Writing Task 1 example which was posted yesterday:

The line graphs illustrate the movement of share prices for two British companies, Ramsgate Rockets and Broadstairs Brewery. The data comes from the Thanet Stock Exchange and covers the period 1989 to 2008.

The share prices of both companies increased considerably over the twenty years. Ramsgate Rockets’ price soared from 30p to 84p and Broadstairs Brewery’s jumped from 16p to 68p. The most noticeable feature of the graphs, however, is that the Ramsgate Rockets’ price has a strong upward trend throughout the period, whereas that of the Broadstairs Brewery has two very distinct trends.

Until 1996, the Broadstairs company’s share price rose even faster than the Ramsgate firm’s. In mid-1991, the Brewery’s share price overtook the Rockets’. It peaked at 70p in 1996, at which time Ramsgate Rockets’ shares were selling for just 50p.

From 1996 onwards, however, the situation changed dramatically. Broadstairs Brewery shares hovered between 68p and 70p for the next 12 years. Ramsgate Rockets’ share price, by contrast, continued to rise steadily, eventually becoming the more expensive of the two again in 2003.


176 words

Tuesday 22 December 2009

Academic IELTS Writing Task 1 example

A model answer for the writing task below will be posted here tomorrow.


WRITING TASK 1

You should spend about 20 minutes on this task.

The graph below gives information about the share prices for two British companies.

Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.


Write at least 150 words.

Females outperform Males in Academic IELTS once again

Last year's statistical data from the IELTS organisation reveals that female candidates outperformed their male counterparts globally. The mean Overall Band Score achieved by females on the Academic IELTS examination during 2008 was 5.89, with males attainining only 5.71 by comparison.

These figures closely match those from 2007, when males scored 5.74 to females 5.94 average.

The Listening module again yielded the highest mean scores for both genders in 2008 (6.01 female, 5.83 male), with the Writing test proving once more to be the most difficult (5.53 female, 5.37 male.)

Myths Surrounding the IELTS examination

myth / mɪθ /  [noun, countable]: "Something which a large number of people believe, but which is actually untrue". There are so many myths about the IELTS examination, that it is difficult to know where to begin. This article explores many of the things you may have heard about the IELTS examination but which are simply not true! In 1996, R.Kelly had a Number 1 record in the United Kingdom with the song "I Believe I Can Fly!" Perhaps he would have believed some of these myths about the IELTS Examination too!

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