English 101 Series: 101 Model Answers for IELTS Writing Task 1

By Mark Griffiths

Many candidates like to read model answers when they are preparing for the IELTS speaking and writing modules. This book provides one model answer for each of the following 101 task 1 topics for the IELTS writing module.

The model answers are intended as a guide. Candidates can use the format and suggestions presented in the essays in their own writing. In addition, candidates may find that the vocabulary and grammatical structures in this book help them to create their own essays.

The 101 essays have been divided according to way the data has been presented. After every fifth essay there is a ‘back to top’ feature that takes the reader back to the contents, from where they can access a new essay.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Mark Griffiths
• Release date: May 1, 2013
• ISBN: 9781301831517

Mark Griffiths

I have been teaching English as a foreign language since 1990, mainly in the Czech Republic and China. I have written several books on IELTS that have been published in China, selling over 200,000 copies. My work has also been used to create various apps which have been downloaded tens of thousands of times.The books that I will be publishing on Smashwords are updates of my published works, modified for the international market.The majority of books will be in the 'English 101 Series' which has proven so popular in China.The cover photographs on the Smashwords editions are all by the author.

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English 101 Series: 101 model answers for Task 1 of the IELTS writing module

Mark Griffiths

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Copyright 2013 Mark Griffiths

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Table of Contents

Tables

1. Average earnings

2. Student spending

3. Stress levels

4. Employment

5. Food trade

6. Consumer spending

7. Work time

8. Health care spending

9. Immigration

10. Centenarians

11. Climate

12. Transport

13. MBA programmes

14. Caffeine

15. Canadian rapid transit

Bar charts

16. Defence spending

17. Digital camera sales

18. Exports

19. Demand for copper

20. Internet economy

21. Meat consumption

22. Plastic surgery

23. Income tax

24. Diets

25. Car ownership

26. Employment by sector

27. Financial services

28. Waste management

29. Museum attendance

30. Spending on food

31. Gas reserves

32. Spending on advertising

33. Computer price

34. Population age

35. Foreign languages

36. Holiday accommodation

37. Language students

38. Industrial water use

39. Marriage in the USA

40. Sport

41. Watching TV

42. DVD spending

43. Recycling

44. Energy sources

45. Office rents

46. GDP by sector

47. Car sales

Line charts

48. Eating habits

49. Company sales

50. Gas price

51. Marriage

52. Smokers

53. GDP and emigration

54. Rice price

55. Wheat exports

56. National savings

57. UK immigration

58. Wind power

59. Credit card spending

60. Working population

61. Inflation

62. Theft

Pie charts

63. Energy

64. Australian immigration

65. Education levels

66. Working mothers

67. Bank profits

68. Dormitories

69. Tea

Combined chart types

70. Mature students

71. Computer use

72. Students online

Processes

73. Brick production

74. Canned pear production

75. Cocoa bean production

76. Water treatment

77. Water cycle

78. Chocolate production

79. Essay writing

80. Silk production

81. Examination papers

82. Electricity generation

83. Magazine recycling

84. Routing incoming calls

Diagrams

85. Exhibition hall

86. House floor plan

87. The Eiffel Tower

88. Sports facility

89. Residential area

90. House design

91. Flat layout

92. Plant nutrition

93. Bicycle

94. School expansion

Maps

95. Pelton shopping centres

96. Airport expansion

97. Underground rail system

98. Town expansion

99. Chorleywood

100. Garlsdon

101. London airports

About the Author

Preface

Many candidates like to read model answers when they are preparing for the IELTS speaking and writing modules. This book provides one model answer for each of the following 101 task 1 topics for the IELTS writing module.

The model answers are intended as a guide. Candidates can use the format and suggestions presented in the essays in their own writing. In addition, candidates may find that the vocabulary and grammatical structures in this book help them to create their own essays.

The 101 essays have been divided according to way the data has been presented. After every fifth essay there is a ‘back to top’ feature that takes the reader back to the contents, from where they can access a new essay.

The information contained in the charts and diagrams are not necessarily correct reflections of the real world.

Tables

1. Average earnings

The table below shows women’s average earnings in five jobs as a percentage of men’s average earnings and men’s average weekly earnings in dollars.

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

The table shows women's average earnings as a percentage of men's along with the average earnings of men per week in those sectors.

The table tells us that female stock clerks earn, on average, 103% of what men make for that kind of job. Female book keepers earn the same as men in those positions. Female police officers earn slightly less (98%) than their male colleagues. With school teachers, the difference is somewhat greater, with women earning 92% of what their male co-workers earn, on average. However, when it comes to financial managers, the difference in pay between males and females is far larger, with women earning two-thirds (66%) of what men do in that line of work.

The information provided on the average earnings of men indicates that male stock clerks earn $488 per week. Male book keepers earn, on average, $654 per week. Male police officers earn $948 per week, almost twice as much as stock clerks. Male teachers make $1022 per week and male financial managers earn almost 50% more than that, at $1504 per week.

Overall, this tells us that women are paid around the same as men in these jobs, except for financial managers, but that women are paid relatively less than men as average weekly earnings increase.

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2. Student spending

The table below shows how much students from three schools spend on various items.

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

The table illustrates how students at three schools spend money on free time activities.

Spending on video games is quite similar at the three schools, with Whitford students spending 32% of their money on them, Beaufort 26% and Westmont 25%. Spending on food varies considerably, with Beaufort students spending 30% of their money on it, whereas Westmont students spend 20% and Whitford students only 10%. Similarly, spending on clothing varies a lot, with Whitford students spending 22% of their money on them, Beaufort students almost half of that (12%) and Westmont students only 6%. When it comes to spending on films, Westmont students spend 28% of their money on them, with Beaufort students spending a slightly lower percentage (22%) and Whitford students only 8%. Whitford students spend the highest proportion of money on music (28%) with Westmont students spending a lower proportion (21%) and Beaufort students just 8%.

Overall, we can see that the proportion of spending on video games is similar at all three schools. Thereafter, Westmont students spend large proportions on food, films and music. Beaufort students spend large proportions on food and films, whereas Whitford students spend larger proportions on music and clothing.

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3. Stress levels

The table below shows average male and female stress levels during a typical day.

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

The table shows the stress levels of men and women from 5am until 11pm in two-hour periods.

From 5-7am, female stress levels are at 55 whilst men's are at 35. Levels for both increase, to 60 and 45 respectively, from 7-9am. From 9-11am, men's stress levels continue to rise, to 60, whilst women's fall slightly to 55. From 11am to 1pm, stress levels