Academic writing

G  20 minutes to complete the task.

H  a title above it.

I  instructions and some information about the graph.

B

 Sample question

3 

Read the instructions and answer the question. Use the rules about the task from 

Section A to help you. Then look at the sample answer on page 334. Which aspects of 

the task did you find difficult? 

IELTS  PRACTICE TASK

You should spend about 20 minutes on this task.

The graph below gives information about the technology that households in one US city used for 

watching television between 2004 and 2014.

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

relevant.

2004 

2006 2008 2010 2012 2014

 

200,000

160,000 

120,000 

80,000 

40,000

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