How to prepare for IELTS – Writing
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Example 2
You should spend about 20 minutes on this task.
The pie charts below show incidences of firework injuries in Great Britain in 1984
and 1998.
Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and
make comparisons where relevant.
You should write at least 150 words.
Incidences of firework accidents in 1984.
47%
32%
16%
5%
At public displays
At a club/society
display
At a family party
Children playing
alone
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Incidences of firework accidents in 1998.
33%
28%
28%
11%
At public displays
At a club/society
display
At a family party
Children playing
alone
How to prepare for IELTS – Writing
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How to do Task 1 – Bar and line graphs, pie charts & tables
· Spend about
5 minutes reading the graph(s) or chart(s)
and
preparing your answer.
· Make sure you
understand what the
axis on the graph(s) or the
percentages in the pie chart(s) represent.
·
Make sure you
follow the lines in a line graph correctly and don’t
confuse the individual lines if more than one is present.
(See Cambridge
IELTS 1, p.72 for example).
· Remember there will usually be too much information for you to
describe every detail, so you will need to
focus on the key information
or significant trends.
· If there are
two graphs or charts look for ways to
compare the
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