English 101 series: 101 model answers for IELTS writing task 1

English 101 Series: 101 model answers for Task 1 of the IELTS writing
module
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
similar at all three schools. Thereafter,
proportions on food, films and music.
proportions on food and films, whereas
proportions on music and clothing.

of spending on video games is
Westmont students spend large
Beaufort students spend large
Whitford students spend larger

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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 fall to 55 for men and 50 for women. From 13pm, the stress levels increase again – 55 for women and 65 for men. They
continue to increase from 3-5pm, reaching 60 for women and 70 for men.
Thereafter stress levels for men decrease, to 60 from 5-7pm, whereas stress
levels for women rise further to 65 for the same period. This trend
continues from 7-9pm, when men's stress levels fall to 55 and women's rise
to 70. Finally, from 9-11pm, women's stress levels fall a little to 65 and
men's drop to 45.
To summarise the main points, men are most stressed from 3-5pm and
women are most stressed from 7-9pm. Men are more stressed than women
from 9am to 5pm whereas women have higher stress levels than men
outside these hours.
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4. Employment
The table below shows the percentage of employers in six countries who
have difficulty in finding workers and the unemployment rates in those
countries.
Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features,
and make comparisons where relevant.


The table shows us the percentage of employers in six countries (Japan,
Brazil, Argentina, Canada, Italy and Ireland) having difficulty filling jobs
and the unemployment rate in those countries.
In Japan, the highest percentage of employers (80%) report that finding
workers is difficult. The unemployment rate there is also the lowest of the

six countries, at 4.6%. In Brazil, 71% of employers have difficulty finding
employees. The unemployment rate there is 6.2%. In Argentina, the
unemployment rate is 7.1% and just under half of employers (45%) claim it
is hard to find workers. In Canada, a quarter of employers find it difficult to
find employees. The unemployment rate is slightly higher than Argentina's
at 7.3%. In Italy, the unemployment rate is 9.8% and just 14% of employers
report difficulties finding workers. In Ireland, the unemployment rate is
14.3% and very few employers (2%) have problems getting workers.
To conclude from the data from these six countries, as the unemployment
rate rises, fewer employers report difficulties finding workers.
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5. Food trade
The table below shows the food trade surpluses (+) and deficits (-) for 8
regions of the world in 1965 and in 2010, in million tonnes.
Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features,
and make comparisons where relevant.


The bar chart shows the net food trade surpluses and deficits of eight
regions in the years 1965 and 2010.
Between these years, North America's surplus more than doubled from 60
million tonnes to 140 million. South America's surplus showed the greatest
relative increase, from 10 million tonnes in 1965 to 125 million in 2010.
Meanwhile, Australia's surplus trebled, from 10 million tonnes to 30
million. Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union had a very small
deficit of 5 million tonnes in 1965, but this had become a surplus of 50
million tonnes in 2010.
Central America also had a slight deficit of 5 million tonnes in 1965, but
this had become a 20 million tonne deficit by 2010. Meanwhile, Western
Europe's deficit grew somewhat from 40 million tonnes to 50 million.

Asia's deficit quadrupled from 30 million tonnes to 120 million over the
period. However, the Middle East and Africa saw the greatest increase,
from a deficit of 10 million tonnes in 1965 to one of 150 million in 2010.
To summarise, South America saw its surplus increase the most whereas the
Middle East and Africa saw its deficit increase the most.


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6. Consumer spending
The table below shows consumer spending on 3 items in 5 countries as a
percentage of total spending.
Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features,
and make comparisons where relevant.

The table shows spending in five countries on three categories of items as a
percentage of total spending.
In Turkey, spending on food, drinks and tobacco is 32%, a slightly higher
percentage than spending on those things in Ireland (29%). In Spain, it is
19%, whilst in Italy and Sweden it is 16%. As a percentage of total
spending, spending on clothing and footwear is highest in Italy (9%)In
Spain and Turkey, it is 7%, whilst in Ireland it is 6% and in Sweden 5%.
Spending on leisure and education, as a percentage of total spending, is
highest in Turkey (4%). In Italy and Sweden it is 3% whereas in Ireland and
Spain it is 2%.
To sum up, we can see that, as a percentage of total spending, people in
Turkey spend the most on food, drink and tobacco and on leisure and


education, whereas Italians spend the highest percentage on clothing and

footwear.
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7. Work time
The table below shows how long the average worker needs to work, in
minutes, to buy each of 3 items in 4 countries.
Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features,
and make comparisons where relevant.

The table shows us how long the average worker needs to work to earn
enough money to buy 20 cigarettes, 1kg of bread and 1kg of rice in four
countries.
In Kenya, the average work time required to earn enough to buy 20
cigarettes is 92 minutes. In India, it is 77 minutes, whilst in Mexico and
Poland it is almost half this amount of time – 40 minutes.
In Kenya, it takes 64 minutes to earn enough to but 1kg of bread. This
compares with 49 minutes in Mexico. In India, it takes 34 minutes, almost
half the time it takes in Kenya, whilst in Poland it takes 21 minutes – a third
of the time required in Kenya.


In Kenya, it takes 109 minutes to earn enough to buy 1kg of rice, whereas
in India, it takes 79 minutes. In Mexico, it takes 25 minutes and in Poland it
takes 2 minutes less than that.
To summarise, it takes longest to earn enough to buy these items in Kenya,
and the least time in Poland.
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8. Health care spending
The table below shows figures relating to health care spending in 4
countries.
Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features,

and make comparisons where relevant.

The table shows public and private spending on health as percentages of
GDP for four countries along with the average annual increase in health
spending for those countries.
In the USA, public health care spending is 8% of GDP and private health
care spending is 9% of GDP. In France, public spending on health care is
9% of GDP – the highest of the four countries – but private spending on


health care is much lower, at 3%. In Britain, public health care spending is
8% of GDP whilst private health care spending is 2% - the lowest of the
four countries. Mexico spends the smallest proportions of GDP on both
public health care and private health care, at 3% for each.
In France, the average annual increase in health care spending is the lowest,
at 2.6%. In Mexico it is almost 50% higher, at 3.8%, whilst it is slightly
higher than that in the USA, at 4.2%. However, the highest rate of increase
can be seen in Britain, at 4.9%.
To summarise, the USA spends the greatest proportion of GDP on health
care and Mexico spends the smallest proportion. The largest annual increase
in health care spending is in Britain.
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9. Immigration
The table below shows the number of people who became citizens of 6
countries between 2001 and 2010 and the percentage of foreign born
citizens of those countries.
Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features,
and make comparisons where relevant.

The table shows the number of people who became citizens of various
countries between 2001 and 2010 and the percentage of citizens of those
countries who were born abroad.
The USA had – by far – the highest number of naturalisations, at 6.6
million. This was more than three times the number of immigrants to
Canada (1.8 million). This in turn was almost twice as many immigrants as
Australia received (1 million). Immigration to the other three countries was
much lower in total. 400,000 migrated to Switzerland, 200,000 to New
Zealand and 100,000 to South Korea.
Australia and Switzerland had the highest percentage of foreign born
citizens (27% each). The percentage for New Zealand was 23% and the
corresponding figure for Canada was 20%. The figure for the USA was
slightly under half of that for Australia and Switzerland, at 13%.
Meanwhile, in South Korea, the percentage was far lower, at 2%.
To summarise, the USA received the largest number of immigrants and
Australia and Switzerland had the largest proportions of foreign born
citizens. On the other hand, South Korea received the lowest number of
immigrants and also had the smallest proportion of foreign born citizens.


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10. Centenarians
The table below shows the number of people in the UK aged over 100 in
1911, 1941, 1971 and 2001.
Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features,
and make comparisons where relevant.

The table shows the total number of people in the UK aged over 100 years
old between 1911 and 2001, according to whether they were male or
female.

In 1911, there were 73 men aged over. By 1941, this had increased to 131.
In 1971, the figure had increased to 287 and in 2001 it stood at 536.
Therefore, we can see that the number of men aged over 100 roughly
doubled every thirty years.
In 1911, there were 100 women aged over 100. This more than trebled to
317 in 1941. Then there was a massive increase to 2322 in 1971 and a
further doubling to 4621 in 2001. Therefore, we can see that the number of
women over 100 increased even faster than the number of men.
To summarise, the number of male and female centenarians in Britain rose
between 1911 and 2001, mainly as a result of the number of females over
100. The biggest relative increase was between 1941 and 1971.
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11. Climate
The table below shows the average monthly rainfall and average daily
temperatures in Shanghai.
Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features,
and make comparisons where relevant.

The chart illustrates the average precipitation and daily temperatures in
Shanghai.
In January, there is an average of 50mm of precipitation. In February, this
rises to 70mm. In March, it increases further to 90mm, then to 95mm in
April and 100mm in May. In June, the figure increases dramatically to
180mm, falling to 140mm in July and then to 130mm in August and


September. There is a further fall to 70mm in October, followed by smaller

decreases to 50mm in November and 40mm in December.
The average daily temperature in January is 4°C, rising slightly to 5°C in
February. Thereafter, the temperature increases more quickly, to 9°C in
March, 13°C in April and 19°C in May. In June, the average daily
temperature is 22°C, with a sharp rise to 28°C in July and August. In
September, the average is 22°C – the same as in June. By October, the
average falls to 18°C. By November, it decreases again to 11°C and then to
7°C in December.
To summarise, June is the wettest month and July and August are the
hottest. December is the driest month whereas January is the coldest.
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12. Transport
The table below shows the distances the average British person travelled by
7 kinds of transport in 1985 and in 2000.
Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features,
and make comparisons where relevant.


The table shows how far the average British person travelled using seven
modes of transport in 1985 and 2000.
The distances travelled by car were the highest – 3199 miles in 1985, rising
50% to 4806 miles in 2000. The average distance travelled by train also
rose, from 289 miles in 1985 to 366 miles in 2000. The average distance
travelled using long distance buses more than doubled, from 54 miles in
1985 to 124 miles in 2000. The average number of miles travelled using
taxis more than trebled, from just 13 in 1985 to 42 in 2000.
The average distance travelled using local buses declined from 429 miles in
1985 to 274 miles in 2000. The average distance walked fell slightly, from
255 miles in 1985 to 237 miles in 2000. There was somewhat of a fall in the
average number of miles travelled using bicycles between 1985 (51 miles)

and 2000 (41 miles).
Overall, the average number of miles travelled using these forms of
transport rose, largely due to increased car use.
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13. MBA programmes


The table below shows information about MBA courses at 3 universities.
Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features,
and make comparisons where relevant.

The table shows four pieces of information about MBA programmes at
three universities.
On average, graduates from Seatown University's MBA course can expect
the highest salaries ($130,000), almost 10% higher than the average of
graduates from Laketown ($119,000) and $20,000 more than graduates
from Rivertown.
Students on Seatown University's MBA course also have a longer period of
work experience – 78 months. This is six months longer than the average
for students at Rivertown and eighteen months longer than students at
Laketown.
The tuition fees at Seatown are also much lower than those at the other two
universities. Seatown students pay $36,000. This is almost half of what the
students at Rivertown pay ($67,000) and somewhat more than a third of
what Laketown students are charged ($92,000).
Moreover, the MBA course at Seatwon University is the shortest, at 12
months. Laketown's is 15 months – a month less than that at Rivertown.
To summarise, students on the MBA course at Seatown can expect the
highest salaries upon graduation, even though they pay the least for their