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Academic IELTS Writing Task 1 Topic in Australia – December 2016 & Sample Answers

Posted: 19 Dec 2016 04:18 AM PST

Percentage of car ownership in Great Britain according to household

Report Plan:
• paraphrase paragraph, using some of your own words
• summary paragraph: from 1961 to 2001 (1) the proportion of households with one car or two or more cars increased while [2] the percentage of households without a car decreased
• paragraph 3: compare trends for households with cars
• paragraph 4: contrast the trend for households without cars

Sample Answer:
The line graph illustrates the proportion of cars owned by members of households In Great Britain from 1961 to 2001.

Overall, there were significant increases in the percentage of households with one car or two or more cars, whereas there was a dramatic decline in the proportion of households without a car.

In 1961, only 10% of households had two or more cars, compared with almost 30% with one car. Ten years later, the proportions had increased to 30% and 38% respectively. By 2001. however, the figure for households with two or more cars had risen to 48%, having overtaken the proportion of those with one car. which remained constant at 38% after 1981.

In contrast, the figure for households without a car witnessed a sharp decrease The proportion fell sharply from 70% In 1961 to Just 40% In 1971. The percentages continued to decline, although less dramatically, to a low point of only 10% in 2001.

Written by IELTS Ngoc Bach

Bizarre – Word Of The Day For IELTS

Posted: 19 Dec 2016 01:58 AM PST

Bizarre – Word Of The Day For IELTS Speaking And Writing

Bizarre: (Adjective) /bɪˈzɑːr/

Definition:

very unusual or strange

Synonyms:

Weird, Surreal, Uncanny

Collocations:

With noun: bizarre situation/ thing/ twist

Example:

For IELTS Speaking:.
“White deejays’ desire to sound black resulted in some bizarre situations.”
“This is a bizarre thing, this national disgust hanging over the World Series like the smell of old tuna.”
“In a bizarre twist, the continuing rise in fuel taxes could force the petrol companies themselves to hike prices further.”

For IELTS Writing:
“The bizarre circumstances of her early life left her with a scatter-shot education and an early talent for embellishing the truth.”

Exercise:

Complete the sentences with suitable words below

composition, atmosphere, sustain, bizarre, surface, shuttle.

One of the most ………………….. things I saw was the lengthy and intricate preparation for the blessing of a new furniture store.
The………………………….of Venus has many craters caused by asteroids.
Mercury has no substantial…………………………..
Mercury does not have any water so cannot………………………….life.
The Voyager space………………………….has provided us with pictures of Saturn's moons.
The………………………….of Saturn is mainly gas.

Answer keys:

bizarre
surface
atmosphere
sustain
shuttle
composition

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Monday, December 19, 2016