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BEST IELTS Academic Writing Task 1, 20th July
ACADEMIC WRITING TASK 1
ACADEMIC WRITING TASK 1
The line charts give information about the demand for steel and number of workers employed in a country from January to December.
SAMPLE ANSWER
The charts detail demand for steel and the number of workers employed in a given country over a one year period. Looking from an overall perspective, it is readily apparent that both demand and employment fluctuated but followed similar downwards trends. By the end of the period, actual demand had overtaken production.
In the first 2 months of the year, workers (6,000), steel production (5,000) and actual demand (3,000) peaked. From there, the number of workers fell steeply to 3,000 in March and was flat through April, while production dropped below 4,000 tonnes and remained stable to July. Actual demand also decreased, though it fluctuated between 2 and 3,000 tonnes through September, before plummeting to 0 in November and recovering to 2,000 in December.
This end of year pattern was largely mirrored by both production and employment as the former crashed from a second peak of nearly 5,000 in July to under 1,000 by the end of the period (with no recovery). Employment numbers rose to 3,500 in August and had steadily subsided to 1,000 by the end of the year.
