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BEST IELTS Academic Writing Task 1, 14th September
ACDEMIC WRITING TASK 1
ACDEMIC WRITING TASK 1
The pie charts below show the online shopping sales for retail sectors in New Zealand in 2003 and 2013. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
SAMPLE ANSWER
The pie charts compare the differences among four sectors of retail in New Zealand in 2 years 2003 and 2013.
Overall, while travel and clothes sectors proportions were downward, the percentages of film and books inversely increased. In addition, travel and film were the largest parts among four sectors in both years surveyed.
On the one hand, the travel sector accounted for the largest percentage of 36% in 2003 followed by 24%, 21% and 19% of clothes, film, and books respectively. In addition, the proportion of travel decreased to 29% in 2013 in comparison with books proportion which by contrast, increased to 22% in the same period.
On the other hand, film and music sector became significant and occupied for 33% in 2013; thus, this sector made up for the largest proportion at that time which was 4% more than that of travel and 11% more than book percentage. The proportion for clothes inversely plunged by 8% which was in the most minority in 2013 with only 16%.
