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BEST Writing Task 1 IELTS Academic, 17th November
IELTS ACADEMIC WRITING TASK 1
IELTS ACADEMIC WRITING TASK 1
The table shows the number of fatal, serious and slight injuries resulting from gun and knife crime in Great Britain from 1998 to 2007 and the percentage increase for each degree of injury over the period. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
SAMPLE ANSWER
The table shows how many victims were injured fatally, seriously and slightly as a result of assaults with guns and knives over a ten-year period in Britain.
The table shows that the total number of injuries by 342% over the period. The total increased steadily from 1998 to 2005 but then fell slightly in the final year. The number of slightly injuries also rose dramatically by 405%. The number of serious injuries increased, but by a less dramatic 194%. The number of fatalities did not increase much, though the 18% increase does not tell the whole story. The number of a fatalities fluctuated violently with a dramatic rise between 1998 and 2002 and an equally remarkable fall between 2005 and 2006.
The year 2001 to 2002 saw the number of deaths peak at 95 – a figure significantly higher than at the beginning and end of the period. In the same year, the numbers of serious and slight injuries were no higher than would be expected.
Overall, the figures demonstrate that non-fatal injuries from gun and knifes crime rose steadily, while the number of deaths fluctuated quite widely.
