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BEST IELTS Academic Writing Task 1, 23rd October
IELTS ACADEMIC WRITING TASK 1
IELTS ACADEMIC WRITING TASK 1
The table below shows the expenses per week of a retired single person and a couple in Australia, for their comfortable lifestyle. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant.
SAMPLE ANSWER
The given table compares the weekly expenditure of retired single person with that of a retired couple in Australia. It is manifest from the graph that the couples have to spend more than a single person on all the things, but the biggest difference is in housing and clothing.
The total weekly expenses needed by a single retired person are $650, whereas a retired couple spends $934 weekly for a comfortable lifestyle. Out of this, the maximum goes into housing and other miscellaneous expenditures by both categories of retirees. $160 and $284 are spent on housing by single and couple retirees respectively, whereas $177 and $223 are devoted weekly to other things.
A single retired person spends $64, $92, $67, $55 and $35 on health, shelter, clothing, food and shopping respectively, whereas a couple has to spend moderately more ($77, $110, $120, $70 and $50) on these things.
Overall, the least expenditure is incurred on shopping and food by the retired people and the maximum on housing and other things.
