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BEST IELTS Academic Writing Task 1, 5th October
ACADEMIC WRITING TASK 1
ACADEMIC WRITING TASK 1
The table below gives information about changes in modes of travels in England between 1985 and 2000.
Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main feature, and make comparisons where relevant.
Average distance in miles travelled per person per year, by mode of travel.
| 1985 | 2000 | |
| Walking | 255 | 237 |
| Bicycle | 51 | 41 |
| Car | 3,199 | 4,806 |
| Local bus | 429 | 274 |
| Long distance bus | 54 | 124 |
| Train | 289 | 366 |
| Taxi | 13 | 42 |
| Other | 450 | 585 |
| All modes | 4,740 | 6,475 |
SAMPLE ANSWER
In 2000 the most preferred mode of travel is by car with 4,806 people. There’s a noticeable decrease in public transportation locally where it dropped from 429 people in 1985 to 274 people in 2000.
However the long distance bus ride is much more preferred by people as its figures are more than doubled in the last 15 years. People who chose to walk or cycle are decreased slightly in 2000. Which probably made people to take the take the train more often. There’s a significant increase in the numbers of people who travelled by train. It jumped from 289 in 1985 to 366 in 2000. This makes the train second popular made of transportation. This biggest leap in the chart is the increase of taxi users who are tripled in 2000 with 42 people where it was only 13 in 1985.
Apart from all this modes of travel, these are some more different types of travel as well of course. Number of people choosing different modes of travel is rapidly increased from 450 to 585 in 2000.
