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BEST IELTS Academic Writing Task 1, 5th November
IELTS ACADEMIC WRITING TASK 1
IELTS ACADEMIC WRITING TASK 1
The table below shows the change in some household types in Great Britain from 1971 to 2007.
Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
SAMPLE ANSWER
The table shows the changes in household types in Great Britain at 10-year intervals from 1971 to 2001 and again in 2007.
There has been a steady increase in households without children during this period. One-person households doubled from 6% in 1971 to 12% in 2007, whilst the percentage of couples with no children rose from 19% in 1971 to 23% in 1991 and to 25% in 2001. However, this figure leveled out in 2007. Even bigger changes have occurred when it comes to couples with dependent children. This category shrank from 52% in 1971 to 36% in 2007.
In contrast, the percentage of lone parents trebled over the same period, rising from 4% in 1971 to 12% in 2007. The percentage of families with non- dependent children has remained more stable: 10% in 1971, rising only 1% over the next 20 years before falling to 9% in 2001.
In conclusion, the table shows definite patterns of change within the British family over the past 40 years, in particular the decline in the traditional model of one couple with dependent children.
