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BEST IELTS Academic Writing Task 1, 2nd December
IELTS ACADEMIC WRITING TASK 1
IELTS ACADEMIC WRITING TASK 1
The following tables describe bill-paying habits and attitudes to debt, by age group.
| Worried about unpaid bills | |
| Under 30 | 74% |
| 30-45 | 66% |
| 45-60 | 33% |
| Over 60 | 20% |
| Pay bills on time | |
| Under 30 | 35% |
| 30-45 | 42% |
| 45-60 | 70% |
| Over 60 | 85% |
SAMPLE ANSWER
The survey results show that as people get older, particularly after age 45, they become better at paying their bills on time and become less worried about their unpaid bills. There seems to be a relationship between these things.
Few people aged under 45 (only 35 per cent of under-30s and 42 per cent of 30- to 45-year-olds) don’t pay their bills on time. Meanwhile, 70 per cent of 45- to 60-year-olds pay their bills on time. It seems that bill-paying behaviour splits the population into two groups: under 45 and over 45.
This is the same with worrying about unpaid bills. In the two younger age groups, most people are worried about them: 75 per cent of the under-30s and 66 per cent of the 30-45s. In contrast, only 33 per cent of 45- to 60-year-olds are concerned about unpaid bills.
Overall, there seems to be a connection between not paying bills on time and being worried about unpaid bills. Where there is one, you also see the other.
