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BEST IELTS Academic Writing Task 1, 18th April
IELTS ACADEMIC WRITING TASK 1
IELTS ACADEMIC WRITING TASK 1
The charts below show the qualifications of staff in an advertising company in 1990 and 2010. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
SAMPLE ANSWER
A glance at the pie charts compares the qualifications of employees in an advertising company between 1990 and 2010.
Overall, there were dramatic rises in the percentage of PhD-Science, whereas First Degree-Art significantly decreased. What is more, the proportion of Master-Science stayed unchanged during this period.
In 1990, the largest percentage was employees with Master’s degrees in Science at 29%, which sustained throughout the two decades. Conversely, the percentage of employees with First Degrees in Art decreased sharply from 15% to 2%. There was also a slight decline in employees with First Degrees in Science, dropping from 20% to 11%.
Conversely, the percentage of employees with PhDs in Science saw significant growth, rising from 13% to 30%. Employees with Master’s degrees in Art increased steadily from 21% in 1990 to 23% in 2010. The increase in employees with PhDs in Art was less dramatic, moving from 2% to 5% over the same period.
