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BEST IELTS Academic Writing Task 1, 14th May
IELTS ACADEMIC WRITING TASK 1

IELTS ACADEMIC WRITING TASK 1
The chart and table below give information about exercise and absenteeism in two departments of a major company.
Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant.

SAMPLE ANSWER
The chart shows the amount of exercise taken each week by employees in two departments of a large company. The table shows the number of work days that were missed due to ill health during the course of a year.
The chart indicates that there are similarities and differences between the two departments with regard to the number of hours spent exercising each week. In both departments, a similar percentage of employees exercised either for between five and ten hours or for more than fifteen hours. However, while a smaller percentage in Birmingham exercised for less than five hours a week compared with London, a much higher percentage spent between ten and fifteen hours doing this (25 percent in Birmingham compared with ten percent in London).
The table indicates that absenteeism due to illness was much lower in Birmingham than it was in London. 380 employees out of every thousand had a 100 percent attendance record, compared with just 158 in London. 378 out of every thousand missed between one and five days in Birmingham, but this figure increased to 594 per thousand in London. There was only a slight discrepancy in the number of employees missing more than five days (242 in Birmingham compared with 248 in London).
To summarise, employees in the Birmingham department spent more hours exercising than those in London, and there was a lower incidence of absenteeism in Birmingham. This data suggests that there may be a connection between exercise and health.

IELTS Academic Writing Task 1