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BEST IELTS Academic Writing Task 1, 24th August
ACADEMIC WRITING TASK 1
ACADEMIC WRITING TASK 1
The graph below shows relative price changes for fresh fruits and vegetables, sugars and sweets, and carbonated drinks between 1978 and 2009.
SAMPLE ANSWER
The line graph compares price changes in terms of three different types of food and drinks including fresh fruits and vegetables, sugars and sweets, and carbonated drinks from 1979 to 2009. It also shows the trend in the consumer-price index during the 30-year period.
Overall, there was an increase in prices for all three categories as well as the consumer price index between 1979 and 2009. The most significant growth was seen in fresh fruits and vegetables.
In 1979, the price of carbonated drinks, sugar and sweets, fresh fruits and vegetables was quite similar, started at around 65 US dollar. Between 1981 and 1985, there was a slight fluctuation in the prices of those items, while the consumer price index rose slowly to 100 during this period.
Throughout the remaining of the period, sugar and sweets, carbonated drinks prices and consumer price index continued to rise steadily and stayed approximately at 150, 110 and 165 respectively in 2009. In contrast, over the same period, there was a significant increase in the price of fresh fruits and vegetables by more than 5 times, at around 330 before reaching the highest point, 340, in 2008.
