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BEST IELTS Academic Writing Task 1, 17th March
IELTS ACADEMIC WRITING TASK 1
IELTS ACADEMIC WRITING TASK 1
The table shows the average length of video advertisements on the Internet and the average length of time viewers spend watching them. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
| Type of YouTube Ad | Average length of YouTube Ad (seconds) | Average time viewed (seconds) |
| Public Service | 66.7 | 28.1 |
| Business and finance | 35.1 | 24.6 |
| Entertainment and news | 30.8 | 26.5 |
| Travel | 28.7 | 23.0 |
| Technology | 39.3 | 20.9 |
| Retail | 26.5 | 20.1 |
| Consumer electronics | 24.9 | 17.3 |
| Clothing | 23.4 | 16.6 |
| Pharmaceuticals | 21.8 | 16.0 |
| Life Style | 33.7 | 14.3 |
| Overall | 38.1 | 20.4 |
SAMPLE ANSWER
The table illustrates the average time of video advertisements on the Internet and the average time of the time viewers spend watching them.
It is clear that the largest time of average viewed went on financial services advertisement. On the other hand, the Public service has the lowest time on the table.
Out of all types of advertisement, financial services held the highest rate of each advertisement video, at 16.3 seconds compared with 20.5 seconds, the average length of advertisement. In the same position, the proportion of viewed of Travel was also high at 13 seconds, a difference of 5 seconds with the length of video at 18 seconds.
It can be seen that the smallest seconds was held by Public service, which the viewer only saw 18.5 seconds of the original duration on the average, at 45.8 seconds. Other retails also took a bottom position in the table, they got 4.5 seconds while the video has 22.4 seconds.
