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BEST IELTS Academic Writing Task 1, 21st March
IELTS ACADEMIC WRITING TASK 1
IELTS ACADEMIC WRITING TASK 1
The graphs below show a comparison of the expenses in the UK and the US.
SAMPLE ANSWER
The pie charts compare the percentages of expenditure in terms of six different categories: DVDs, Books, Going out, Transport, Food and Rent in two countries UK and US.
It is clear that people spend the most money on Rent and Food in both countries. By contrast, the expenses for DVDs is the least.
The percentage of spending on DVDs is 10%, while the figure for Books is slightly higher, at 12%. At the same time, spending on going out and transport in the UK each makes up 15% of the total expense. Meanwhile, expenditure on Food accounts for 18% of the total money spent by British people. By contrast, the rate of spending on Rent stands at 30%, which was the highest figure.
In the US, the proportion of expense on DVDs is as high as the figure for the UK, at 10%. People in America spend an analogous percentage of its budget on three categories: Books, Going out, Transport, standing at 15%. At the same time, money spent on Food makes up a quarter of the total expenditure in this country, which is the highest compared to other five categories. Meanwhile, 20% is spent on Rent, which is 2 times higher than the percentage of DVDs.
