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BEST IELTS Academic Writing Task 1, 9th June
IELTS ACADEMIC WRITING TASK 1
IELTS ACADEMIC WRITING TASK 1
The chart below shows global sales of the top five mobile phone brands between 2009 and 2013. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant.
SAMPLE ANSWER
The bar graph illustrates the number of units sold of the five most popular mobile brands in 2009, 2011 and 2013.
After 4 years, Samsung and Apple showed a significant growth in global sales while Nokia and LG lost their places in ranking due to their decrease in the total sales.
The number of phones of Samsung sold rose constantly by around 100 million every two years and reached 430 million in 2013, making Samsung the most popular brand for mobile phone. Over the same period, there was a dramatic 7-times increase from 20 million to around 150 million in Apple’s phones sold worldwide. The figure also described a gradual rise in ZTE’s sales to 60 million in 2013.
Conversely, there were around 430 million Nokia phones sold in 2009, which was the highest number in global sales record. However, after a slight drop in 2011, Nokia’s sales plummeted by nearly 200 million in the next 2 years. The global sales of LG brand also saw a decline from 110 in 2009 to 80 million in 2013.
