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BEST IELTS Academic Writing Task 1, 29th March
IELTS ACADEMIC WRITING TASK 1
IELTS ACADEMIC WRITING TASK 1
The table shows the number of mobile phones and personal computers per 1,000 people in 2003 in 6 different countries. Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
SAMPLE ANSWER
The given table illustrates the number of cell-phones and computers per thousand people in 2003 in six countries, namely – Luxemburg, Italy, Singapore, Germany, South Korea and China. It is clear that the number of cell phone owners was more than the number of PC owners in Italy and Germany, whereas in the other given countries the number of PC owners was more.
Luxemburg had the highest number of cell phones and PCs (872 and 900 per thousand people respectively). Surprisingly, China had the least number of cell phones (35) and PCs (88) per thousand people. Singapore had almost equal number of cell phones and PCs (around 700 per thousand people). The highest discrepancy in cell phone and PC owners was seen in Italy, where the cell phones were owned by 737 per 1000 people and PC owners were only 480 per 1000 people. Germany and South Korea had 580 and 360 cell phone owners per 1000 people but the number of PC owners was the same (452 per 1000 people).
Overall, the cell phone and PC ownership was high in all given countries, except for China, where it was the lowest.
