IELTS Writing Task 1 Books Budget
IELTS Writing Task 1 Books Budget
Instructions
Visual Data
The line graph above shows the amount of money spent on books in Germany, France, Italy and Austria between 1995 and 2005.
Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
LELB Society’s Student: Sasan
The graph shows information about the amount of money spent on books in some countries namely, Germany, France, Italy and Austria, over a ten-year period between 1995 and 2005.
Overall, what stands out from the graph is that on average, the spending on books were on the rise even though there were some declines in expenditures on books is some specific periods of time in some countries. In other words, all the above-mentioned countries reached their own apexes at the end of time period.
To be more elaborate, Germany ranked first in this interval in terms of spending money on books, spending 80 million dollars in 1995 which was increased steadily to 90 million dollars in 1999 and then fell gradually to 85 million dollars in 2003 followed by a rise in the rest of the time span. Moreover, France which ranked second spent almost 55 million dollars in 1995 which was grown year on year and reached 75 million dollars in 2005.
As regards the other countries, before 2003, compared to Austria, Italy was more enthusiastic about purchasing books, spending 50 million dollars in 1995. However, in 2003, Austria overtook Italy and jumped approximately to 62 million dollars in 2005.
Examiner’s Notes:
- Visual Data Analysis
- Choice of Words (Diction): Good
- Coherence: Great
- Cohesion: Great
- Grammar: Above average
- Reasoning: Great
- Word Count: “201” Great!
Intensifiers to Describe the Data
- Considerably
- Dramatically
- Gradually
- In the same way (making comparisons)
- Moderately
- Noticeably
- Rapidly
- Similarly (making comparisons)
- Sharply
- Slightly
- Slowly
- Steadily
The graph shows information about the amount of money spent on books in some countries namely, Germany, France, Italy and Austria, over a ten-year period between 1995 and 2005.
Overall, what stands out from the graph is that on average, the spending on books were on the rise even though there were some declines in expenditures on books is some specific periods of time in some countries. In other words, all the above-mentioned countries reached their own apexes at the end of time period.
To be more elaborate, Germany ranked first in this interval in terms of spending money on books, spending 80 million dollars in 1995 which was increased steadily to 90 million dollars in 1999 and then fell gradually to 85 million dollars in 2003 followed by a rise in the rest of the time span. Moreover, France which ranked second spent almost 55 million dollars in 1995 which was grown year on year and reached 75 million dollars in 2005.
As regards the other countries, before 2003, compared to Austria, Italy was more enthusiastic about purchasing books, spending 50 million dollars in 1995. However, in 2003, Austria overtook Italy and jumped approximately to 62 million dollars in 2005.
Dear Sasan,
Thanks a lot for submitting your IELTS report on books budgets to us for assessment and evaluation.