ESSAY COLLECTION BAND 6+

1. The chart below gives information about the ratio of

income to spending (in dollars) by Americans by age
range in 2013. Summarise the information by selecting
and reporting the main features and make comparisons
where relevant.

Bài mẫu IELTS Writing Task 1 - Bar Chart

This graph compares how much Americans spent to how much

income they made in 2013, by age group.
The data shows an overall rise and fall in both income and
spending between young, middle-aged, and older Americans.
Income rises and falls more sharply than spending.
Those under 25 and over 75 actually spent slightly more than
they earned. In contrast, between the ages of 25 and 64,
Americans earned 10,000 to 20,000 dollars more than they
spent. This difference shrinks in the 65-74 age group, where
spending was just a few thousand dollars less.
In terms of actual numbers, those under 25 or over 75 earned
and spent around 30,000 and 35,000 dollars, respectively. 25-
34 year-olds and 65-74 year-olds both earned in the 50,000s
and spent in the 40,000s. In the middle, between ages 35 and
64, income was 70,000-80,000 dollars, and spending ranged
from roughly 55 to 60 thousand.
(158 words)
2. The chart below gives information about the
household percentage of spending on essential goods in
China for the years 1995 and 2011
Summarise the information by selecting and reporting
the main features and make comparisons where
relevant.

Bài mẫu IELTS Writing Task 1 - Pie Chart

The two pie graphs show differences in Chinese household

spending in four essential categories. These categories are
marked as percentages of total spending, with differences in
spending for 1995 and 2011.
Food and clothing remained the largest categories in both
years, with medicine and household goods remaining the
smallest. Nonetheless, there were measurable changes in all
four categories over the years. Changes to the household
budget shares of food and medicine were particularly
noticeable.
Both of the top two categories, clothing and food, shrank during
this 16-year period. Clothing lost just 1% of its share, going
from 19% to 18%, while food dropped more dramatically,
starting at 68% but losing 9 points of share by 2011.
In both 1995 and 2011, medicine and household goods
represented the lowest and second-lowest spending categories,
respectively. Still, both gained a larger share of household
spending in China by 2011. Medicine jumped 7 points from 4%
to 11%, while household goods made a smaller but still-
noticeable increase from 9 to 12 percent.
(168 words)
3. The chart below gives information about population
growth in three major Australian cities from 1992 to
2016. Summarise the information by selecting and
reporting the main features and make comparisons
where relevant.

Bài mẫu IELTS Writing Task 1 - Line Graph

This line graph shows the change in population for the cities of
Melbourne, Sydney, and Brisbane from 1992 to 2017.
While all cities saw a net increase in annual population growth
by 2011, and the most dramatic increases happened between
2007 and 2010. In spite of this overall trend, there were a
number of rises and falls in growth, with all cities showing a
decrease in growth in 2011.
Although it started out with the least annual growth,
Melbourne’s growth accelerated the most overall, starting with
only a roughly 23k increase in people in 1992, but gaining
around 110,000 people in 2017. Brisbane started out with
nearly as little growth as Melbourne, but had a lower net gain,
rising from slightly over 23k growth in 1992 to a gain of merely
50,000 by 2017. Sydney started out with the highest growth
rate at 30,000 in a year, but ended with 105,000 annual growth
by the end of the period, just behind Melbourne.
(166 words)

4. The diagram below gives information about the

recycling of glass and plastic containers. Summarise the
information by selecting and reporting the main
features and make comparisons where relevant.

Bài mẫu IELTS Writing Task 1 - Process/ Diagram

This flowchart shows the differences and similarities in the life
cycles of glass and plastic containers, from creation and use to
recycling and re-creation.
This diagram reveals both similarities and differences in the
way that plastic and glass goods are made, recycled, and then
made anew. The processes have more differences than
similarities, but there are some more significant differences in
the earlier stages of the recycling process.
The initial collection and transport of both goods are the same.
However, after that, glass is sorted by color and may then be
immediately crushed, while plastic is sorted by quality and
must be bundled before it can be shredded.
Once the glass is crushed and the plastic is shredded, the
processes become more similar again. At this point, both the
glass and plastic pieces are washed, and then melted and
reshaped into new products. These final steps are nearly
identical, although the melting and reshaping of the glass must
be done by two separate machines rather than one.
(167 words)

5. The graph and table below show the average monthly

rainfalls and average annual rainfalls for three towns in
the district of Kona in Hawaii for a 30-year period (1971-
2000). Summarise the information by selecting and
reporting the main features and make comparisons
where relevant.
Bài mẫu IELTS Writing Task 1 - Mixed-chart

The chart and table show the average monthly and annual
rainfall for the towns of Kanaliu, Opihihale, and Holualoa from
1971 to 2000.
Average monthly rainfalls are usually higher from June to
September and tend to be lower between October and May.
However, rainfall can differ a good deal between towns, and
these differences add up to distinctly different annual numbers.
Opihihale usually has the least rainfall but has slightly more
(less than 2 cm difference) rainfall than the Holualoa around
August, and slightly more than both towns for a time in
November. In contrast, Kainaliu’s monthly rainfall is often the
highest, 7-9 cm greater than Opihihale and 5-7 cm greater than
Holualoa at the height of the summer and fall rainy periods.
The larger differences during the higher rainfall periods add up
over the course of the year. In the table, Kainaliu clearly has
the most annual rainfall, Opihihale has the least by far, and
Holualoa sits between these two extremes, somewhat closer to
Opihihale than to Kainaliu.
(169 words)
6. The diagrams below show changes that have taken
place in the Sawry District neighbourhood since 1920.
Summarise the information by selecting and reporting
the main features and make comparisons where
relevant.

Bài mẫu IELTS Writing Task 1 - Map

This pair of maps depicts change over the course of a century

in the Sawry District neighborhood by showing the area in 1920
and 2020.
The overall change in the neighborhood is one of growth. By
2020 there are more businesses, more housing, and greater
public services. However, not all businesses and services
remained intact after 1920.
Business and housing saw the most change and growth. The
cannery present in 1920 was replaced by an office complex.
Two of the houses near the Elmwood River were demolished
and replaced by a road and an apartment complex. Oak
Avenue went from having two houses and a shop to having
three houses, two shops, an apartment complex, and a petrol
station.
The change in public services was less significant than the
change in housing and businesses. Prestwich Primary School
was demolished and then rebuilt as a bigger school, closer to
Oak Street’s shops. And Elmwood River gained a bridge and a
bike path, the latter of which replaced the small beach seen on
the 1920 map.
(174 words)

7. The bar chart shows the number of children in two

different age groups in an average class in different
countries. Summarize the information by selecting and
reporting the main features, and make comparisons
where relevant.

The bar graph illustrates the number of students on an average

class at different ages (9 and 13) in different countries.
Overall, at the age of 9 there were more students in Hong
Kong but as the students reached the age of 13, most of the
students were studied in Japan.
It is clearly shown in the graph that Hong Kong and Japan had
the most number of students at the age of 9; Hong Kong had
35 number of students per class at age 9 while Japan had
moreover 31 number of students per class. However, Japan had
an increase number of students to about 24 but the students in
Hong Kong dropped at 31 students per class at the age 13.
The United States and the Global Average an equal number of
23 students per class at the age of 9 but fell by age 13. Russia,
on the other hand got the lowet number of students both at age
9 and 13, having only 10 and 9 students per class accordingly.
(175 words)

8. (Cambridge 11, test 3): The graph below shows average

carbon dioxide emissions per person in the United
Kingdom, Sweden, Italy and Portugal between 1967 and
2007.

The graph shows the changes in the emission of carbon dioxide

in four European countries in the period from 1967 to 2007.
The production of carbon dioxide in Portugal and Italy was
steadily increasing during that period In 1967, emission of
carbon dioxide in Portugal was approximately 1.3 metric tones
and in 2007 the emission there achieved 5.4. In Italy the
beginning of the period was a bit higher than four. However, it
increased only to 7.8 by 2007.
The emission of carbon dioxide in the United Kingdom and
Sweden was under decrease during that period of time. The
emission of carbon dioxide in the United Kingdom in 1967 was
the highest one among all these four countries (about 11). But
after 1967, it gradually deacreased to about 9 metric tons. The
emission in Sweden was around 8.6 metric tons in the
beginning, then it steadily increased till 10.5 in 1977. However,
in 1987 it got tremendous decrease in the emissions of carbon
dioxide which underwent till 2007. In 2007 the emission in
Sweden was at the same level with Portugal – around 5.4 to
5.6.
Overall, the changes in emission of carbon dioxide can be
connected with the changes in economical development and
appearance of some new technologies which reduce emissions.
(218 words)

9. (Cambridge 12, test 8): The graph below shows how

geothermal energy is used to produce electricity.

The diagram shows how electricity is produced by geothermal

energy. There are five general steps in this process. First, in a
big box connected underground, cold water is accumulated in
order to be pumped down about 4.5 km.
After that, water is heated passing through hot rocks called
Geothermal zone and it is pumped up in order to be
condensered in a big conteiner. At this point, water is in a gas
state and it is put in a turbine which moves it in a circle
movements. Then, the final step is to use a generator in order
to water be powered and energy can be produced. Finally
energy is transladated to a energy tower.
Overall, the geothermal power plant is used to create energy in
some steps: heating cold water by a geothermal zone and
condensering it in order to put it in a generator turbine which is
who produces the energy to be used.
(157 words)