IELTS WRITING 1

- TASK 1 -
Exercise 1:
You should spend about 20 minutes on this task:
It is often claimed that women have achieved greater freedom and have access to the same
opportutnities as men. The pie charts below show some employment patterns in a developed
country.
Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make
comparisions where relevant.
You should write at least 150 words.













b. Fill in the gaps:
ANALYZE:
1. Time/Tense:
2. Topic: ..
3. General: .
..
4. Details:
..
5. Conclude: .
..

reverse clerical-type managerial and
professional
percentage slightly sexes
general
labourers
clearly proportion craft workers employment

WRITE:
The two pie charts show the (1)_________ of males and females in (2) _________ in six broad
categories, divided into manual and non-manual occupations. In general, a greater (3) _________ of
women work in non-manual occupations, and the (4) _________ is true for men.
In the non-manual occupations, while a greater percentage of working women than men are found
in (5) _________ positions, there is a smaller percentage of women than men employed in (6)
_________ positions. The percentage of women employed in other non-manual occupations is (7)
_________ larger than the percentage of men in these occupations.
In manual employment, the biggest difference between the two (8) _________ is in the employment
of (9) _________, where makes up 21% of the workforce and females just 4.5%. Furthermore, the
percentage of women working as (10) _________ is very small, only 0.5%. There is not a great deal
of difference between the percentage of men doing other forms of manual work (28%) and women
in other manual work (32%).
In conclusion, the two charts (11) _________ show that women do not have the same access as men
to certain types of employment.

Exercise 2:

Selected statistics showing aspects of the quality of life in 5 countries

ANALYZE:
1. Time/Tense:
2. Topic: ..
3. General: .
..
4. Details:
..
5. Conclude: .
..

Exercise 3:
The following table and graph give information about the gross domestic product (GDP) and
employment sectors of a developing country.
Write a report for a university lecturer describing the information shown below.
Sectoral Distribution of Employment and GDP, 2004
Services
Natural
resources
%
Industry
%
Trade,
Restaurants,
Hotels
%
Transport,
Communication
%
Government
%
Others
%
Total
%
Employment 77.4 3.6 4.9 1.6 8.7 3.8 100
GDP 19.2 15.4 37.4 8.4 12.5 7.4 100
Percentage of GDP

ANALYZE:
1. Time/Tense:
2. Topic:
3. General:

4. Details:


5. Conclude:


Match the answer with the version of description
a. Comparing and contrasting the diferent sectors in both table and graph
b. Describing table and graph separately
c. Describing each sector in both table and graph
Answer 1:
Answer 2

Answer 3






Exercise 4: You should spend about 20 minutes on this task.
Many women want or need to continue working even after they have children. The charts below show the
working patterns of mothers with young children to care for.
Write a report describing the information in the charts below.
You should write at least 150 words.

Working patterns of mothers with young children, Great Britain
Exercise 5: You should spend about 20 minutes on this task.
The graphs below show information on the production of consumer goods and the consumption of
television sets in Russia.
Write a report describing the information in the graphs below.
You should write at least 150 words.

Exercise 2:

Exercise 3:

Exercise 4:


Exercise 5