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All questions (8 questions) Cambridge IELTS 16 Test 1 Writing Task 1: Household Appliances Cambridge IELTS 16 · Test 1 · Task 1 · Mixed charts Two line graphs cover one country from 1920 to 2019. The first shows the percentage of households owning a washing machine, a refrigerator and a vacuum cleaner; the second shows the number of hours of housework (washing clothes, preparing meals and cleaning) done per household each week, at roughly twenty-year intervals. Cambridge IELTS 16 Test 1 Writing Task 2: History of Your House Cambridge IELTS 16 · Test 1 · Task 2 · Society · Two-part question The question says that in some countries more and more people want to find out about the history of the house or building they live in. Candidates must answer two questions: why this interest is growing, and how people can research the history of their home. Cambridge IELTS 16 Test 2 Writing Task 1: Sugar Cane Process Cambridge IELTS 16 · Test 2 · Task 1 · Process diagram The diagram shows how sugar is produced from sugar cane in seven numbered stages, from growing the cane, which takes 12 to 18 months, to drying and cooling the finished sugar. It combines an agricultural phase with a manufacturing phase that uses a crusher, a limestone filter, an evaporator and a centrifuge. Cambridge IELTS 16 Test 2 Writing Task 2: New Products in Adverts Cambridge IELTS 16 · Test 2 · Task 2 · Culture & lifestyle · Two-part question The question notes that businesses today usually stress in their advertising that their products are new in some way. Candidates must answer two questions: why companies do this, and whether this is a positive or negative development in their opinion. Cambridge IELTS 16 Test 3 Writing Task 1: Airport Redevelopment Cambridge IELTS 16 · Test 3 · Task 1 · Map / plan Two plans show Southwest Airport as it is now and as it will look after redevelopment next year. They compare the terminal building, divided into a departures side and an arrivals side, and the pier of gates, together with the facilities in each area. Cambridge IELTS 16 Test 3 Writing Task 2: Tax on Sugary Products Cambridge IELTS 16 · Test 3 · Task 2 · Government & law · Opinion (agree or disagree) The question states that many manufactured foods and drinks contain high levels of sugar, which causes many health problems, and suggests that sugary products should be made more expensive to encourage people to consume less sugar. Candidates must say whether they agree or disagree with raising prices in this way. Cambridge IELTS 16 Test 4 Writing Task 1: Recycling Bottles Cambridge IELTS 16 · Test 4 · Task 1 · Process diagram The diagram shows how plastic bottles are recycled in nine numbered stages, from being put into a recycling bin and collected by truck to being turned into raw material and made into new products. The process is a cycle, because the end products can be used and recycled again. Cambridge IELTS 16 Test 4 Writing Task 2: Driverless Vehicles Cambridge IELTS 16 · Test 4 · Task 2 · Technology · Advantages and disadvantages The question predicts that in the future all cars, buses and trucks will be driverless, so the only people inside will be passengers. Candidates must weigh the advantages and disadvantages of this and say whether the advantages outweigh the disadvantages. Exam questions © Cambridge University Press & Assessment, reproduced for study and commentary. Analyses and model answers are original. ieltswrites is independent and is not affiliated with IELTS, the British Council, IDP or Cambridge University Press & Assessment.