ieltswrites › Question bank › IELTS Writing Task 1 Bar Chart Questions with Model Answers IELTS Writing Task 1 Bar Chart Questions with Model Answers Bar charts compare quantities across categories, and often across years as well. A high-scoring answer groups the bars instead of describing them one by one, and states the biggest differences in a clear overview.
How to practise Identify what each axis measures and the unit before you write anything. Group categories that behave similarly and compare the extremes. Write the overview without figures: the highest, the lowest and any overall change. Use comparison language (twice as many, slightly fewer, by far the largest) rather than a list of numbers. All questions (8 questions) Cambridge IELTS 18 Test 2 Writing Task 1: US Household Income Cambridge IELTS 18 · Test 2 · Task 1 · Bar chart The bar chart shows the number of households in the United States, in millions, in five annual income brackets (from less than $25,000 to $100,000 or more) in 2007, 2011 and 2015. The data allows comparisons both between income groups and over time. Cambridge IELTS 17 Test 3 Writing Task 1: Family Spending Chart Cambridge IELTS 17 · Test 3 · Task 1 · Bar chart The bar chart shows the average percentage of weekly income that families in one country spent on eight categories in 1968 and 2018: food, housing, fuel and power, clothing and footwear, household goods, personal goods, transport and leisure. All figures are percentages of weekly income. Cambridge IELTS 15 Test 1 Writing Task 1: Coffee and Tea Chart Cambridge IELTS 15 · Test 1 · Task 1 · Bar chart The bar chart shows the results of a survey of coffee and tea habits in five Australian cities: Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Hobart. For each city it gives the percentage of people who bought fresh coffee, bought instant coffee, or went to a cafe for coffee or tea in the previous four weeks. Cambridge IELTS 13 Test 2 Writing Task 1: Owning vs Renting Cambridge IELTS 13 · Test 2 · Task 1 · Bar chart The bar chart shows the percentage of households in England and Wales living in owned accommodation and in rented accommodation at nine points between 1918 and 2011. Figures are given as a percentage of all households. Cambridge IELTS 13 Test 3 Writing Task 1: Electricity Bar Chart Cambridge IELTS 13 · Test 3 · Task 1 · Bar chart The bar chart shows how much electricity the ten leading countries produced and consumed in 2014. Figures are given in billion kilowatt hours (kWh), and the countries are ranked from China in first place to the Republic of Korea in tenth. Cambridge IELTS 12 Test 1 Writing Task 1: Physical Activity Chart Cambridge IELTS 12 · Test 1 · Task 1 · Bar chart The bar chart compares the percentage of Australian men and women who did regular physical activity in 2010, across six age groups from 15 to 24 up to 65 and over. All figures are percentages of each sex within each age group, and there is only one year, so the task is about comparisons rather than change over time. Cambridge IELTS 12 Test 3 Writing Task 1: US Fast Food Bar Chart Cambridge IELTS 12 · Test 3 · Task 1 · Bar chart The bar chart shows how frequently people in the USA ate at fast food restaurants in 2003, 2006 and 2013. Respondents are divided into six frequency categories, from every day to never, and the figures are percentages of people in each year. Cambridge IELTS 10 Test 3 Writing Task 1: UK Graduates Bar Charts Cambridge IELTS 10 · Test 3 · Task 1 · Bar chart The two bar charts show what UK graduates and postgraduates who did not go into full-time work did after leaving college in 2008. Each chart gives the number of students in four destinations: part-time work, voluntary work, further study and unemployment. The graduate chart has a scale up to 30,000, while the postgraduate chart goes up to only 3,000. 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.