IELTS Academic Task 1 Practice Questions

The bar charts below show the prevalence of obesity among boys and girls aged 12 to 19 years by ethnicity, in the United States for the years 2004 and 2014.

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The table below shows the number of medals won by the top ten countries in the London 2012 Olympic Games.

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The bar chart below shows the proportions of English men and women of different ages who were living alone in 2011. The pie chart compares the numbers of bedrooms in these one-person households.

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The bar chart below shows the global sales of televisions by Supervision Incorporation from 1999 to 2012.

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The bar graphs below show the Riverdale Public School’s spending per student in a year as well as percentages of students who passed the reading and math tests from 1990 to 2005.

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The line graph below shows how much people in four countries spent on purchasing books from 1995 to 2005.

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