IELTS Academic Task 1 Practice Questions

The charts below show the proportion of people’s total spending on different commodities and services in a particular European country in 1998 and 2008.

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The graph shows a comparison in the pulse rate changes between two different individuals of different ages and professions.

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The bar chart below shows shares of expenditures for five major categories in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and Japan in the year 2009.

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Write a report on the Consumption of Fast Food in the UK for a university lecturer describing the information in the graph.

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