IELTS Academic Task 1 Practice Questions

The charts A and B show the share of the UK and Australian cinema market in 2001 and cinema admission in the UK and Australia from 1976 to 2006.

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The table below shows a survey on the preference of three age groups for different TV programmes in a European country in 2012.

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The table below illustrates how much money a single person and a couple in Australia need for a comfortable lifestyle after they retire.

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The chart below gives information on the percentage of British people giving money to charity by age range for the years 1990 and 2010.

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The table below shows the numbers of same day and overnight stays in public and private hospitals in 5 Australian states for last year. The pie chart below shows percentages of same day and overnight stays in public and private hospitals in the same 5 Australian states.

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