IELTS Academic Task 1 Practice Questions

The graph and table give information about water use worldwide and water consumption in two different countries.

Mixed-chart visual for an IELTS Academic Task 1 question about Global Water Use and Consumption.

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& Table The chart and table below give information about what nursing graduates did after finishing their course in the UK in 2009.

Mixed-chart visual for an IELTS Academic Task 1 question about UK Nursing Graduates' Destinations.

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The chart below illustrates the percentages of sales of one bookseller in 1970, 1997 and 2012.

Pie chart for an IELTS Academic Task 1 question about Book Sales by Genre and Year.

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The bar chart below shows employment figures in different tourism-related industries between 2009 and 2019.

Bar chart for an IELTS Academic Task 1 question about Tourism Employment by Industry.

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The line graph and table show the average monthly temperatures and annual hours of sunshine in three major cities.

Mixed-chart visual for an IELTS Academic Task 1 question about City Temperatures and Sunshine Hours.

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The bar chart below shows the percentage of Australian men and women in different age groups who did regular physical activity in 2010.

Bar chart for an IELTS Academic Task 1 question about Australian Physical Activity by Age.

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The chart shows ways that schoolchildren get to school in three different countries.

Chart for an IELTS Academic Task 1 question about School Travel in Three Countries.

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The charts below show the favourite takeaways of people in Canada and the number of Indian restaurants in Canada between 1960 and 2015.

Chart for an IELTS Academic Task 1 question about Favourite Takeaways and Indian Restaurants.

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The bar chart below shows the top ten countries for the production and consumption of electricity in 2014.

Bar chart for an IELTS Academic Task 1 question about Electricity Production and Consumption.

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Line Graph Task 1

The graph below shows the contribution of three sectors- agriculture, manufacturing, and business and financial services- to the UK economy in the twentieth century.

Graph for an IELTS Academic Task 1 question about UK Economy Sector Contributions.

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