IELTS Academic Writing Task 1 Questions: Pollution

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Line Graph Task 1

The graph below shows the number of complaints made about noise to Environmental Health authorities in the city of Newtown between 1980 and 1996.

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Pie Chart Task 1

The pie charts below show how dangerous waste products are dealt with in three countries.

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Bar Chart Task 1

The chart shows the average daily minimum and maximum levels of air pollutants in 4 cities 2000.

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Mixed Charts Task 1

The charts below give information about different types of waste disposal in one country in 1960 and 2011.

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Table Task 1

The table below shows the amount of waste production (in millions of tonnes) in six different countries over a twenty-year period.

Table for an IELTS Academic Task 1 question: The table below shows the amount of waste production (in millions of tonnes) in six different countries over a twenty-year period.

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Bar Chart Task 1

The bar chart shows different methods of waste disposal in four cities; Toronto, Madrid, Kuala Lumpur and Amman.

Bar chart for an IELTS Academic Task 1 question: The bar chart shows different methods of waste disposal in four cities; Toronto, Madrid, Kuala Lumpur and Amman.

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Line Graph Task 1

The graph below shows UK air pollutants in millions of tonnes, from three different sources, between 1990 and 2005.

Graph for an IELTS Academic Task 1 question: The graph below shows UK air pollutants in millions of tonnes, from three different sources, between 1990 and 2005.

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Line Graph Task 1

The graph below shows the pollution levels in London between 1600 and 2000.

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Bar Chart Task 1

The chart below shows the average daily minimum and maximum levels of two air pollutants in four big cities in 2000.

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Mixed Charts Task 1

The diagram below shows nitrogen sources and concentration levels in the groundwater of a coastal city.

Visual for an IELTS Academic Task 1 question: The diagram below shows nitrogen sources and concentration levels in the groundwater of a coastal city.

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