IELTS Academic Writing Task 1 Questions: Schools

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Pie Chart Task 1

The pie chart below shows the results of a survey of the causes of poor learning outcomes in schools in a particular country in 2011.

Pie chart for an IELTS Academic Task 1 question: The pie chart below shows the results of a survey of the causes of poor learning outcomes in schools in a particular country in 2011.

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Bar Chart Task 1

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

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Bar Chart Task 1

The chart below shows the number of girls per 100 boys enrolled in different levels of school education.

Chart for an IELTS Academic Task 1 question: The chart below shows the number of girls per 100 boys enrolled in different levels of school education.

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Bar Chart Task 1

The bar chart shows the average size class in primary schools and lower secondary schools in 6 countries compared to the world average in 2006.

Bar chart for an IELTS Academic Task 1 question: The bar chart shows the average size class in primary schools and lower secondary schools in 6 countries compared to the world average in 2006.

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Bar Chart Task 1

The bar chart shows the percentage of school children learning to play different musical instrument in 2005, 2010, 2015.

Bar chart for an IELTS Academic Task 1 question: The bar chart shows the percentage of school children learning to play different musical instrument in 2005, 2010, 2015.

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Pie Chart Task 1

The pie charts compare the expenditure of a school in the UK in three different years over a 20- year period.

Pie chart for an IELTS Academic Task 1 question: The pie charts compare the expenditure of a school in the UK in three different years over a 20- year period.

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Map Task 1

The diagram below shows a school now and the plan for the school in 2025

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Pie Chart Task 1

The three pie charts below show the changes in annual spending by a particular UK school in 1981, 1991 and 2001.

Pie chart for an IELTS Academic Task 1 question: The three pie charts below show the changes in annual spending by a particular UK school in 1981, 1991 and 2001.

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Table Task 1

The table shows the proportions of pupils attending four secondary school types between 2000 and 2009.

Table for an IELTS Academic Task 1 question about Secondary School Attendance.

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Map Task 1

The diagrams below show the changes that have taken place at West Park Secondary School since its construction in 1950.

Visual for an IELTS Academic Task 1 question: The diagrams below show the changes that have taken place at West Park Secondary School since its construction in 1950.

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