IELTS Academic Writing Task 1 Questions: Spending

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Pie Chart Task 1

The pie charts below give data on the spending and consumption of resources by countries of the world and how the population is distributed.

Pie chart for an IELTS Academic Task 1 question: The pie charts below give data on the spending and consumption of resources by countries of the world and how the population is distributed.

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Bar Chart Task 1

The chart below shows the top ten countries with the highest spending on travel in 2014.

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Table Task 1

The table below shows the number of visitors in the UK and their average spending from 2003 to 2008.

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Line Graph Task 1

The graph shows the average annual expenditure on cell phones and residential phone services.

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Line Graph Task 1

The graphs show changes in the spending habits of people in the UK between 1971 and 2001.

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Bar Chart Task 1

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.

Bar chart for an IELTS Academic Task 1 question: 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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Mixed Charts Task 1

The pictures show information about average income and spending on food and clothes by an average family in a city in the UK.

Visual for an IELTS Academic Task 1 question: The pictures show information about average income and spending on food and clothes by an average family in a city in the UK.

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Mixed Charts Task 1

The charts below show local government expenditure in 2010 and 2015.

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Bar Chart Task 1

The bar chart shows the monthly spending in dollars of a family in the USA on three items in 2010.

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Mixed Charts Task 1

The charts below show the percentage of food budget the average family spent on restaurant meals in different years. The graph shows the number of meals eaten in fast food restaurants and sit-down restaurants.

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