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 about Spending Consumption of Resources and Population Distribution.

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Pie Chart Task 1

The pie chart gives information on UAE government spending in 2000. The total budget was AED 315 billion.

Pie chart for an IELTS Academic Task 1 question about Graph58 Uae Government Spending in 2000.

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Pie Chart Task 1

You should spend about 20 minutes on this task. The pie chart shows average monthly student expenditure in the UK in 2016. The bar chart shows sources of student income in the same year.

Mixed-chart visual for an IELTS Academic Task 1 question: The pie chart shows average monthly student expenditure in the UK in 2016.

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Bar Chart Task 1

The chart below gives information about how families in one country spent their weekly income in 1968 and in 2018.

Chart for an IELTS Academic Task 1 question: The chart below gives information about how families in one country spent their weekly income in 1968 and in 2018.

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Mixed Charts Task 1

The charts below show the percentage of monthly household income spent on various items by two different groups in one European country.

Chart 1 of 2 for an IELTS Academic Task 1 question about Monthly Income Spent on Various Items by Low Income Group.

Chart 2 of 2 for an IELTS Academic Task 1 question about Monthly Income Spent on Various Items by High Income Group.

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Bar Chart Task 1

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

Chart for an IELTS Academic Task 1 question about Top Ten Countries Spending on Travel.

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Mixed Charts Task 1

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

Graph 1 of 2 for an IELTS Academic Task 1 question about Image1 Food Budget Australian Family Spent on Restaurant.

Graph 2 of 2 for an IELTS Academic Task 1 question about Image2 Fast Food Sitdown Restaurants.

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Bar Chart Task 1

The bar chart below gives information about four countries spending habits of shopping on consumer goods in 2012.

Bar chart for an IELTS Academic Task 1 question about Spending Habits on Consumer Goods.

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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 1 of 2 for an IELTS Academic Task 1 question about Total School Spending 1981 and 1991.

Pie chart 2 of 2 for an IELTS Academic Task 1 question about Total School Spending 2001.

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Line Graph Task 1

The graph below shows US consumers' average annual expenditures on the cell phone and residential phone services between 2001 and 2010.

Graph for an IELTS Academic Task 1 question about Annual Expenditures on Cell Phone Residential Phone US.

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