Bar Chart

The graph below shows the average cost of housing in three different areas.

Bar chart for an IELTS Academic Task 1 question about Housing Costs by Area.
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  1. Band 6.5
    Task Achievement
    Band 7.0
    Coherence and Cohesion
    Band 6.0
    Lexical Resource
    Band 6.5
    Grammatical Range and Accuracy
    Band 6.5

    The bar graph compares the average cost of housing in rural, suburban and urban areas in 1990 and 2000. A glance at the graph reveals that housing costs more than doubled in just 10 years.

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  2. Band 6.5
    Task Achievement
    Band 7.5
    Coherence and Cohesion
    Band 6.5
    Lexical Resource
    Band 6.5
    Grammatical Range and Accuracy
    Band 6.0

    The bar graph compares the housing costs in two different years in rural, suburban and city areas. As an overall trend, the housing price increased considerably in 2000 than that of 1990 and housing in city areas were far more expensive than it was in villages and towns.

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