ieltssimon

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aphs(Thursday,September01,2011)

rite4paragraphs-introduction,summaryofmainpoints,2detail

paragraphs.

rsummaryparagraph,lookatthe"bigpicture"-whatchanges

happenedtoallofthelinesfromthebeginningtotheendoftheperiod

shown(efirstyeartothelast).

's

arespecificdetails.

minerwantstoe

comparisons.

raphshowsyears,youwon'thavetimetomentionallofthem.

Startdescribingdetails(paragraph3)withacomparisonofthelinesfor

thefirstyearshownonthegraph(1990,thenumberof...).

pastsimple(incread,fell)forpastyears,and'will'or'is

expected/predictedto'forfutureyears.

'tuthepassive(berwasincread),continuous(e.g.

thenumberwasincreasing),orperfecttens(berhas

incread).

sdiagrams(Thursday,September08,2011)

rite4paragraphs-introduction,summaryofmainpoints,2detail

paragraphs.

heintroductionbyparaphrasingthequestion

rsummary,firstsayhowmanystepsthereareintheprocess.

Thensaywhere/howtheprocessbeginsandends(lookatthefirstand

laststages).

graphs3and4,describetheprocessstepbystep.

lddescribethestepsinoneparagraph,butitlooksmore

art

paragraph4somewhereinthemiddleoftheprocess.

neverystageintheprocess.

'quencing'irst/cond/following/final

stageoftheprocess,next,afterthat,then,finallyetc.

(tes)arenotusuallyshown,southeprentsimple

ten.

'susuallyagoodideatouthepassivee.g.'Atthefinalstage,the

productisdeliveredtoshops'

rices

Here'spartofanewsarticleIfoundaboutUKhouprices:

TherewaseminglygoodnewsforUKhomeownerswhenHalifax

announcedhoupriceshadrinby0.3%inJuly2011,boostingtheaverage

valueofapropertyto£163,xalsonotedthatpriceswere0.5%

higheroverthethreemonthsfromMaytoJulythaninthepreviousthree

months.

Butisittimetocelebratetherenaissanceofthehousingmarket?Even

Halifax’sindexshowsthatoverthepreceding12-monthperiod,pricesactually

fellby2.6%.Despitethepriceincreaseninrecentmonths,wearefinding

thattheaveragepriceofapropertyremainsjustunder13%belowitspeakin

2007.

fullntenceforeachanswer.

ppenedtoUKhoupricesinJuly2011?

thefigures0.5%and2.6%referto?

ethe2011averageUKhoupricewiththe2007average.

Linegraphsalwaysshowchanges

'ssomeadviceabout

howtodescribethem:

Isthereatrendthatallofthelines

follow(allincrea)?

Justmentiongeneralthingslike

'overallchange','highest'and

'lowest',withoutgivingspecific

figures.

Thekeyyearstodescribearethe

shouldalsomentionany'special'

years(rasignificant

ri/fall).

Processdiagramsshowhow

alwaysshowsteps/'s

someadviceabouthowtodescribe

them:

(rewriteitbychangingsomeofthe

words).

Includethefirstandlaststepsthat

youmentionedinthesummary,but

trytodescribetheminmoredetail

orinadifferentway.

(becauwedon'tneedtoknow

whodeliveredtheproduct).

Ifyouwanttolearnhowtodescribe

trends(increa,decreaetc.),

archforsomenewsabouthou

prices.

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53.'houprices'chart

Someadvice:

uction:paraphrathequestion.

y:comparethetwoperiods(pricesfelloverall

from1990-95,butrofrom1996-2002),andmention

thatLondonpriceschangedthemost.

s:writeoneparagraphabouteachperiod.

:don'twrite-5%,write"fellby5%".

Thechartbelowshowsinformationaboutchangesinaverage

houpricesinfivedifferentcitiesbetween1990and2002

comparedwiththeaveragehoupricesin1989.

Thebarchartcomparesthecostofanaveragehou

infivemajorcitiesoveraperiodof13yearsfrom

1989.

Wecanethathoupricesfelloverallbetween

1990and1995,butmostofthecitiessawrising

experienced

byfarthegreatestchangesinhoupricesoverthe

13-yearperiod.

Overthe5yearsafter1989,thecostofaverage

homesinTokyoandLondondroppedbyaround7%,

whileNewYorkhoupriceswentdownby5%.By

contrast,pricesrobyapproximately2%inboth

MadridandFrankfurt.

Between1996and2002,Londonhouprices

jumpedtoaround12%abovethe1989average.

HomebuyersinNewYorkalsohadtopaysignificantly

more,withpricesrisingto5%abovethe1989

average,buthomesinTokyoremainedcheaperthan

tofanaveragehomein

Madridrobyafurther2%,whilepricesinFrankfurt

remainedstable.(165words)

say

Thetablebelowshowstheproportionofdifferentcategoriesoffamilieslivingin

povertyinAustraliain1999.

Thetablegivesinformationaboutpovertyratesamongsixtypesofhouholdin

Australiaintheyear1999.

Itisnoticeablethatlevelsofpovertywerehigherforsinglepeoplethanforcouples,

y

rateswereconsiderablyloweramongelderlypeople.

Overall,11%ofAustralians,or1,837,000people,

peopleweretheleastlikelytobepoor,withpovertylevelsof6%and4%forsingle

agedpeopleandagedcouplesrespectively.

Justoveronefifthofsingleparentswerelivinginpoverty,whereasonly12%of

epatterncanbeenfor

peoplewithnochildren:while19%ofsinglepeopleinthisgroupwerelivingbelowthe

povertyline,thefigureforcoupleswasmuchlower,atonly7%.(150words,band9)

describingpercentages

Youcouldeitherputthe

percentageatthe

beginningofthentence

(example1),orputitatthe

endofthentence

(example2):

1.6%ofsingleagedpeople

werelivinginpoverty.

elofpoverty

amongsingleagedpeople

stoodat6%.

Youcouldalsoadda

comparison:

1.6%ofsingleagedpeople

werelivinginpoverty,

comparedtoonly4%of

agedcouples.

elofpoverty

amongsingleagedpeople

stoodat6%,whereasthe

figureforagedcoupleswas

only4%.

Whichntencedoyou

thinkisclearer?Also,why

haveIud"people"and

"couples"inmyntences

whenthetablesays

"person"and"couple"?

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ritingTask1:describeamap

(FromCambridgeIELTS5)

supermarket(S)showstwopossiblesitesforthe

supermarket.

Hereissomeadvice:

uction-Justparaphrathequestion(insteadof'twopossiblesites'you

couldwrite'twopotentiallocations').

y-Themainpointisthatthefirstsite(S1)isoutsidethetown,whereas

,youcouldmentionthatthemap

showsthepositionofbothsitesrelativetoarailwayandthreeroadswhichlead

tothreesmallertowns.

s(2paragraphs)-Don'twriteaparateparagraphabouteachsite;it's

muchbettertocomparethesites.I'dwriteoneparagraphcomparingtheposition

ofeachsiterelativetoGarlsdon(mentionthedifferentareasofthetown),and

anotherparagraphaboutthepositionsrelativetotransportlinkswiththeother

threetowns.

Here'edondescribingsimilaritiesanddifferences.

Themapshowstwopotentiallocations(S1andS2)foranewsupermarketinatown

calledGarlsdon.

ThemaindifferencebetweenthetwositesisthatS1isoutsidethetown,whereasS2

escanalsobecomparedintermsofaccessbyroadorrail,

andtheirpositionsrelativetothreesmallertowns.

Lookingattheinformationinmoredetail,S1isinthecountrysidetothenorthwestof

Garlsdon,butitisclototheresidentialareaofthetown.S2isalsoclotothe

housingarea,whichsurroundsthetowncentre.

TherearemainroadsfromHindon,BransdonandCransdontoGarlsdontowncentre,

butthisisanotrafficzone,rast,S1

liesonthemainroadtoHindon,butitwouldbemoredifficulttoreachfromBransdon

permarketsitesareclototherailwaythatrunsthrough

GarlsdonfromHindontoCransdon.

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56.1IELTSWritingTask1:howtolectmainpoints

Introduction

：

Thebarchartcomparesthenumberofpeopleinprisoninfive

differentcountriesoveraperiodof50years.

r,thereis

,I'lltalkaboutthehighestandlowest

figuresinstead.

Summaryofthemainpoints:Whilethefiguresforimprisonmentfluctuated

overtheperiodshown,itisclearthattheUnitedStateshadthehighest

ritain,ontheotherhand,hadthelowest

numberofprisonersforthemajorityoftheperiod.

56.2lectingdetails

UnitedStates

TheUnitedStateshadthehighestnumberofprisonersinfouroutofthesix

yearsshownonthechart,andin1980thefigureforthiscountrypeakedat

nearly140,000prisoners.

CanadaCanadahadthehighestfiguresforimprisonmentin1930and1950,

withabout120,000prisonersinbothyears.

NewZealandandAustralia

ThefiguresforNewZealandanAustraliafluctuatedbetween40,000and

100,000prisoners,althoughNewZealand'sprisonpopulationtendedtobethe

higherofthetwo.

GreatBritain

Incontrasttothefiguresfortheothercountries,thenumberofprisonersin

GreatBritainrosteadilybetween1930and1980,reachingapeakofabout

80,000attheendoftheperiod.

57.1describingnumbers

Agoodexerciistochooonepieceofinformation(anumber)fromagraph

orchart,andtrytodescribeitinveraldifferentways.

Hereare5differentntencesdescribingthe'allmarriages'figurefortheyear

1951(fromthegraphabove):

400,000couplesgotmarriedintheUKin1951.

400,000weddingstookplaceintheUKintheyear1951.

1951,therewerearound400,000marriagesintheUK.

1951,thenumberofUKmarriagesstoodatabout400,000.

1951,thefigureformarriagesintheUKwasapproximately400,000.

57.2thesummaryparagraph

Tosummarigraphs,Ilookfortheoverallchangefromthefirstyeartothe

ookforthemaintrendsorthehighestandlowest

numbers.

Here'smy2-ntencesummaryforthegraphabove:Itisclearthatthetotal

henumber

offirstmarriagesfelldramaticallyfromtheendofthe1960s,thefigurefor

remarriagesremainedstable.

57.3describingdetails

Afteryoursummary,'simportanttoinclude

numbersandmakesomecomparisons.

Forlinegraphs,Ialwaysuthefollowingapproach:

1stdetailparagraph:comparethenumbersforthefirstyear(e.g.1951),then

describethechangesuptoakeypointonthegraph(mbersin

1971).

2nddetailparagraph:explainthegeneraltrendforeachlineafterthekey

point(1971),thencomparethenumbersforthelastyearshown(2009).

Whenthereisalotofinformation

(likeinthebarchartbelow),itcan

bedifficulttolectthemainpoints.

Thetablebelowshowsthefigures

forimprisonmentinfivecountries

between1930and1980.(Theyaxis

showsnumbersofprisonersin

thousands)(CambridgeIELTS2)

Thebarchartcontainsalotof

information,soyouwillnotbe

abletoincludeeverything.

Makesurethatyouwrite

somethingabouteachcountry.

Selectthemostrelevantpointfor

eachcountry,anddon'tforgetto

mentionsomefigures.I'vewritten

anexamplentenceabouteach

countrybelow.

UKmarriages,1951-2009

Aspartofyourtask1essay,you

needtowriteageneralsummaryof

theinformation(examinerscallthis

the'overview').Iusuallywritemy

summarystraightafterthe

introduction,butyoucanalsoputit

attheendoftheessay.

Trytowrite2paragraphsdescribing

smoreorganidif

youdividetheinformationinto2

parts.

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ing&barchartessay

'simpossibletodescribe24piecesof

informationinonly20minutes,soyouneedtolect.

esome

examples:

Britain:highestspendingonall6products,givethefigureforphotographic

film.

France:condhighestfor3products,butlowestfortheother3.

Italy:Italiansspentmoremoneyontoysthanonanyotherproduct.

Germany:lowestspendingoverall,similarfiguresforall6products.

Thebarchartcomparesconsumerspendingonsixdifferentitemsin

Germany,Italy,FranceandBritain.

ItisclearthatBritishpeoplespentsignificantlymoremoneythanpeople

ixitems,consumersspent

themostmoneyonphotographicfilm.

PeopleinBritainspentjustover£170,000onphotographicfilm,whichis

rast,Germanswerethelowest

overallspenders,withroughlythesamefigures(justunder£150,000)foreach

ofthesixproducts.

ThefiguresforspendingontoyswerethesameinbothFranceandItaly,

atnearly£160,r,whileFrenchpeoplespentmorethanItalianson

photographicfilmandCDs,Italianspaidoutmoreforpersonalstereos,tennis

untspentbyFrenchpeopleontennis

racquets,around£145,000,isthelowestfigureshownonthechart.

Note:-Itriedtokeeptheessayshort(154words)bylectingcarefully.

-It'sdifficulttochangespend,butIudspending,spendersandpaidout.

ritingTask1:comparisons

Youcanu"comparedto","comparedwith"and"incomparisonwith"inthe

mple:

PricesintheUKarehighcomparedto/with/incomparisonwith

(pricesin)CanadaandAustralia.

Comparedto/with/incomparisonwith(pricesin)Canadaand

Australia,pricesintheUKarehigh.

Whenwritingaboutnumbersorchanges,Ifinditeasiertou"while"or

"whereas":

Thereare5millionsmokersintheUK,while/whereasonly2million

Canadiansand1millionAustralianssmoke.

Between1990and2000,thenumberofsmokersintheUKdecread

dramatically,while/whereasthefiguresforCanadaandAustralia

remainedthesame.

Pleanote:

Wedon'tsay"comparingto".

Wesay"2million"not"2millions".

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mistakes&overview

Whatiswrongwiththentences?

1985,Canadawasabout19milliontonnes.

liawaslower,at15milliontonnesofwheatexports.

1988,Canadaincreadbyabout5milliontonnesofwheatexports.

liaexportedabout11millionsoftonnesofwheatin1990.

Whatbigmistakeinthefirst3ntenceshasnotbeenmadeinthe4th

ntence?

CORRECTANSWERSFROMSIMON:

1985,Canadaexportedabout19milliontonnesofwheat.

liaexportedlesswheat,at15milliontonnes.

1988,Canadianwheatexportsincreadbyabout5milliontonnes.

liaexportedabout11milliontonnesofwheatin1990.

NOTE1:Youcan'tsay"Canadawas19milliontonnes"or"Australiawaslower"

or"Canadaincread"-thecountrydidn'tincrea,thewheatexports

incread.

NOTE2:Theverbuwasthebigmistakeinthefirst3ntences(e.g.'Canada

was'-enote1).The4thntenceisbetterbecautheverb'exported'is

r,wedon'tsay"11millionsoftonnes",wesay"11million

tonnes".

Exampleoverview:ItisclearthatCanadaexportedmorewheatthan

AustraliaandtheEuropeanCommunityformostoftheperiodshown.

However,whileCanada'swheatexportsfluctuatedandAustralia'sfell,wheat

exportsfromtheEuropeanCommunityrosteadily.

,by,with,at

Severalpeoplehaveaskedmetoexplainhowtouto,by,withandatwhen

esomeexamplestogiveyouabasicideaofthe

differences:

1)Utowhendescribingwhathappenedtothenumber:

In2008,therateofunemploymentroto10%.

2)Ubywhendescribingtheamountofchangebetweentwonumbers:

In2009,therateofunemploymentfellby2%(from10%to8%).

3)Uwithtogivetheideaof'having'thenumber:

Obamawontheelectionwith52%ofthevote.

4)Uattoaddthenumberontheendofantence:

Unemploymentreacheditshighestlevelin2008,at10%.

Manystudentsmakethesame

mistakeswhendescribingnumbers.

Youmustexpressnumberscorrectly

ifyouwanttogetahighscore.

Ifyouwanttogetahighscorefor

task1,youmustwritean'overview'

viewisa

summaryofthemainpointsor

generaltrends.

Howwouldyouwriteanoverview

forthisgraph?

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62.'watercycle'essay

Thepictureillustratesthewayinwhichwaterpassfromoceantoairto

landduringthenaturalprocessknownasthewatercycle.

aterevaporates,

fallsasrain,andeventuallyrunsbackintotheoceansagain.

Beginningattheevaporationstage,wecanethat80%ofwatervapour

omthesuncauswaterto

evaporate,econdstage,

labelled‘precipitation’onthediagram,waterfallsasrainorsnow.

Atthethirdstageinthecycle,

itmayfallintolakesorreturntotheoceansvia‘surfacerunoff’.Otherwi,

rainwatermayfilterthroughtheground,reachingtheimperviouslayerofthe

terintrusionisshowntotakeplacejustbeforegroundwater

passintotheoceanstocompletethecycle.(156words,band9)

aph&piechart(CambridgeIELTS4,page54)

ThelinegraphcomparesdailyelectricityconsumptioninEnglandduring

thewinterandsummer,whilethepiechartshowsinformationaboutthe

differentusofthilectricityinanaverageEnglishhouhold.

ItisclearthatEnglishhomesuarounddoubletheamountofelectricity

houttheyear,justoverhalfof

theelectricityconsumedbyEnglishhouholdsisudforheatingroomsand

water.

Fillthegapsbelowusingwordsfromthefollowinglist:demand(x2),lowest,at(x2),in,

highest,consumption(x2),peaks,twice

ly______ofelectricityinEnglandisabout______ashighinthe

wintercomparedtothesummer.

thewinter,______forelectricity____________around45,000units

10p.m.

thesummer,______ofelectricityisatits______,atabout20,000

units,2p.m.

4.______forelectricityis______its______9a.m.

______bothasons.

ption,,ption,highest

,at,lowest,inNote:"demandFOR","consumptionOF"

Fillthegapsusingwordsfromthefollowinglist:appliances,remaining,account,proportion,

for,largest,houhold

erageEnglishhome,the____________ofelectricity,52.5%,is

udforheatingroomsandwater.

itchen______,namelyovens,kettlesandwashingmachines,

____________17.5%of______electricityu.

______30%ofelectricityisudforlighting,televisionsandradios

(15%),andvacuumcleaners,foodmixersandelectrictools(15%).

nces,accountfor,ing

Thediagrambelowshowsthewater

cycle,whichisthecontinuous

movementofwateron,aboveand

belowthesurfaceoftheEarth.

Note:Verbswillbeactive,not

passivee.g."waterevaporates",not

"waterivaporated".

Herearesometips:

uction:Paraphrathe

lduthewords

'naturalprocess'.

y:Sayhowmanysteps

thereare,andmentionthefirstand

choowherethe

cyclebegins,butI'dstartfromthe

ocean.

s(2paragraphs):Describe

't

havetomentioneverywordshown

onthediagram,sodon'tworryifyou

don'tunderstand'saltwater

intrusion'.

lusion:It'sadescription,

sothereisnothingtoconclude.

Thegraphbelowshowsthedemand

forelectricityinEnglandduring

typicaldaysinwinterandsummer.

Thepiechartbelowshowshow

electricityisudinanaverage

Englishhome.

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64.1'consumerdurables'table

ThetablebelowshowstheconsumerdurablesownedinBritainfrom1972to1983.

Wedidparagraph3asanexample:

In1972,93%ofBritishhomeshadatelevision,andthisincreadto98%in

orityofhomesalsohadavacuumcleanerandarefrigerator.

Theconsumerdurableswereownedbyover90%ofhouholdsbytheend

gmachineswerethefourthmostcommonitem,with

66%ofhouholdsowningonein1972,risingto80%ofhouholdsin1983.

64.2nounsandverbs

Don'twrite:-Walkingwas255milesperpersonin1985.

-Carwasthehighestformoftransport.

Dowrite:-Theaveragepersonwalked255milesin1985.

-Peopletravelledmoremilesbycarthanbyanyotherformoftransport.

64.3'table'essay

Thetablebelowgivesinformationabouttheundergroundrailwaysystemsinsixcities.

Thetableshowsdataabouttheundergroundrailnetworksinsixmajorcities.

Thetablecomparesthesixnetworksintermsoftheirage,sizeandthe

earthatthethreeoldest

undergroundsystemsarelargerandrvesignificantlymorepasngersthan

thenewersystems.

TheLondonundergroundistheoldestsystem,

alsothelargestsystem,ondlargest

system,inParis,isonlyabouthalfthesizeoftheLondonunderground,with

r,nly

thirdintermsofsize,theTokyosystemiasilythemostud,with1927

millionpasngersperyear.

Ofthethreenewernetworks,theWashingtonDCundergroundisthemost

extensive,with126kilometresofroute,comparedtoonly11kilometresand

Angeles

networkisthenewest,havingopenedin2001,whiletheKyotonetworkis

thesmallestandrvesonly45millionpasngersperyear.(185words)

Here'souressayplan:

uction:

paraphrathequestion

ew:

highest=TV,biggestchange=

telephoneandcentralheating

befiguresforthe4items

withhighestpercentages

befiguresforthe4items

withlowestpercentages

Chartsandtablesusuallyshow

r,

youneedtofindtherightverbin

ordertowriteagoodntence.

Example:(CambridgeIELTS6,page52)

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aph:CinemaAttendance

Whendescribingalinegraph:-Donotdescribeeachlineparately.

-Youmustcomparethefigures.

Hereisanexampleofhowtocomparethe4linesfortheyear1990:

In1990,almost90%of14to24yearoldswenttothecinemaatleastoncea

attendancewasabout30%lowerthanthisamongpeopleaged

25to34and35to49,whilethefigureforthoagedover50wasthelowest,

atonly40%.

Ifyoucanwritecomparisonslikethis,ng

mycomparisonasamodeltohelpyoucomparethefiguresfor2010.

thechartfirst&migrationessay

AgoodpieceofadviceforIELTSwritingtask1:lookatthe

chart/graph/mesthequestion

containswordsthatyoudon'tknow,

don'treallyneedtounderstandthequestionifyoualreadyunderstandthe

chart.

ThechartgivesinformationaboutUKimmigration,emigrationandnet

migrationbetween1999and2008.

Bothimmigrationandemigrationratesroovertheperiodshown,butthe

rationpeakedin2004

and2007.

In1999,over450,000peoplecametoliveintheUK,whilethenumberof

peoplewhoemigratedstoodatjustunder300,urefornet

migrationwasaround160,000,anditremainedatasimilarleveluntil2003.

From1999to2004,theimmigrationraterobynearly150,000people,but

rationpeakedatalmost

250,000peoplein2004.

After2004,therateofimmigrationremainedhigh,butthenumberofpeople

tionfellsuddenlyin2007,beforepeakingat

about420,ult,thenetmigrationfigureroto

around240,000in2007,butfellbacktoaround160,000in2008.

Thegraphbelowgivesinformation

aboutcinemaattendancein

Australiabetween1990andthe

prent,withprojectionsto2010.

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archarts(CambridgeIELTS3,page73)

Thechartsbelowshowthelevelsofparticipationineducationandsciencein

developingandindustrialidcountriesin1980and1990.

Thethreebarchartsshowaverageyearsofschooling,numbersof

scientistsandtechnicians,andrearchanddevelopmentspendingin

saregivenfor1980and1990.

Itisclearfromthechartsthatthefiguresfordevelopedcountriesare

,thechartsshowan

overallincreainparticipationineducationandsciencefrom1980to1990.

Peopleindevelopingnationsattendedschoolforanaverageofaround3

years,

theotherhand,thefigureforindustrialidcountriesrofromnearly9years

ofschoolingin1980tonearly11yearsin1990.

From1980to1990,thenumberofscientistsandtechniciansin

industrialidcountriesalmostdoubledtoabout70per1000people.

Spendingonrearchanddevelopmentalsosawrapidgrowthinthe

countries,reaching$rast,thenumberofscience

workersindevelopingcountriesremainedbelow20per1000people,and

rearchspendingfellfromabout$50billiontoonly$25billion.(187words)

ritingTask1:graphtrends(Thursday,August12,2010)

Thelinegraphcomparesthepercentageofpeopleinthreecountrieswhoud

theInternetbetween1999and2009.

ItisclearthattheproportionofthepopulationwhoudtheInternet

l,amuchlarger

percentageofCanadiansandAmericanshadaccesstotheInternetin

comparisonwithMexicans,andCanadaexperiencedthefastestgrowthin

Internetusage.

In1999,theproportionofpeopleusingtheInternetintheUSA______

about20%.ThefiguresforCanadaandMexico______lower,atabout10%

and5%2005,InternetusageinboththeUSAandCanada

______around70%ofthepopulation,whilethefigureforMexico______

justover25%.d

By2009,thepercentageofInterneturs______

100%ofCanadians______theInternet,comparedtoabout80%ofAmericans

andonly40%

beamap

ThemapshowsthegrowthofavillagecalledChorleywoodbetween1868and1994.

Itiriodsof

developmentareshownonthemap,andeachofthepopulatedareasisneartothemain

roads,therailwayorthemotorway.

From1868to1883,Chorleywoodcoveredasmallareanexttooneofthemainroads.

Chorle

villagegrewalongthemainroadtothesouthbetween1883and1922,andin1909a

ywoodstationisinthis

partofthevillage.

TheexpansionofChorleywoodcontinuedtotheeastandwestalongsidetherailwayline

time,amotorwaywasbuilttotheeastofthevillage,andfrom1970to

1994,furtherdevelopmentofthevillagetookplacearoundmotorwayinterctionswith

therailwayandoneofthemainroads.

Forgraphsthatshowtimeperiods

(years,monthtc.):

rtheoveralltrendfrom

ea

changefromthefirstyeartothelast

year?

inesonthegraphfollowa

similartrend,orcanyoueany

differences?

easyverbs:ForIELTSwritingtask1,

don'tworryaboutusing"difficult"

about

continuousandperfecttens;just

uprentorpastsimple.

Thereare2typesofmap:

atshowsacomparison

atshowsdevelopmentof

anarea.