IELTS WRITING T1 2019

BAR CHART

I. Introduction

There are 2 kinds of bar chart:

- Bar chart with CHANGES over a time period

- Bar chart without CHANGES over a time period

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II. Writing the report

1. Introduction

You should start your answer by writing an introduction. The introduction is 1 or 2 sentences, where
you paraphrase the information from your question. You should mention two things in your
introduction:

 what your graph shows

 for what period of time

In our example, the introduction can look like this:

The bar chart provides information about the percentages of divorces in Finland and Sweden
between 2011 and 2015.

See how to use synonyms to paraphrase the question:

shows → provides information about

divorce rates → percentages of divorces
two European countries → Finland and Sweden (it’s good to be more specific)
from 2011 to 2015 → between 2011 and 2015.

2. Overview

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a. Bar chart with a time period

Overview:

- General trend(s)
- Highest number(s)
- The most significant change

b. Bar chart without a time period

Overview:

- Which numbers are higher?

- Which is the most significant gap?

3. Body

a. Bar chart with a time period

Para 1: describe and compare the data in the first year

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Para 2: describe and compare the data in the final year (mention other special features in other years
if necessary)

b. Bar chart without a time period

- Highest to lowest number

- Similarities and differences

III. Practice analyzing different kinds of bar chart

Overview: Overall, local-fixed are the most common type in Britain over that period of time. While
there was a decline in the total of minutes of local-fixed line calls, the figures for the other two
categories increased significantly.

Outline:

Body 1:

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- Local-fixed line was the most universal, 70 billion minutes, followed by national and international
fixed line with 40 billion

- Mobiles was the least used, under 5 billion minutes.

Body 2:

- 7 years later, the use of local-fixed line rose rapidly and peaked at 90 billion minutes. From then
onwards, the number decreased to just over 70 billion minutes in 2002.

- 45 billion minutes of phone calls were made by British population through mobiles in 2002,
increasing by 40 billion.

- Similarly, there was also a slight growth to 60 billion in 2002 in the total number of minutes of
calls

Overview: Overall, Mexico City produced the largest amount of both SO2 and N20 in 2002. While
in Mexico City and Los Angeles, more N2O was released than SO2, there was an opposite trend for
the other two cities.

Body:

Body 1: In Mexico City, the maximum levels of N20 released were 207 micrograms per m3, almost
doubling the smallest figure. The levels of SO2 produced in the city were slightly lower, at 200 and

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80 micrograms per m3 respectively. Similarly, the production of N20 in Los Angeles varied from
104 to 29 micrograms per m3 while the largest and smallest amounts of SO2 were trivial, ranging
from 2 to 10 micrograms per m3

Body 2: Meanwhile, in Beijing and Calcutta, the amount of SO2 released were significantly larger
than that of N2O. Beijing released between 25 and 130 micrograms per m3 of SO2, doubling the
figures of N2O in this city. As for Calcutta, the N20 emissions reached up to 59 and the smallest
amount was 47 micrograms per m3. The disparity in the levels of SO2 and N20 produced was
marginal, with the amount of SO2 ranged from 52 to 30 micrograms per m3.

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IV. Sample

Bar chart 1:

Bar chart 2:

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Bar chart 3:

Bar chart 4:

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