Writing Task 1 — Academic
Describe a chart, line graph, map, table or process in at least 150 words (about 20 minutes). A clear overview sentence is the single most decisive feature.
Ordered easiest → hardest (estimated from text complexity).
Writing Task 1 · MapEasier
The two maps below show the town of Brackenhill in 1990 and in 2020.
Writing Task 1 · Bar chartEasier
The bar chart below shows the number of cars owned per 1,000 people in four countries in 2005 and 2020.
Writing Task 1 · MapEasier
The two maps below show the site of a power station in a rural area of northern England in 1995 and in 2025.
Writing Task 1 · Bar chartEasier
The bar chart below compares the population of four African cities in the years 2000 and 2020.
Writing Task 1 · Pie chartEasier
The pie chart below shows the main purposes for which adults in one country use their smartphones.
Writing Task 1 · Pie chartEasier
The pie chart below shows the main reasons given by people who emigrated from one country during a single y…
Writing Task 1 · TableEasier
The table below shows the number of visits (in thousands) made to a city's museums and public libraries acr…
Writing Task 1 · Line graphEasier
The line graph below shows the average number of daylight hours per month in two cities, Copenhagen and Cai…
Writing Task 1 · Bar chartEasier
The bar chart below shows the average number of cups of coffee and tea consumed per person each week in fou…
Writing Task 1 · MapEasier
The two maps below show the coastal area of Windmere in 2005 and in 2025, after renewable energy was introd…
Writing Task 1 · Bar chartEasier
The bar chart below shows the amount of space allocated to five types of facility on a university campus be…
Writing Task 1 · Pie chartEasier
The pie chart below shows the age distribution of the population of one country in a particular year.
Writing Task 1 · TableEasier
The table below shows the average annual consumption of four food types (in kilograms per person) in three…
Writing Task 1 · Bar chartEasier
The bar chart below shows net migration (in thousands of people) to four European countries in 2019, 2021 a…
Writing Task 1 · TableEasier
The table below shows the amount of household waste processed by four disposal methods in four UK cities in…
Writing Task 1 · Line graphEasier
The line graph below shows the average amount of water used per person each day, in litres, in two towns ov…
Writing Task 1 · Pie chartEasier
The pie chart below shows the sport or physical activity that adults in one country took part in most regul…
Writing Task 1 · Line graphEasier
The line graph below shows the amount of carbon dioxide emissions produced by three countries over a period…
Writing Task 1 · Bar chartEasier
The bar chart below shows the number of male and female students enrolled in four fields of study at a nati…
Writing Task 1 · Bar chartEasier
The bar chart below shows the percentage of men and women in one country who regularly took part in five di…
Writing Task 1 · Pie chartEasier
The pie chart below shows the proportions of different types of crime recorded by police in a particular ci…
Writing Task 1 · Pie chartEasier
The pie chart below shows how the total area of a city park will be divided among different uses after a pl…
Writing Task 1 · MapEasier
The two maps below show the same area of a river floodplain at Willow Bend at two different stages of its a…
Writing Task 1 · Bar chartEasier
The bar chart below shows the average amount of water used per person each day in four countries, divided i…
Writing Task 1 · TableEasier
The table below shows the percentage of adults in three age groups who use the internet or their mobile pho…
Writing Task 1 · MapEasier
The two maps below show a college recreation ground before and after it was redeveloped into a sports complex.
Writing Task 1 · Line graphEasier
The line graph below shows the percentage of one country's total population living in urban and rural areas…
Writing Task 1 · Pie chartEasier
The pie chart below shows how an average household spends its weekly food budget, divided among six categor…
Writing Task 1 · Bar chartEasier
The bar chart below compares the installed solar photovoltaic capacity of four countries in the years 2015…
Writing Task 1 · MapEasier
The two maps below show the Whitmoor coastal energy site as it was in 1995 and how the same site is planned…
Writing Task 1 · MapEasier
The two maps below show the town centre of Millbrook in 2005 and in 2025, after measures were introduced to…
Writing Task 1 · MapEasier
The two maps below show the central square of the town of Ashbourne in 1995 and in the present day. Summari…
Writing Task 1 · TableEasier
The table below shows the average yields of four crops, measured in tonnes per hectare, in four different c…
Writing Task 1 · Line graphEasier
Create ONE original IELTS ACADEMIC Writing Task 1 question of type a LINE GRAPH showing change over time. T…
Writing Task 1 · TableEasier
The table below gives information about selected features of Millbrook Park in the years 2005, 2015 and 202…
Writing Task 1 · Bar chartEasier
The bar chart below shows the number of international tourist arrivals, in millions, to four countries in t…
Writing Task 1 · TableEasier
The table below shows the percentage of households that owned at least one car in four countries in 2000, 2…
Writing Task 1 · MapEasier
The two maps below show the district of Meadowfield before a period of large-scale migration in 1985 and ho…
Writing Task 1 · Process diagramEasier
The diagram below shows how an electric bus is manufactured and put into public service.
Writing Task 1 · TableEasier
The table below compares a city centre, a suburban town and a rural village in one country in terms of four…
Writing Task 1 · Pie chartEasier
The pie chart below shows the proportion of privately owned cars in one country by the type of fuel they us…
Writing Task 1 · Bar chartEasier
The bar chart below shows the amount of land, in hectares, used for five different purposes in the town of…
Writing Task 1 · TableEasier
The table below gives information about the population of four countries in 1990 and 2010, along with proje…
Writing Task 1 · Process diagramEasier
The diagram below shows the stages a new participant goes through to become a regular member of a community…
Writing Task 1 · Line graphEasier
The line graph below shows the percentage of adults in three age groups who made at least one online purcha…
Writing Task 1 · Process diagramEasier
The diagram below shows the stages in the production of extra virgin olive oil. Summarise the information b…
Writing Task 1 · Pie chartEasier
The pie chart below shows the breakdown of the total production cost of manufacturing a single smartphone,…
Writing Task 1 · MapEasier
The two plans below show the site of Marlow Regional Airport in 1985 and after its redevelopment in 2020. S…
Writing Task 1 · Line graphEasier
The line graph below shows the number of visitors, in millions, to the museums and public libraries of one…
Writing Task 1 · MapEasier
The two maps below show the Meadowbank retail site in 2005 and in 2025, after the area was redeveloped in r…
Writing Task 1 · TableMedium
The table below shows the number of students enrolled in four fields of study at a national university in t…
Writing Task 1 · Line graphMedium
The line graph below shows the average amount of meat (in kilograms) consumed per person each year in three…
Writing Task 1 · Pie chartMedium
The pie chart below shows the proportions of hot-drink consumers in one country according to the type of co…
Writing Task 1 · Bar chartMedium
The bar chart below shows the number of reported crimes per 1,000 residents in four offence categories in t…
Writing Task 1 · TableMedium
The table below gives information about the average daily health and lifestyle habits of adults in four dif…
Writing Task 1 · MapMedium
The two maps below show the layout of Riverside Park in 2005 and how it appears today after a major redesig…
Writing Task 1 · Line graphMedium
The line graph below shows the number of cars (in thousands) produced at a European factory by three fuel t…
Writing Task 1 · Pie chartMedium
The pie chart below shows how the total amount of freshwater withdrawn in one country was used across diffe…
Writing Task 1 · Pie chartMedium
The pie chart below shows the composition of household waste collected in one country during a single year,…
Writing Task 1 · Line graphMedium
The line graph below shows changes in the population of two regions in one country — a major metropolitan a…
Writing Task 1 · Bar chartMedium
The chart below shows the average number of cups of coffee and tea consumed per week by people in four diff…
Writing Task 1 · Pie chartMedium
The pie chart below shows the proportion of a country's population living in five different types of settle…
Writing Task 1 · Process diagramMedium
The diagram below shows the process of redesigning an existing urban park.
Writing Task 1 · MapMedium
The two maps below show the rural village of Oakfield in 1985 and how the same area has developed by the pr…
Writing Task 1 · MapMedium
The two maps below show the area around Ashford Docks before and after a major harbour redevelopment scheme…
Writing Task 1 · Bar chartMedium
The bar chart below shows the quarterly output of three production lines at a car manufacturing plant durin…
Writing Task 1 · TableMedium
The table below gives information about five aspects of daily life for urban and rural households in a Euro…
Writing Task 1 · Bar chartMedium
The bar chart below shows the area, in hectares, taken up by five different features of a city park before…
Writing Task 1 · Line graphMedium
The line graph below shows the number of independent shops, chain stores and vacant shopfronts in the town…
Writing Task 1 · Line graphMedium
The line graph below shows the average amount of money (in pounds) that households in the UK spent each wee…
Writing Task 1 · Pie chartMedium
The pie chart below shows the age distribution of the population of a developing country, Zambia, in the ye…
Writing Task 1 · Bar chartMedium
The chart below compares five aspects of daily life for households in urban and rural areas of a country in…
Writing Task 1 · TableMedium
The table below shows the percentage of household waste that was recycled in one country, according to mate…
Writing Task 1 · TableMedium
The table below shows the average amount of money (in US dollars) spent per household on four categories of…
Writing Task 1 · TableMedium
The table below shows the percentage of the workforce employed in four economic sectors in four countries i…
Writing Task 1 · TableMedium
The table below shows the number of selected facilities on a university campus in 2015, 2020 and 2025, befo…
Writing Task 1 · TableMedium
The table below shows the average number of daily passenger journeys made on four modes of public transport…
Writing Task 1 · MapMedium
The two maps below show a wooden furniture factory before and after it was modernised. Summarise the inform…
Writing Task 1 · TableMedium
The table below shows the percentage of online spending on four types of product by shoppers in four differ…
Writing Task 1 · TableMedium
The table below shows the average amount of money spent each week by three different types of household in…
Writing Task 1 · MapMedium
The two maps below show the residential district of Fenwick in 1995 and in the present day. Summarise the i…
Writing Task 1 · Bar chartMedium
The bar chart below shows the average one-way commuting time, in minutes, for five different modes of trans…
Writing Task 1 · Bar chartMedium
The bar chart below shows the percentage of four types of household waste that were recycled in a particula…
Writing Task 1 · MapMedium
The two maps below show the site of the Ashfield Public Library in 2005 and how the same site had been chan…
Writing Task 1 · Bar chartMedium
The bar chart below shows the number of new homes (in thousands) completed in four English districts in a s…
Writing Task 1 · Bar chartMedium
The bar chart below shows the percentage of people in two age groups who bought different types of products…
Writing Task 1 · Line graphMedium
The line graph below shows the number of students enrolling in three different fields of study at a nationa…
Writing Task 1 · Line graphMedium
The line graph below shows the percentage of adults in one country who accessed the internet using three di…
Writing Task 1 · MapMedium
The two maps below show the layout of a furniture manufacturing plant on the outskirts of Ashwood in 2005 a…
Writing Task 1 · Process diagramMedium
The diagram below shows how the town of Mereford developed over a period of almost two hundred years. Summa…
Writing Task 1 · Line graphMedium
The line graph below shows the number of new-build homes constructed and the number of existing homes renov…
Writing Task 1 · Process diagramMedium
The diagram below shows the stages that a typical household follows in order to plan and manage its spendin…
Writing Task 1 · Pie chartMedium
The pie chart below shows how the total cost of building a new house in one country is divided between diff…
Writing Task 1 · Process diagramMedium
The diagram below shows the water cycle, which is the process by which water moves continuously between the…
Writing Task 1 · Bar chartMedium
The bar chart below shows the amount of electricity generated from three renewable sources in four European…
Writing Task 1 · Line graphMedium
The line graph below shows the population of three neighbourhoods in the town of Weyford between 1995 and 2…
Writing Task 1 · Line graphMedium
The line graph below shows the percentage of adults who regularly took part in three different sports in on…
Writing Task 1 · TableMedium
The table below shows the percentage of electricity generated from four different sources in four countries…
Writing Task 1 · TableMedium
The table below shows the percentage of renewable electricity generated from four sources in four countries…
Writing Task 1 · Line graphMedium
The line graph below shows the percentage of the workforce employed in three sectors of the economy in one…
Writing Task 1 · Bar chartHarder
The bar chart below compares the percentage of urban and rural residents in one country who say they have g…
Writing Task 1 · Bar chartHarder
The bar chart below shows the average number of monthly visits to museums and public libraries in one Briti…
Writing Task 1 · Bar chartHarder
The bar chart below shows the average number of hours per week that men and women in four different age gro…
Writing Task 1 · Line graphHarder
The line graph below shows the net migration (in thousands of people) to three developed countries between…
Writing Task 1 · MapHarder
The two maps below show an area of the Elmdale district before and after it was redeveloped to improve wast…
Writing Task 1 · Bar chartHarder
The bar chart below shows the average weekly amount (in pounds) that three groups of households in one coun…
Writing Task 1 · Line graphHarder
The line graph below shows the average number of weekly visitors, in thousands, to Riverbank Park over one…
Writing Task 1 · Process diagramHarder
The diagram below shows the process by which a reported crime is recorded by the police and turned into off…
Writing Task 1 · Bar chartHarder
The bar chart below shows the percentage of shoppers in one country who purchased six categories of goods o…
Writing Task 1 · Process diagramHarder
The diagram below shows the stages involved in the redevelopment of a university campus. Summarise the info…
Writing Task 1 · Line graphHarder
The line graph below shows the rates of three different types of crime (measured in offences per 1,000 peop…
Writing Task 1 · Bar chartHarder
The bar chart below shows the amount of land, in hectares, allocated to four different uses at Portwick Har…
Writing Task 1 · Line graphHarder
The line graph below shows the number of car parking spaces and cycling spaces available on a university ca…
Writing Task 1 · Bar chartHarder
The bar chart below shows the amount of electricity generated from three renewable sources in four countrie…
Writing Task 1 · Pie chartHarder
The pie chart below shows the main reasons why passengers travelled through a large international airport d…
Writing Task 1 · TableHarder
The table below gives information about the average daily hours of sleep and minutes of physical activity f…
Writing Task 1 · MapHarder
The two maps below show the coastal settlement of Harberton in 1985 and in the present day, following a per…
Writing Task 1 · Process diagramHarder
The diagram below shows the stages in the industrial manufacture of chocolate, from cocoa pods to finished…
Writing Task 1 · Process diagramHarder
The diagram below shows the process by which seawater is turned into drinking water at a desalination plant…
Writing Task 1 · Pie chartHarder
The pie chart below shows the main activities that people in a particular country used their smartphones fo…
Writing Task 1 · Process diagramHarder
The diagram below shows the stages involved in sending a text message from one mobile phone to another acro…
Writing Task 1 · Line graphHarder
The line graph below shows the number of passengers, in millions, passing through three airports in the Uni…
Writing Task 1 · Line graphHarder
The line graph below shows the amount of household waste (in kilograms per person per year) that was recycl…
Writing Task 1 · Process diagramHarder
The diagram below shows the process by which a prospective student applies for and enrols in a university c…
Writing Task 1 · Line graphHarder
The line graph below shows the number of passengers, in millions, carried by three international airlines o…
Writing Task 1 · Pie chartHarder
The pie chart below shows the percentage of a country's total workforce employed in six different sectors o…
Writing Task 1 · Pie chartHarder
The pie chart below shows the proportion of international tourist arrivals worldwide by destination region…
Writing Task 1 · Line graphHarder
The line graph below shows the number of international tourist arrivals (in millions) to three holiday dest…
Writing Task 1 · Process diagramHarder
The diagram below shows how the working-age population of a country moves from school into employment acros…
Writing Task 1 · Line graphHarder
The line graph below shows the percentage of electricity generated from three renewable sources — solar, wi…
Writing Task 1 · Pie chartHarder
The pie chart below shows the proportion of electricity generated from six different sources in a particula…
Writing Task 1 · TableHarder
The table below gives information about selected features of a city's Old Harbour district before and after…
Writing Task 1 · Bar chartHarder
The bar chart below shows the percentage of the workforce employed in four sectors of the economy in two co…
Writing Task 1 · Pie chartHarder
The pie chart below shows the proportion of students enrolled in five different faculties at a university.…
Writing Task 1 · Line graphHarder
The line graph below shows the number of commuters (in thousands) travelling into one city's centre on a ty…
Writing Task 1 · Pie chartHarder
The pie chart below shows how an average household in a particular country divided its monthly food budget…
Writing Task 1 · Pie chartHarder
The pie chart below shows the reasons given by international tourists for visiting a particular European co…
Writing Task 1 · Process diagramHarder
The diagram below shows the five stages through which a country's population passes as its economy develops…
Writing Task 1 · Process diagramHarder
The diagram below shows how a passenger's checked baggage is processed at an airport, from check-in until i…
Writing Task 1 · Line graphHarder
The line graph below shows the average number of minutes per day that two age groups spent doing moderate o…
Writing Task 1 · Pie chartHarder
The pie chart below shows the proportion of online purchases made by consumers in one country, divided amon…
Writing Task 1 · TableHarder
The table below gives information about greenhouse gas emissions from four sectors in four countries in a s…
Writing Task 1 · Process diagramHarder
The diagram below illustrates the process by which electricity is produced at a geothermal power station.
Writing Task 1 · Process diagramHarder
The diagram below shows the process by which a disused industrial harbour is redeveloped into a modern wate…
Writing Task 1 · Pie chartHarder
The pie chart below shows the proportion of greenhouse gas emissions produced by five different economic se…
Writing Task 1 · Process diagramHarder
The diagram below illustrates the stages involved in developing a new coastal resort destination for intern…
Writing Task 1 · Process diagramHarder
The diagram below illustrates the stages involved in developing a grassroots community football player into…
Writing Task 1 · TableHarder
The table below gives information about four components of the water cycle — precipitation, evaporation, su…
Writing Task 1 · Bar chartHarder
The bar chart below shows the average concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, measured in parts…
Writing Task 1 · Line graphHarder
The line graph below shows the average sea-surface temperature, in degrees Celsius, recorded at two locatio…
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