IELTS Academic Writing Task 1
The cart below gives information about adults with education at high school level in six countries in 2010.
Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant.
Things you should know about Academic Writing Task 1:
- You are asked to describe information presented in graph/ table/ chart/ diagram.
- You have 20 minutes to finish the task and you have to write at least 150 words.
- If you are asked to use the information presented in the graph you must be careful not to copy it.
In Academic Writing task 1, candidates are assessed on their ability to:
- Organise, present and possibly compare data.
- Describe the stages of a process or procedure.
- Describe an object or event or sequence of events.
- Explain how something works.
Model Answer
The bar chart depicts the percentage higher school education of 55-64-year-old and 25-34-year-olds in six nations in 2010.
Overall, it is apparent that there is only one country, the US, where 55-64-year-olds higher school graduates percentage was more than the percentage of 25-34-year-olds. In contrast, high school education of 25-34 age group was more than older people in the rest of the countries.
Begin with the youngster, in South Korea, about 99% of 25-34-year-olds who had completed their school education, while 8% less proportion was recorded in Russia for the same age group. There was an about equal proportion of youngsters had higher school education in both US and Germany amounting for 88%. About 51% of the 25-34 age group people from Brazil had completed their higher education which was more than double of the proportion of the people of China of the same age group.
Furthermore, older age group, China had a minor proportion of people with high school education( 10% in the 55-64 age group). There was a minor difference in the figures for the older age group In Germany and the US, accounting for 82% and 90%, respectively. There was a difference of 27% in the percentage of Russia and S. Korea witnessed as 69% and 42% in the sequence. Below than 25% of older people had higher education in Brazil.
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The chart below gives information about adults with education at high school

The bar chart depicts the percentage higher school education of 55-64-year-old and 25-34-year-olds in six nations in 2010.
Overall, it is apparent that there is only one country, the US, where 55-64-year-olds higher school graduates percentage was more than the percentage of 25-34-year-olds. In contrast, high school education of 25-34 age group was more than older people in the rest of the countries.
Begin with the youngster, in South Korea, about 99% of 25-34-year-olds who had completed their school education, while 8% less proportion was recorded in Russia for the same age group. There was an about equal proportion of youngsters had higher school education in both US and Germany amounting for 88%. About 51% of the 25-34 age group people from Brazil had completed their higher education which was more than double of the proportion of the people of China of the same age group.
Furthermore, older age group, China had a minor proportion of people with high school education( 10% in the 55-64 age group). There was a minor difference in the figures for the older age group In Germany and the US, accounting for 82% and 90%, respectively. There was a difference of 27% in the percentage of Russia and S. Korea witnessed as 69% and 42% in the sequence. Below than 25% of older people had higher education in Brazil.