Microsoft Word Test writing 1sept09-final

How students in Britain spend their free time (5 or more hours a week). 
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40
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60
70
Watching TV Homework
Extra-
curricular
school
activities
Working for
money
Using the
Internet
Primary
Secondary
Tertiary

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How to prepare for IELTS – Writing 
5 
Example 2 
You should spend about 20 minutes on this task. 
The pie charts below show incidences of firework injuries in Great Britain in 1984 
and 1998. 
Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and 
make comparisons where relevant. 
You should write at least 150 words. 
 
Incidences of firework accidents in 1984. 
47%
32%
16%
5%
At public displays
At a club/society
display
At a family party
Children playing 
alone
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Incidences of firework accidents in 1998. 
 
 
33%
28%
28%
11%
At public displays
At a club/society
display
At a family party
Children playing
alone

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How to prepare for IELTS – Writing 
6 
 
How to do Task 1 – Bar and line graphs, pie charts & tables 
· Spend about 5 minutes reading the graph(s) or chart(s) and 
preparing your answer. 
· Make sure you understand what the axis on the graph(s) or the 
percentages in the pie chart(s) represent. 
· 
Make sure you follow the lines in a line graph correctly and don’t 
confuse the individual lines if more than one is present. (See Cambridge 
IELTS 1, p.72 for example). 
· Remember there will usually be too much information for you to 
describe every detail, so you will need to focus on the key information 
or significant trends. 
· If there are two graphs or charts look for ways to compare the