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These are the most recent/lastest IELTS Writing Task 1 Task topics and questions starting in 2019 and continuing into 2020.
I Googled all over the internet and checked Facebook to find these graphs, charts, maps and processes – they are much harder to find and record than writing task 2!
That is why the format is different for all the images below – I found them many different places…
You can find all the most recent IELTS writing task 2s here and the general training questions here.
I also have recorded all the IELTS speaking questions here.
Don’t forget to get a step up on the IELTS exam by signing up for my online courses here as well: Dave’s Online Courses.
Enjoy and comment and questions/writing that you have!
Scroll to the bottom of the post for some tips from me on the best/worst ways to practice with these IELTS tasks.
One last thing: it’s really hard to find these writing tasks so if anyone takes the test and draws their graph (and emails it to me at dave@howtodoielts.com) – I will mark you writing for free!
-Dave
Read my sample answer for this question from IELTS Cambridge 15 here.
Sample answer coming soon!
Read my sample answer for this process/diagram here.
Read my sample answer for this line graph here.
Read my sample answer for this process here.
Read my sample answer for this chart here:
Read my sample answer for this table here.
Read my sample answer for this bar chart here.
Read the sample answer for the table below here.
Read my sample answer for these charts here.
Read my sample answer for this bar chart question here.
I want to make some simple suggestions for how you can use these recent graphs to practice.
To be honest, students get too obsessed with the most recent questions.
You can practice with a question from years ago and a question from yesterday – it makes absolutely no difference.
What makes an actual difference is how you study.
Here is what I recommend:
- Practice writing about a graph in 20 minutes, in test conditions.
- This is your ability. Now, check it by underlining the vocabulary, grammar, data. Are there many grammar mistakes? Do you use the same words over and over? Do you include all the data?
- Now that you know your weaknesses, you can also sign up to have them marked by me here.
- Write about another one focusing on your mistakes. Don’t worry about timing. Take as long as you need to make it perfect.
- Repeat this process over and over until your start to notice your writing improving.
Hope that works for everyone!
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The bar graphs compare the rate of girls and boys between 5-14 years old who were engaged in cultural activites and sports in Australia in the year 2003. Overall, dancing was by far the most practiced activity among girls and the least for boys. Although practicing a sport was quite popular for both gender, it was noticeable higher for male children. To begin, dancing was the most coveted spare activity for girls, a stunning 25% of them practicing it that year, whilst roughly 3% of boys did it. Playing a musical instrument, on the other hand, attracted a 15% and… Read more »
Great work! Your overview is clear enough for band 7+! Some small corrections ‘both genders, most common spare time, of boys participated, attrached 15%, being the most, being the least practiced, (take out the as expected bc it is too close to opinion)’
Merci beaucoup! I did not expect an answer, I just was practicing my ability to write a decent report in less than 20mnts. Thanks so much for your feedback, it is of great help. I’m using your site for self-preparation. Your explanations are clear, straightforward and appropriate. Hopefully, with your help (website, videos, blogs), I will hit my desired score. Great day! God bless you!
You’re welcome! What is your desired score? I can give you some more detailed feedback to help you get there…
I’m chasing a 7 in each skill.
You are close! Be careful with prepositions, make sure that your language isn’t too informal and small mistakes with grammar (infinitives, irregular past simple) might bring down your grammar score.
The given maps depict the changes that had taken place on a museum over a 60-year period, starting in 1957 to 2007. Overall, the museum grew in size and the majority of trees were removed in favor of that. In 1957, there were a bunch of pine trees along the road and also on the museum’s surroundings. The museum facilities were made up just by a storeroom, a local history room and a national exhibition on the top center. Likewise, a straightforward path from the road leaded to the entrance hall. By 2007, the museum witnessed several striking changes. Firstly,… Read more »
Good work again! Some corrections: The given maps depict the changes that took place in a museum over a 60-year period, starting in 1957 and ending in 2007. Overall, the museum grew in size allwoing for more customer focused shops and the majority of trees were removed. In 1957, there was a grouping of pine trees along the road and also on the museum’s perimeter. The museum facilities were made up of just a storeroom, a local history room and a national exhibition on the top center. Likewise, a straightforward path from the road led to the entrance hall. By… Read more »
Merci beaucoup monsieur! You’re right, after sending my draft I realized I had made quite a few grammar mistakes. To be honest, I always fight against preposition, specially those indicating “place”. I cannot identify when I need to use: IN, ON, TO when it comes to giving directions. As you can see: I used “on the north” instead “in the north” , or use the adjective “northern” without a noun. Please, suggest us a good grammar book to follow . Salut!
Sometimes prepositions are more like vocabulary than grammar. We always say ‘in’ not ‘on’ the north – just something to memorise! You can try this website: https://grammar.yourdictionary.com/parts-of-speech/prepositions/rules-for-prepositions.html
I also suggest keeping a list from my sample answers of the correct prepositions and using the list when you practice until you feel you have memorised them and no longer need the list. Good luck!
The given bar graph illustrates the levels of water in reservoirs in five Australia’s cities in 2009 and 2010. The data is measured in percentages. Overall, the levels of water witnessed a significant decrease in city A, B and D, whilst city C and F showed a slight rise throughout the period. In 2009, cities B, C, D and E shared a similar water levels around 70%. By contrast, city A stood out as that with the lowest levels at 50% and city F showed the highest ones at just above 80%. With the exception of city E, which remained… Read more »
Nice job again! The most important part is to be sure that you give some kind of overall ranking in terms of your overview as well. Here are some small edits: “The given bar graph illustrates the levels of water in reservoirs in five of Australia’s cities in 2009 and 2010 in percentages. Overall, water levels witnessed a significant decrease in city A, B and D, whilst city C and F showed a slight rise throughout the period. City F had the highest water levels throughout while City A was consistently the lowest. In 2009, cities B, C, D and… Read more »
The rendered bar graph illustrates the information about the organisation A-E those spent billions of euros on machinery , building,staff training and research section. One glance is enough to say that maximum euros was spent on staff training while the minimum euros was spent on research activity. It is evident from the graph that organization A was spent 1 billion euros on machinery . This value increased substantially at 16 billion euros by organization c then organization D and E invest less euros on machinery and it was reached at approximately 0.8 billion euros. Moreover ,on building had been spent… Read more »
Great work Navneet! Some corrections: The rendered bar graph illustrates information about organisations’ A-E spending in euros on machinery , building,staff training and research. One glance is enough to say that maximum euros was spent on staff training while the minimum euros was spent on research activity. (That phrase is too informal – better to say ‘Overall’, your overview must also touch on all areas and have a little more detail to get at least band 6 for task achievement.) It is evident from the graph that organization A was spent 1 billion euros on machinery . This value increased… Read more »
Sir, can u check my sentence formation in this task because if i realize my mistakes then i will continue this….
The rendered bar garaph illustrates the information about the percentage of women age in Australia since they gave birth to their first child in 1966,1985and 2006.
Overall,the maximum percentage of women was observed in younger age while ,the minimum percentage was calculated at older age in the whole period.
It is vivid from the graph that 19 and under aged women gaved the birth of 33%of chlid in 1956 wheras, this percentage decreased to 25% and 18% in 1986 and 2006 respectively.
Sure!
Some corrections:
Overall,the maximum percentage of women observed were younger age while the minimum percentage was calculated at older ages over the whole period.
It can be seen in the graph that… gave birth to…
Good start!
Thanks so much for your helpful feedback. I will soon sit the test, hopefully I will hit a high score.
Merci!
I really hope you do well on it! Be sure to write me a message to let me know how it turned out!
The given diagram illustrates the process, and its different steps, to produce ethanol fuel from raw corn. Overall, there are eight stages involved in the production of this renewable fuel, starting with corn storing and ending with its transportation to the public market. First, the process initiate with having enough raw material (corn) for the ethanol production purpose. This corn is stored for a while, then it is milled profusely. Without delay, the milled corn is immediately mixed with water, to be then cooked it for exactly four hours. Shortly after, it is kept sealed in containers for up to… Read more »
Good work again! Some correctins: ‘The given diagram illustrates the process, and its different steps, to produce ethanol fuel from raw corn. Overall, there are eight stages involved in the production of this renewable fuel (don’t need to include the number of steps in your overview), starting with corn storage and ending with its transportation to the public market. First, the process initiates with having enough raw material (corn) for the ethanol production. This corn is stored for a while then it is milled before being mixed with water, to be then cooked it for exactly four hours. Shortly after,… Read more »
The graph illustrates the percentage of women in different age groups in years 1966, 1986 and 2006. The first age group of 19 and under was the highest in year 1966 at 35% and the lowest in year 2006 at 15%. In year 1966, the percentage of women who were 20-24 years old was 60%, which is more than both in 1986 and 2006. The age group of 25-30 years was 50% in 1986 and it was higher than both 1966 and 2006. The percentage of women in the age of 30-34 years has been increasing steadily since 1966. It… Read more »
Well done! Some corrections:
Your grammar is very accurage but it is a little mechanical because you don’t compare and most importantly there is no general overview so your maximum score is band 5 for task achievement even though all the data is accurate!
https://howtodoielts.com/ielts-writing-task1-band-7-overview/
Hi Dave,
thank you so much for your feedback man!!
I gave the test and got a 7 on written, and 8 overall.
thank you so much for you help 🙂
have a great year ahead!!
lovepreet
Thanks for letting my know – congrats on your score!
The given bar graphs depict the proportion of 5-14 males and females’ age group joined the cultural activities and sport in Australia in the year 2003. Overall, it is clear that most boys were more athletic and played a musical instrument, while girls were fond of dancing than boys. Boys were more attracted to a sporting event, at 70%, while the figure for girls who participate was just above 50%. However, when it comes to cultural activities, female dancers recorded the highest percentage in the graph at 25%, compared to a marginal number of males at just 3%. Almost identical… Read more »
Thanks for commenting! Here are some corrections: The given bar graphs depict the proportion of 5-14 males and females’ age group joining cultural activities and sport in Australia in the year 2003. Overall, it is clear that most boys were more athletic and played a musical instrument, while girls were fond of dancing than boys. Boys were more attracted to a sporting events, at 70%, while the figure for girls who participated was just above 50%. However, when it comes to cultural activities, female dancers recorded the highest percentage in the graph at 25%, compared to a marginal number of… Read more »
Yes, I mentioned it all. Sorry, this is my first time practicing a timed task. What would be my possible score if you will base in my answer? Thanks!
Your score is in the band 6.5/7 range in terms of language ability. What score are you going for on the exam?
My target is above 6.5 in writing. Hoping that I can achieve that band score. Thank you!
Keep up the hard work!
The diagram reveals the way of producing ethanol fuel from corn. Overall, it is clear that there are eight stages in the process, beginning with the corn harvest, fermentation and transition of corn into a liquid, to the transportation of the product made. In the first stage of making purified ethanol is storing the corn before it undergoes milling. The milled corn is then added by water and cooked for 4 hours. After that stage, corn will be fermented for 48 hours. Separation of solid to liquid is the next step. While the solid by-product is not needed after the… Read more »
Good overview Jessica!
Really good accuracy with your passive verbs – you are well within your target band scores range!
Thank you so much! Im a bit confused if what kind of tense should I use in diagram task?
For a diagram it should be mainly in the present and present passive, maybe some present perfect!
The bar graph give information on percentage of water level in reservoirs in six different Australian cities in October 2019 and 2010. Overall, the greatest water level always was in city B and city F and increased , moderate for for city B and city D where decreased and for city E, where remainded the same, while the lowest for city A where decreased over the year. Water level in city F and city C in 2009 was at 90% and 80% respectively and grew for both by 10% in 2010. On the second position in case of resevoired water… Read more »
Well written, Iza!
Be careful with helping verbs. You don’t need to say ‘was increased’ just ‘increased’
Good work describing the full trend for your overview!
You need clearer paragraphs though – take a look here to see some examples: https://howtodoielts.com/category/writing-task-1/academic/
Keep working hard!
But do you think it deserves 7 band?
Thank you!
Hii Dave
Hii Dave.. I really want your possible score on this writing task 1..
Hi Saini/Iza, this essay is in the band 5 range at the moment.
The given bar graph illustrates that in the year 2003,the proportion of Australian boys and girls aged 5-14 participates in cultural as well as sports activity.. Overview the dancing activity was most favorable cultural activity shown by girls in comparison to boys.. The boys preferred more sports, although it was quite popular in both the gender…. To begin with, it can be clearly seen that, the percentage showed big difference in dancing activity, which was 25% girls participate in it, whereas there was less than 5% boys in same activity.. By contrast, the proportion of boys were 70% in sport… Read more »
Good work Saini!
Try copying some expressions from my sample answers more closely such as ‘Overall,’ instead of ‘overview.’
Don’t use … – that is too informal. Just use a period.
You are experimenting with a lot of new grammar and vocabulary which is good but you need to focus more on accuracy as it is quite hard to understand at times. Keep it up!
Thank you for your response.. What score I can get according to you on this task 1
This answer is i nthe band 5 range at the moment.
The table shows the details of five different kinds of vehicles registered in Australia in the years 2010, 2012 and 2014. Overall, it is clear that all types of vehicles increased in percentile over the given period in which the percentage for motorcycles had jumped most. It could be noticed also that passenger vehicles got the highest numbers while light trucks were the lowest. A glance at the graph reveals passenger vehicles started from 11,800,000 units in 2010, rose almost a million over 2 years, then climbed to 13,000,000 in 2014, accounting for 10.2% over the period. Similarly, commercial vehicles… Read more »
Good work!
given period and the, motorcycles jumped the most, it can also be seen that, had the, commercial vehices grew to, increating to 2,600,000, can be observed while
Keep it up!
The bar chart provides data on the water levels of reservoirs in six Australian cities from 2009 to 2010. Overall, city F recorded the overall highest levels, closely followed by city C and E, while the percentages of city A were the lowest in both Octobers. some cities, such as F and C recorded higher water levels in 2010 compared to 2009, whereas the remaining cities showed a reversed pattern except city E with both numbers leveling up. Looking in more details, city F stood at 90 per cent in Oct, 2009 and climbed to nearly 100% in 2010, which… Read more »
Really nice writing again, Jing!
The chart presents data on the percentages of Australian children aged between 5 to 14 who join cultural activities and sports in 2003. Overall, sport was way more popular than cultural activities for both genders, while boys were more active than girls. A Lot less children participated cultural activities though the number of girls who danced stood out. Except for those who play musical instrument, the remaining culture activities only attracted a minimal amount of children. Looking in more details, over half of female students joined sports, however the percentage of active boys was even higher at as much as… Read more »
The line chart compares the priced of fresh fruits and vegetable, sugar and sweets as well as carbonated drink from 1979 to 2009. Overall, even though all categories started off at broadly identical prices, the growth in fresh fruits and vegetables overweighed consumer-price index by a massive margin, while the rest displayed a much slower upward trend. Looking in more details, sugar and sweets closely following consumer-price index, showed a slow yet steady growth throughout the thirty-year period. The price of soft drinks, however, remained stable after a surge in 1984 at around 115 until 1999, when the price rose… Read more »
Good!
drinks, outweiged, followed, showing, inclue more data in the second paragraph!, levelled off
The line graph provides information on the number of middle-aged citizens in three countries over a 50-year period between 1950 to 2000. Looking from an overall perspective, this particular age group had grown at a broadly comparable pace in China and India, with Chinese midyear crowd continuously outnumbering that of the India’s, while the midyear population in USA also increased, but by a comparatively small margin over the years. Looking in more details, Chinese mid-aged population started off the highest among three countries at just below 600 million in 1950, which outnumbered that of India by about 200 million, and… Read more »
Good Jing!
You tend to overuse past perfect when you could just use past simple: grew
You use it correctly in your last sentence though!
Smaller margin, among the, numbers for China, US middle-aged residents
dear admin i would like to express my great appreciation for your hard work in collecting and answering all these samples, good job! i found your sample answers highly useful as well as being professional. please proceed with your work in assembling the latest task 1 questions.
Thanks so much, Homa – I really appreciate that!
I wish I could publish the task 1 essays as regularly but it is much harder for students to remember the graphs from the exam.
But I will continue to publish any task 1s that I get reports on!
Thank you very much for your efforts and your time to help all the students who are preparing themselves for the IELTS. I do really appreciate that. I’ve just started preparing myself for the IELTS exam and this is my first writing attempt. The graphs illustrate the rate of boys and girls who participated in organized sports and cultural activities aged 5-14 in 2003 in Australia. Overall, girls participation showed an upward trend in the cultural activities,while boys showed a dwonward in many activities. Both boys and girls participation experienced some fluctuations in both activities, although boys had initially a… Read more »
Thanks for saying that Madjid!
Careful of some informal words like outraced and try to be a little more accurate: significant rise, musical instruments, which was, etc.
Some simple mistakes but a great first effort!
Your overview is good too – keep working hard!
The bar graph compares the proportion of people living in households in the UK between 1981 and 2001. Overall, it is clear that households consisting of more people deteriorated while homes with fewer persons increased. The percentages for the two middle groups oppositely changed by the same margin. A glance at the graph reveals that proportions for 1 and 2 people households both escalated by 3%, at 26% and 36% in 2001 respectively. These figures were the highest over the given period. An identical trend can be seen in the percentage of 4 people houses, it jumped from 12% to… Read more »
Well written Jessica!
‘Deteriorated’ has a negative connotation so I wouldn’t use that word.
Really nice linking and comparison in your writing!
The diagram illustrates the filtration process of drinking water in a single town in Australia. Overall, there are four main stages as is presented above, beginning with the rainwater collection, water filtration and treatment, to the distribution of drinking water to households. The entire process is controlled by the plumbing system. In the first stage, rainwater is collected through roof gutters and downspouts of townhouses. The gathered water undergoes filtration through the pipe before being deposited in the storage tank. In the subsequent stage, water from the storage tank then transferred by a pipe to the water treatment tank. At… Read more »
Well written!
Really nice overview – it should be band 7+ for task achievement.
Careful with your singular/plural – through the pipes.
And your helping verbs: is then transferred…