IELTS Writing Samples

The day before yesterday, a former student who is taking an IELTS exam next week asked me to give feedback to three essays he had written. After giving him some correction suggestions, I advised him to read some writing samples. While reading, he had better analyze the organization of each and write an outline so that he can apply the strategies he learns to his writing. Besides, I asked him to read the samples aloud.

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The following is an example:

You should spend about 20 minutes on this task.

The table below shows the  cinema viewing figures for films by country, in millions.
Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make  comparisons where relevant.

Write at least 150 words.

Cinema viewing figures for films by country, in millions
	Action	Romance	Comedy	Horror	Totals
India	8	7.5	6.5	2.5	24.5
Ireland	7.6	3.8	5.5	6.4	23.3
New Zealand	7.2	4.5	3.9	4.7	20.3
Japan	7.1	4.5	4	2.2	17.8
Total	29.9	20.3	19.9	15.8

 

Model answer

The table compares four countries in terms of the number  of people who watch four different genres of film at the cinema: Action, Romance,  Comedy and Horror.
The table indicates that more Indian people watch films  at the cinema than the other three nationalities. In all four countries, Action  is the most popular genre of film. The total number of viewers for action films  is nearly 30 million and in each country about 7-8 million people watch them.
Not many people like watching horror films at the cinema compared to the other  genres of film. In India and Japan only 2-2.5 million people watch horror films  but they are more popular in New Zealand and Ireland. On the other hand, romance  films are very popular in India with 7.5 million viewers but it is not as popular  in the other countries. New Zealand and Japan come next with 4.5 million viewers  each.

(152 words)

http://www.ielts-exam.net/academic_writing_samples_task_1/822/