IELTS WRITING TASK 1 – COMPARING AND CONTRASTING INFORMATION

Towards the end the most popular type of was with more or less 100
of the period, fast food hamburgers, times eaten per year,

whereas the second most one was pizza with more than 80
favored times eaten per year.
a. More/less + adjective + than…
Throughout hamburgers were substantially more common than pizza.
the considerably
surveyed far
period, much
significantly

During the the fish and was decreased remarkably , making the least
investigated number chips consumed eventu it favored
period of times ally type of fast
food

b. More/fewer + noun phrase + than…

More pizza was consumed than fish and chips
Fewer fish and chips was eaten than hamburgers
c. As + adjective + as…
Pizza was about twice as common as fish and chips
popular
d. As many + noun phrase + as…

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 The line graph illustrates the consumption of fast food by Australian teenagers
in terms of amount and type during the period between 1975 and 2000.

Overall, the amount of pizza and hamburgers consumed experienced a jump,

while the figure for fish and chips decreased significantly almost all the time
surveyed.

From 1975 to 1985, the consumption of hamburgers by Australian teenagers

took off from about 10 times per year to about 82 times per years. Likewise,
there was an upturn in the figure for pizza, which rose from approximately 5
times per year to about 81 times per year. During the period between 1985 and
2000, the amount of hamburgers consumed increased slightly and remained
relatively stable at 100 times per years. Similar to the consumption of
hamburgers, the figure for pizza experienced a dramatic increase of about 40
times per year, then remain constantly at about 82 times per year.

By contrast, there was a significant decrease in the consumption of fish and

chips by Australian teenagers from 1975 to 2000. The period between 1975 and
1985 witnessed a fluctuation in the range between 100 times per year and
about 82 times per year in the amount of fish and chips consumed. From 1985
to 2000, the figure for fish and chips experienced a decline of about 43 times per
year.

PRACTICE

1. The chart shows the results of a survey about the most important inventions in the
last 300 years. Answer the questions
a. What is the most striking feature of the chart?
Men were interested in more inventions than women in 4 out of 7 aspects which are
car, computer, Internet and TV.
b. What voting patterns can you see for females/males?

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 2. Read the examples describing the chart in exercise 1. Then complete sentences a-j
with suitable information based on the chart.
Examples
More males than females chose the TV.
Fewer females than males chose the TV.
The TV was more popular among males than females.
The most popular form of communication was the Internet.

a. More females ……………than………………….. males chose the bicycle.

b. The bicycle was more …………popular…………….. than any other invention.
c. The car was ……more………………….. popular among females than males.
d. The least popular…………..invention among both sexes was the TV.
e. More……………………..women than men voted for the mobile phone.
f. The most popular…………………….. invention among both sexes was the bicycle.
g. Fewer……………………….. males than females picked the radio.
h. The computer was ……………………….. for women than for men.
i. More people selected the bicycle …………than…………….. any other invention.
j. The TV was ………less……………….. popular than any other invention.
3. Make comparative sentences based on notes a-g below and the chart in exercise 1.
Use the passive or active form of the verb in italics.
Examples
Females/males/select/the bicycle.
 More females than males selected the bicycle.
The bicycle/choose/females/males.
 The bicycle was chosen by more females than males.
a. Males/females/choose/the car
 More males than females chose the car
b. Women/men/select/the mobile phone
More women than men selected the mobile phone

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 c. The Internet/choose/males/females
The Internet was chose more by males than females
d. Females/males/pick/the radio
More females than males picked the radio.
e. Males/females/pick/the radio
Fewer males than females picked the radio
f. The computer/choose/females/males
The computer was chosen less by females than males
g. The bicycle/select/males/females
The bicycle was selected less by males than females
4. Answer these questions about the bar chart.
a. What do you think the bar chart provides information about? The number of
members in two age groups of some clubs.
b. What could the numbers on the left relate to? The number of people
c. What do you think the words along the bottom of the chart relate to? The different
items of the topic
d. What could the numbers in the box refer to? Age group
e. Is there a time reference for the graph? NO

5. Matching sentence beginnings 1-6 with endings a-f to form correct sentences about
the chart.

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 1- f, 2-e, 3-a, 4-d, 5
6. Read the description of the chart in 4. For each of 1-6, two options are possible and
one is incorrect. Delete the incorrect option.

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