IELTS-task1 A pie chart The two pie charts below show some employment patterns in Great Britain in 1992. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant. The pies charts give information about the differences in six categories of jobs between men and women in the year 1992. It is clear that more women preferred manual jobs, while more men appreciated non-manual jobs. Overall, there were big differences in several specific occupations between the two genders. The proportions of men and women, who selected to do other manual jobs, were both more than one-quarter respectively, while around one-third of men and women preferred being managers or specialists. Both men and women saw small shares, who conducted general labour jobs or other non-manual jobs, with 2% and 6% of men, 1% and 9% of women respectively. 31% of women worked as clerks or similar white-collar employees, whereas this figure for men was just 6%. A similar pattern was seen in the occupation of craftsmen, with 24% for men and 3% for women.

IELTS-TASK1-a line grahp The graph below shows the number of books read by men and women at Burnaby Public Library from 2011 to 2014. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant. The line graph compares the figures for male and female book readers in Burnaby Public Library between 2011 and 2014. It is clear that the number of men reading books in this library increased gradually. Overall, there were more men and women who visited this library for reading books in 2014 than in 2011. In 2011, around 5,000 women read books in this library, while the number of male book readers accounted for about 3,000 at the same time. During the next two years, the numbers of both male and female book readers rose gradually to approximately 10,000 respectively until 2013. At this point, the number of men, who went to this library for reading books overtook the number of opposite-gender readers. From then on, the figure for male readers increased significantly to around 14,000 until 2014, whereas the counterpart dropped slightly to under 8,000 over the same period.

IELTS-task1 The table below shows the worldwide market share of the notebook computer market for manufacturers in the years 2006 and 2007. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant. The table gives information about changes in market share of some laptop brands between 2006 and 2007. It is clear that HP held the number one position in the two consecutively years. Overall, Dell had the biggest increase among these manufacturers. In 2006, almost one-third of laptops sold all over the world was produced by HP, and this figure rose slightly to 34% in 2007. In contrast, Fujitsu-Siemens’ laptops only occupied less than 5% of the whole market in 2006, later it shrunk to around half of the previous in 2007. Dell saw the biggest increase of market share, from 16.6% in 2006 to around 20% in 2007, while Acer, Toshiba and Lenovo made slight changes in the percentages of notebook computer’s market over the same period, from 11.6% to 10.7%, 6.2% to 7.3% and 6.6%to 6.2% respectively.

IELTS-tesk1-table The table below gives information about a restaurant’s average sales in three different branches in 2016. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant. The table compares the figures for restaurants of a chain restaurant on three locations in terms of five items in the year 2016. It is clear that the branch on Georgia Street was the most popular one. Overall, every client spent the least in the branch on Dumsmuir Street. The branch on Georgia Street held two highest records with regard to numbers of transactions(854) and average transaction value($10.69). By contrast, although the branch on Dunsumir Street had a closer number of transactions(750), the average transaction value was just around half of the previous($5.61). The two figures for Drake Street branch accounted for 390 transactions and $9.02 respectively. Both branches on Georgia Street and Dumsumir Street could see more businesses of take-away( 449 and 392 respectively) than eat-in(405 and 358 respectively), while there were more eat-in transactions(200) than take-away(190) in the branch on Drake Street. Moreover, the three branches had three different most popular dishes, namely Chicken Burger for Georgia Street, Chicken Wings for Dumsunir Street and Chicken Pasta for Drake street.

IELTS-letter You eat at your college cafeteria every lunchtime. However, you think it needs some improvements. Write a letter to the college magazine. In your letter, explain what you like about the cafeteria say what is wrong with it suggest how it could be improved Dear Sir/Madam, I am writing in connection with our cafeteria as in my opinion, although it is a wonderful place, some actions should be taken to make it better. There are some reasons why this cafeteria is one off my favourite facilities in the campus. Firstly, the food supplied in it is healthy and delicious. Secondly, it creates a warm atmosphere that let you feel comfortable when you are eating. However, there is still room to make some progress for the cafeteria. For example, the diversity of food sometimes does disappoint me. In some cases, there are just several kinds of hamburgers or sandwiches available during suppers. Besides this, there is no food-heating service in the cafeteria so some students may feel inconvenient because their eating habits could not be satisfied. It would be more friendly if in the cafeteria, students could be supplied with much more options, just like Asian food, as there are more and more students from China. Moreover, to put a microwave oven in the corner could easily meet the demands of some students who prefer warm food. I definitely hope my suggestions could help our cafeteria be a more cherishable facility in our college. Yours faithfully, Eric

IELTS-letter-formal You are looking for a part-time job. Write a letter to an employment agency. In your letter, introduce yourself explain what sort of job you would like and say what experience and skills you have Dear Sir/Madam, I am writing to find a part-time job. I am a senior student at ABC University. I have studied sports psychology for three years. I was born in China and moved here five years ago when I was a student in high school. In terms of the part-time job which I want to do, I prefer to do something in connection with sports. Obviously, it is close to my major, and I would like to deploy what I have learned by means of my work. In addition, to work in the evenings or on weekends is better for me as I need to go to campus during the daytime. I am a native speaker of Chinese, and of cause I am proficient in English as well. Moreover, I am computer literacy, particularly good at Microsoft Office. Previously, six months’ internship in a football club offered me a chance to accumulate some experiences. I am looking forward to hearing from you.

IELTS-letter-informal An English-speaking friend wants to spend a two-week holiday in your region and has written asking for information and advice. Write a letter to your friend. In your letter, offer to find somewhere to stay give advice about what to do give information about what clothes to bring Dear Tom, I’m glad hearing from you and knowing that you’re very well. It’s no problem to find somewhere for you to live during your fortnight holiday. Actually, you could feel free to stay with me as my family members will leave the town during that period of time. Otherwise, I can easily find a hotel for you if you need much more private time. Just tell me how much you wanna pay, and if there are any other conditions. I have selected an itinerary for you, and I bet you will surely like it. Firstly, you should visit the ruin of the great wall due to its original feature without restoration. Secondly, I highly recommend you to try the local cuisine. I will show you much more details when you arrive. In terms of the clothes that you should take, it’s a little bit troublesome as you have to take clothes for both summer and fall. It’s because that the gap of temperature is big between the daytime and the night. Besides, here it’s always rainy, so you must take an umbrella. I can’t wait to see you soon. Eric

IELTS-letter You are looking for a part-time job at a football club. Write a letter to the manager of the football club. In your letter, introduce yourself explain what experience and special skills you have tell him/her when you think you could start Dear Sir/Madam, I am writing to inquire whether there are any job vacancies in your club. I am a 21-year-old student and I am studying sport psychology at ABC University. I have studied there for three years. At the same time, I have been a super fun of sports since I was a child. I regularly play football, basketball and go swimming, go jogging. My strength is to help athletes to fight against the psychological trauma and ease the stress. Previously, six months internship in a basketball club offered me a chance to accumulate a great deal of experiences. I am fully confident to instruct your athletes to regain not only physical but also psychological perfection. In terms of time, I prefer to work in the evenings and on the weekends as I need to go to university during the daytime. I can commence from the 1st of June. I look forward to hearing from you in the near future. Yours faithfully, Eric Gao

IELTS-letter You are studying a short course in another country. Your accommodation was arranged by the course provider. There is a major problem with the accommodation. Write a letter to the course provider. In your letter, say what the problem is describe the accommodation you thought you were getting ask the provider to solve the problem Dear Mr. Smith, I am writing to bring to your attention the problem that I encountered in my apartment. The situation is that the refrigerator has been broken since I moved into the apartment on last Friday. I have planned to go to the supermarket to buy my food once a week as I want to focus on my course. However, this accident makes me spend much more time on purchasing food and preparing mealsl every day because there is no refrigerator to store them. In my mind, the accommodation which you supply should be a nice, cozy and comfortable one. I suppose the apartment should be equipped with a TV set, a refrigerator, an air-conditioner etc. On the contrary, the reality did disillusion me as there is only a broken refrigerator. I hope you could solve this problem by means of fixing the old fridge or buying a new one. I would be extremely grateful if you could help me to settle down and devote myself into my course as soon as possible. Yours sincerely