IELTS EXAM SAMPLE 1 - English for Maths



IELTS EXAM SAMPLE 1

The chart shows student expenditure over a three-year period in the United Kingdom.

Write a report for a university lecture describing the information shown below.

You should write at least 150 words.

Student expenditure (aged under 26 in higher education) United Kingdom*

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Percentage of total expenditure

(1) includes non-essential consumer items and credit repayments

* Source: Student Income and Expenditure Survey. Department for Education and Employment.

TASK 1: Using prepositions

Complete the following sample report by putting a preposition in each space.

The chart shows the changes which took place .................... student spending in the United Kingdom .................... the three-year period from 1996 to 1999.

Students spent 3% less on accommodation, which fell .................... 23% .................... 20% of total expenditure, and there was a 2% decrease .................... spending on food, bills and household goods, which fell from 20% to 18%. At the same time course expenditure went down .................... 3% from 10% to 7%. Children, who constituted 1% .................... students' expenditure in 1996, are not represented in 1999.

On the other hand, there was a 5% growth .................... spending on entertainment, which stood .................... 26% of total expenditure in 1996 but rose .................... 31% in 1999. Spending on other non-essential items and credit repayments grew .................... 4% to make .................... 16% of total expenditure. Spending on essential travel went up .................... 3% while non-essential travel underwent a 1% fall.

Overall, with the exception of expenditure .................... travel, the most significant general change was a shift .................... spending on essential items .................... spending on non-essential items.

TASK 2: Study these three sentences and then write three similar sentences about other parts of the chart.

1 During the period 1996 to 1999, student spent 3% less on accommodation, which fell from 23% to 20% of total expenditure.

2 There was a 3% decrease in spending on accommodation, which fell from 23% to 20%.

3 Spending on accommodation went down by 3% from 23% to 20%.

IELTS EXAM Sample 2: The two graphs show the main sources of energy in the USA in the 1980s and the 1990s. Write a report for a university lecturer describing the changes which occurred. Write at least 150 words.

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TASK 3: Complete the missing information with the words provided: doubled/ much the same proportions/ a dramatic rise /second largest /decreased its share /show /remained at / slightly / the largest percentage/ over

The two graphs ……………….that oil was the major energy source in the USA in both 1980 and 1990 and that coal, natural gas and hydroelectric power remained in ………………………….. On the other hand, there was …………………………. in nuclear power, which …………………… its percentage …………………. the ten years.

Oil supplied ………………………. of energy, although the percentage decreased from 42% in 1980 to 33% in 1990. Coal in 1990 was the ……………………. source of energy, increasing its proportion to 27% from 22% in the previous decade. Natural gas, the second largest source in 1980 at 26%, …………………….. very ……………… to provide 25% of America’s energy ten years later. There was no change in the percentage supplied by hydroelectric power which …………………… 5% of the total energy used. Nuclear power had the greatest change: in 1990 it was 10%, twice that of the 1980s.

IELTS EXAM Sample 3: The graph below shows the differences in wheat exports over three different areas. Write a report for a university lecturer describing the information shown below. Write at least 150 words.

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TASK 4: Look at the graph and put the following statements in the right order so that it is coherent. What words or phrases helped you make the right choice?

A. It started at 19 million tonnes in 1985, reached a peak in 1988 of 24 million, dropped dramatically in 1989 to 14 million tonnes and then climbed back to 19 million in 1990.

B. After that, however, there was a gradual decline until 1989 and 1990 when it stabilised at about 11 million tonnes.

C. Exports from Australia declined over the five-year period, while the Canadian market fluctuated considerably, and the European Community showed an increase.

D. The three graphs of wheat exports each show a quite different pattern between 1985 and 1990.

E. Seventeen million tonnes were exported from the European Community in 1985, but this decreased to 14 million tonnes in 1986 and then rose to 15 million in 1987 and 1988 before increasing once more to 20 million in 1990.

F. Over the same period, the amount of Canadian exports varied greatly.

G. In 1985, Australia exported about 15 millions of tonnes of wheat and the following year the number increased by one million tonnes to 16 million.

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