IELTS Course
BAND 9 WRITING TASK 1 LANGUAGE
1. The graph gives information about = The bar chart reveals the information regarding
2. The graph shows that = these data sources clearly communicate that
3. Different from others = with the exception of X = X is a noticeable exception
4. Can be seen in most categories = is roughly the norm
5. X is far higher than Y = X overtakes/outnumbers/outstrips Y by a wide margin (>< by a narrow margin) = X
much surpasses Y = X far exceeds Y = X far outstrips Y
6. X is lower than Y = X is dwarfed by Y
7. Have the same figures = share comparable figures
8. Has the highest rise = see the highest rate of uplift
9. Continued to rise = the growth pattern carried on
10. Fall from the highest point = fall from a high of
11. Increase back = bounce back (v)
12. X slight increase again = a slight recovery = a small rebound (n)
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13. X significantly fluctuates = X follows a volatile pattern = X is subject to overall volatility
14. After that the figure is stable = followed by a period of stability
15. X has quite the same trend as Y = X is matched by a roughly similar trend
16. The same = in a similar fashion/pattern
17. X has similar trend = a similar pattern is evident in X
18. X is opposite = the reverse is true for X
19. Slow down = slacken
20. Always in the first place = consistently first second
21. X small number of = a mere minority of sth
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The chart below shows the percentage of households in owned and rented accommodation
in England and Wales between 1918 and 2011.
My answer
Given is a bar chart illustrating the proportion of households owning and renting houses in two
countries: England and Wales over a 93-year period, starting from 1918
Overall, the statistics for owning house experienced an upward trend throughout the surveyed
period, as opposed for those of renting house. Furthermore, overall ownership had overtaken renting
by a wide margin by the end of the period.
As can be observed from the chart, the overwhelming majority of English and Welsh rented
accommodation in 1918, compared to nearly a quarter of households owning a house. The following
period from 1918 to 1971 witnessed a pronounced decline to a half in the proportion of households
in Britain and Wales renting a house, but a two-fold rise to a comparable figure in that of ones
owning a house, preceded by a stability from 1939 to 1953.
From 1971 onwards, the rate of households owning a house in Britain and Wales was found to
surpass the figure for renting house and climb markedly to well over 60% in 2011, despite a mild
fluctuation. By contrast, a decline was reported in the percentage of tenants in Britain and Wales to
around 35% at the end of the period, roughly half as much as that of owning house.
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Model
The given chart compares the popularity level of the owned and the rented accommodation among
English and Welsh households from 1981 to 2011.
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Overall, while the popularity level of the former was found to shrink, that of the latter was on the
rise. In addition, the rented accommodation in these two regions far outnumbered its counterpart
for the last four decades of the surveyed period.
Commencing from a high of about 77% in 1918, the proportion of English and Welsh households
possessing their own accommodation reduced exponentially by almost twofold by 2011. Meanwhile,
that in the case of the rented accommodation nearly tripled from an initial point of merely 22% over
the same period of time.
In 1918, the percentage of households residing in their own accommodation in England and Wales
much surpassed that in the case of rented properties by a noticeable difference of virtually 50%.
Such a gap, however, got narrowed down to around 20% 53 years later. In 1971, this discrepancy
disappeared as the proportion of households living in the two types of accommodation was exactly
the same at their accommodation started to exceed its counterpart by approximately 20%, as
recorded in 1981. Such a difference became more pronounced at somewhere between 30% and
40% for the last three decades.
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