IELTS writing task 1-10

The chart below shows the number of travellers using three major airports in New York City between 1995 and 2000.

Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

Write at least 150 words.

Model answer 1

The bar chart gives information about how many people visited New York City through three major airports, over a six-year period between 1995 and 2000.

Overall, it can be seen that over the period, there was a fluctuant trend in the number of passengers who travelled via John F. Kennedy airport, while the other two airports saw an upward trend. Another interesting point is that LaGuardia airport was the most popular at the end.

Looking at the detail, the number of travellers at John F. Kennedy airport started at 26m in 1995, and then increased remarkably to reach the highest point of 47m in 1997. In 1999, the figure dipped to 32m. At the last year, there was a slight growth to 44m. On the other hand, LaGuardia began at 35m in 1995, after that it rose remarkably for the next three years, at 46m. In 2000, LaGuardia hit the peak point at 68m travellers.

However, if we look at Newark airport, it started at the lowest point of 16m passengers in the first year. After this point, the trend increased significantly to 42m in 1998. In the last two years it remained stable at 42m travellers.

Band score 8.5

Model answer 2

The bar graph illustrates the data of visitors using three different airports in New York city between 1995 and 2000. The data is measured in terms of millions per year in the figure.

Overall in the figure, maximum amount of travelers used the LaGuardia airport in year 2000 and stayed at the apex point whereas there was a minimum use of Newark airport in year 1995 with about 13 millions of visitors and stayed in base point.

The use of LaGuardia airport by visitors was steady increasing year by year. Similarly there were certain fluctuations in the visitor’s number in case of John F. Kennedy airport. Likewise use of Newark aiport by visitors was in slow increment trend till 1998, after onwards the number of visitor hovered in 41 millions for three years. The highest data of LaGuardia is more than 6 times than that of lowest data made by Newyark airport.

To sum up, In Newyork city number of visitors is in increasing trend with maximum uses of three different airports.

Band score 7