IELTS writing task 1-12

The two pie charts below show the online shopping sales for retail sectors in Canada in 2005 and 2010.

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

Write at least 150 words.

Model answer 1

The two pie charts compare the percentages of online sales across different retail sectors in Canada in the years 2005 and 2010. For three of the sectors, it is evident that over this time frame there was significant change in their proportion of online transactions.

At 35% we can see that electronics and appliance sector accounted for the majority of online sales in 2005, but this percentage had dropped to 30% by 2010. During the same five-year period, as an increasing number of people chose to purchase food and beverage online, we can see that transactions went from just 22% to 32%, making it the retail sector with the largest overall proportion of the online market.

In 2005, the home furnishing industry boasted an impressive 25% of the total online sales in Canada. However, by 2010, the figure had fallen considerably to 15%. Interestingly, online sales of video games eventually overtook sales of home furnishings, although video games still represented only 23% of the market.

Model answer 2

The two figures elaborate the online shopping sales for retail sectors for retail field (Electronics and appliance, food and beverage, home furnishing and video Games) in Canada in year 2005 and 2010.

Firstly in year 2005 Canadian people spent about 35% in Electronic and appliance sector which had outnumbered all the sectors. Following same trend in increment home furnishing exactly a quarter. On the contrary, Food and Beverage and video games cover less than a quarter with exact percentage of 22% and 18% respectively.

Similarly, In year in 2010 Food and beverage had outnumbered all fields with 32%, following same trend Electronics and appliances occupied more than a quarter with 30%.Similarly, in year 2010 sales of video game was increased with 5% on the other hand, sales related to Home Furnishings slumped down with 10%. Likewise in case of Electronics and Appliance is soared 5% on the other hand, in sector of food it hiked up with exactly 10%.

To sum up, there is the certain fluctuation of data in both year and with the latest data it can be saied that Canadian make maximum online shopping in case of food.