IELTS writing Task 1 - 6

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.

Model answer 1

The graph gives information about Burnaby Public Library between 2011 and 2014. It shows how many library books people read over this four-year period.

As can be seen from the graph, there were different trends for men and women. The number of books read by men increased steadily between 2011 and 2012, from about 3000 to 4000. After that, the number rose dramatically to 14000 books in 2014. This was the highest figure in the period.

Women started off reading more books than men, but their numbers followed a different pattern. Between 2011 and 2012, there was an increase of 3000 from 5000 books to 8000 books, and then a gradual rise to 10000 books in 2013. However, in 2014, their numbers fell back to 8000 again.

Overall, there was a strong upward trend in the number of books read by men. Although women read more books than men in 2011, their reading fell to below the level of men in 2014.

(162 words)  Band score 8

Model answer 2

The figure illustrates the information about the number of books read by both gender (men and  women) at Burnaby Public Library from year  2011 to 2014.

Overall in the figure, the peak point was in year 2014 with 14000 above by men where as the lowest point is in year 2011 with more than 2000 female readers. Likewise both line formed a intersection point in year 2013 with about 10000 readers.

The line graph which was formed by men it had minimal increment form 2011 to 2012, then from 2012 to 2014 there was a drastic increment in books number .Similarly, in 2011 women read book nearly about 4200 books which inclined with same flow till the intersection point in 2013.Suprisingly, the number of books read by women drastically slumped down in 2014.

In summary, in Burnaby Public Library the women readers outnumbered till 2013 from 2011 whereas male reader outnumbered just in 2013 to2014.

Band score 7