Writing report
academic IELTS Writing: Task 1
Overall score
7.50
7.5 of 9.0
Submitted on
Jan 26, 2025 (2 months ago)
Writing duration
0 minutes
Task description
The table below gives information on consumer spending on different items in five different countries in 2002. Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
You should write a minimum of 150 words.
Source: Cambridge 7
Task answer
The table shows the distribution of expenditures on eating, drinking, wearing, studying, and entertaining in Ireland, Italy, Spain, Sweden, and Turkey in 2002.
Overall, the countries' allocation of resources ranked first in food, drink, and tobacco. In addition, Turkey saw the highest expenditure on food, followed by Ireland.
There is a significant difference between the figures for the category of eating, drinking, and smoking in Turkey and Ireland ( nearly a third and just under 30%) on the one hand, and Italy, Spain, and Sweden (almost 17%, almost 19%, and just under 16%, respectively) on the other.
The contribution of wearable materials stood first in Italy with 9%, while that of Sweden is lower by about 3%. In contrast to Spain in leisure and education with just under 2%, Turkey accounted for a significant share of just over 4%. There is an insignificant disparity between the proportion of education and leisure in Sweden and Italy, accounting for 3.22% and 3.20%, respectively.
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