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Task One Writing
Academic
An academic IELTS Task One question looks like this:
You should spend 20 minutes on this task.
The bar chart illustrates the use of cheques and electronic payments in New Zealand between 1993 and 2003.
Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant.
You should write at least 150 words.
The IELTS question ends here. You would now have 20 minutes to write your essay.
Tutorial:
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Answer ALL 10 questions, then click on the Save Answers button to view your score.
Type your answer to Questions 1-10 in the blue boxes.
You can view the bar chart diagram by clicking on the View Question or Open Question boxes.
Grammar ActivityIdentifying Main Features
Type NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS or A NUMBER in the appropriately numbered blue boxes to complete the sentences below.
Identify the key features of the bar chart illustrated above.
Question 1) More people used _________ as the preferred payment
method in 1997.
2) The least used payment option in 1993 was _____________.
This question is worth 2 points. You may type your answers in either order.
3) In 2001, the percentage of purchases paid for with
(3a) ___________ and (3b) __________ were similar.
(3a)___________ and (3b)____________ were similar.
4) More people paid with cheques than with _____________ in 1999.
5) Before 1999, all percentages for cheque payments were higher than
those of direct debit card payments except in ______________.
6) The year with the largest discrepancy between the percentage of
payments made with cheques and with electronic payments
was in _________.
7) In 2002, more people paid with credit cards
than with ____________________.
8) Overall, the most popular form of electronic
payment was __________________.
9) The payment method which was used by the
largest percentage of people for the longest
period of time shown was ____________.
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10) Only ______________ were not used for the
highest percentage of payments in any one year.
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