Explicit explanation of IELTS Writing TAsk 1

1. The diagram below shows the number of landline telephones per
1000 people in different countries over a five-year period.
Write a report for a university lecturer describing the information
shown below.
Write at least 150 words.

3. Sample Answer
 The graph shows the number of telephones owned per thousand of the
population in different countries over a five-year period.
 Overall, the number of phone owners per thousand of the population
varied considerably. However, numbers tended to fall in countries with
the highest level of phone ownership, whereas numbers generally rose
in countries which had fewer phone owners in 2000.
 By far the highest level of phone ownership was in Singapore, where
just under 430 people per thousand were owners in 2004. This figure is
slightly lower than the 2000 figure of around 460 per thousand. In
Brunei Darussalam the second highest levels of phone ownership were
recorded, and the numbers fluctuated around the 250 per thousand
level across the five years.
 Countries like Cambodia and Vietnam had much lower levels of phone
ownership and these increased up to 2004, rather than decreasing. In
the remaining countries, the number of landline phone owners
remained below the 100 per thousand level between 2000 and 2004.