IELTS JOURNAL 89 Sample Answer 42The line graph shows the cost for watching films. The pie charts show the change in the percentage of market share represented by the three forms The line graph and pie charts illustrate the cost for watching movies indifferent formats, as well as the percentage split between type. The most notable trend with regard cost is that cinema tickets remained the most expensive way to watch a movie from 2005 to 2011, rising
to a peak of slightly over £14 a ticket. Over the same period, DVD prices also increased by £2, from £6 to £8. Downloaded movies were more expensive than DVDs in 2005; this changed in 2007 when they
became the cheapest format, yet by 2011, the price had risen to £9. In 2005, the majority of people opted to hire DVDs, with those going to the cinema accounting for less
than one third of the total, and movies from the internet representing only 6%. By 2011, however, both going to the cinema and renting had fallen as downloaded movies increased to just over one quarter of the market. Overall, it is clear that although prices increased on average for all three forms, an increasing percentage of people chose to download movies.
(179 words) IELTS JOURNAL 90 Sample Answer 43The chart shows ways that schoolchildren get to school in three different countries The chart presents information about how pupils in three different countries travel to school, separated into 6 different categories. For the United
States and the United Kingdom, the majority of students travel by car to school, with figures of 40% and 39% respectively. In Australia only a quarter of students use this mode of transport. The school bus is the most common method of getting to school in Australia in the USA the number is only slightly behind those travelling by car. Less than a quarter use the school bus in the UK. Almost four times as many Australian students walked
to school compared to the USA, with the UK being closer to Australia at 15%. The remaining three categories showed only slight differences between the countries, with public transport
being followed by cycling, and finally a category marked as 'other, which represents only about one twentieth of the total in each country. Overall, there are differences between the countries, but the school bus and cars represent the most common ways for students to travel to school.
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