IELTS JOURNAL 83 Sample Answer 36The line graph illustrates the amount of spreads consumed from 1981 to 2007, in grams The graph shows
the quantity of margarine, low fat spreads and butter consumed between 1981 and 2007. The quantities are measured in grams. Over the period
1981 to 2007 as a whole, there was a significant decrease in the consumption of butter and margarine and a marked increase in the consumption of low fat-fat spreads. Butter was the most popular fat
at the beginning of the period, and consumption reached a peak of about 160 grams per person per week in about 1986. After this, there was a sharp decline. The consumption of margarine began lower than that for butter at 90 grams. Following this, in 1991, it exceeded that
of butter for the first time, but after 1996 there was a steady downward trend in the amount consumed, which seemed set to continue.
Low–fat spreads were introduced in 1996, and they saw a significant rise in their
consumption from that time, so that by about 2001 they were more popular than either butter or margarine.
(167 words) IELTS JOURNAL 84 Sample Answer 37The charts show the distribution of money spent on music in three different years in Northern Ireland The pie charts illustrate the changes in spending patterns in Northern Ireland with regards to music. The first set of data is for 2003, where it can be seen that the majority
of expenditure was for CDs, accounting for well over half. Just under one third of the money was spent attending concerts, standing at 31%. Downloaded music was only 6%, and the smallest category was that labeled other.
Three years later, the order of the four categories was the same, but there was a marked increase in the sale of digital music and an inverse
correlation to the sale of CDs, which fell by 20% to 41%. By 2011, digital purchases had overtaken both concerts and CDs and accounted for nearly half of all sales. The difference between CDs and concert sales narrowed to only 2%, and the other category rose slightly to 3%. Overall, it is clear that while concert sales remained relatively stable at around one third, digital music sales became more common than CD sales.
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