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Task 1, need a comment, please

Posted: Mon Feb 22, 2016 10:39 am
by mkhitaryan
The table presents the percentage of national consumers’ spending on different items in five different countries in 2002. Based on the table, consumers in all five countries- Ireland, Italy, Spain, Sweden and Turkey- have similar preferences in distributing of their budget. They mostly spend on food, drinks and tobacco. In particular, In Turkey and Ireland consumers spend correspondingly 32.14% and 28.91% of their money on this category. Clothing and footwear category is on the second place by consumers’ spending. In Italy consumers spend 9% of their money on this category while the rest of the countries spend in the range of 5% to 7%. The last category presented is expenditures on leisure and education. In Turkey, consumers spend 4.35% of their budget on leisure and education whereas people in Spain and Ireland devote correspondingly 1.98% and 2.21% of their money on this category. In Italy and Sweden the spending on this category is approximately the same and counts around 3.2%.

Re: Task 1, need a comment, please

Posted: Wed Feb 24, 2016 2:26 am
by David.IELTS.Examiner
Hello!

The description of the data is good, but you should also try to note the main points/trends when you are doing T1.

Vocabulary is good, as is grammar. Mistakes are minor and do not affect comprehension.

Basically, add a summary and this will be a very good report!

All the best,
David

Re: Task 1, need a comment, please

Posted: Wed Feb 24, 2016 12:56 pm
by mkhitaryan
Thank you very much for the comments. I will continue working on my writing skills.