IELTS ACADEMIC
SAMPLE 3

The graph shows average annual expenditures on cell phone and residential phone services between 2001 and 2010.
Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
Write at least 150 words.

Model answer
The line graph illustrates the average cost that American customers spent on mobile and landline phone services annually over a 10-year period.
Overall, spending on residential phone services dramatically declined, while  popularity of mobile services increased sharply throughout a decade. Also, both of  services met at the same record in 2006.
In 2001, spending on mobile phone services began by merely $200, while the  amount of annual expenditure on the residential phone services was around $700.  Over the following five years, expenditure on landline phone services gradually  dropped below $600, whereas expenditure on cell phone services rose to just over  $500.
In 2006 cell phones overtook landline phones, and the services became equal in  popularity with customers' annual expenditure of about $550. Then, cell phone  expenses rose to approximately $750 in 2010, making nearly a fourfold jump  relatively to its initial figure in 2001. Meanwhile, spending on residential phone  services experienced a steep fall in 2007 and went on to steadily decrease for the  rest of the period.
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