The chart below shows information about changes in average house prices in five different cities between 1990 and 2002 compared with the average house prices in 1989.
The bar chart compares the cost of an average house in five major cities over a period of 13 years from 1989.
We can see that house prices fell overall between 1990 and 1995, but most of the cities saw rising prices between 1996 and 2002. London experienced by far the greatest changes in house prices over the 13-year period.
Over the 5 years after 1989, the cost of average homes in Tokyo and London dropped by around 7%, while New York house prices went down by 5%. By contrast, prices rose by approximately 2% in both Madrid and Frankfurt.
Between 1996 and 2002, London house prices jump...
- The chart below shows the amount of leisure time enjoyed by men and women of different employment status.Write a report for a university lecturer describing the information shown below. You should write at least 150 words. Allow yourself 20 minutes 75
- The table below shows the average band scores for students from different language groups taking the IELTS General Test in 2010. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant. 93
- Happiness is considered very important in life. Why is it difficult to define? What factors are important in achieving happiness? 74
- Some people believe that it is the responsibility of individuals to take care of their own health and diet. Others however believe that governments should make sure that their citizens have a healthy diet.Discuss both views and give your opinion. 77
- The chart below shows the total number of minutes (in billions) of telephone calls In the UK, divided into three categories, from 1995-2002.Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant. 93
Attribute Value Ideal
Score: 7.5 out of 9
Category: Very Good Excellent
No. of Grammatical Errors: 0 2
No. of Spelling Errors: 0 2
No. of Sentences: 8 10
No. of Words: 164 200
No. of Characters: 717 1000
No. of Different Words: 86 100
Fourth Root of Number of Words: 3.579 4.0
Average Word Length: 4.372 4.6
Word Length SD: 2.209 2.4
No. of Words greater than 5 chars: 48 60
No. of Words greater than 6 chars: 25 50
No. of Words greater than 7 chars: 11 40
No. of Words greater than 8 chars: 6 20
Use of Passive Voice (%): 0 0
Avg. Sentence Length: 20.5 21.0
Sentence Length SD: 6.205 7.5
Use of Discourse Markers (%): 0.5 0.12
Sentence-Text Coherence: 0.493 0.35
Sentence-Para Coherence: 0.729 0.50
Sentence-Sentence Coherence: 0.149 0.07
Number of Paragraphs: 4 4