Time Table IELTS Writing Task 1

The chart 1. ________ 2. ________ ________ that people in England travelled using different forms of transport in the years 1985 and 2000

• illustrates/ average kilometers

• illustrate/ average distance

• illustrates/ average distance

It is clear that the total number of miles travelled by English people using all modes of transport 3. ___________ ___________ between 1985 and 2000

• was the highest

• was the greatest

• accounted for the smallest

• was the smallest

The car was by far the 4. ________ used form of transport in both years.

• the least

• the most

• the less

• more

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.7

CCSS.RI.8.7

CCSS.RI.9-10.7

CCSS.RL.11-12.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.7

In 1985, the average person travelled 3,199 miles by car, and this 5. _______ to 4,806 miles in the year 2000.

• rose

• raised

• increased

• climbed

The figures for miles travelled by train, long distance bus, taxi and other modes also 6. _________ from 1985 to 2000.

• grew remarkably

• experienced an upward trend

• decreased noticeably

• declined significantly

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.7

CCSS.RI.8.7

CCSS.RI.9-10.7

CCSS.RL.11-12.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.7

Travelling by taxi experienced the most 7. __________ change, with more than a 8. __________ increase from 13 miles per person per year in 1985 to 42 miles in 2000.

• dramatic/ threefold

• steep/ twofold

• dramatic/ double fold

• sharp/ threefold

There was a 9. _______ in the average distances for three forms of transport, namely walking, bicycle and local bus.

• downward trend

• upward trend

• decline

• growth

In 1985, English people walked an average of 255 miles, but this figure 10. _______ by 18 miles in 2000.

• decreased

• went down

• went up

• declined

Bicycle use 11. ________ from 51 to 41 miles over the period shown, while the biggest 12. _________ change was in the use of local buses, with average miles per person 13. __________ from 429 to 274 over the 15-year period.

• decline/upward/decrease

• declined/downward/decreased

• declined/upward/decreased

• declines/downward/decreases