Writing task 1 (6-10)

Generally speaking, the proportion of businesses involved in e-commerce purchases across the years and sectors varied with the practice being most common in the ................

• information and communications industry

• manufacturing

• construction

• retail

• wholesale

The proportion of businesses involved in purchases on line in the ​ (a)   sector followed a ​ (b)   pattern, ​ (c)   from about 35% to about 55% in 2019 with a ​ (d)   of about 58% in 2018.

• retail
• similar
• peak
• increasing

Just under 25% of ................... businesses used online purchasing in 2015 compared to more than a half in 2019.

In the ................ industry the rise was much smaller from just over 40% to about 60%.

• wholesale

• construction

• retail

• manufacturing

As regards ​ (a)   , there was a near 100% ​ (b)   in the proportion of businesses purchasing online from about 33% in 2015 in comparison with about 58% in 2019.

• manufacturing
• increase
• retail
• wholesale
• decrease

Reorder this sentence

• divide the Canadian workforce into

• based on the type of industry they work

• five categories

• in for the years 1850 and 2020

• The bar charts

The overall trend shown in the data is a steep ​ (a)   in the proportion of employees engaged in the service industry, coupled with a ​ (b)   in manufacturing.

• rise
• decline
• fluctuation
• stability

Order this sentence

• which contrasts sharply with

• in 2020 81% of the workforce

• were involved in providing services,

• the figure of 33% in 1850.

• The most salient feature is that

In contrast, we observe a huge ​​ (a)   in the ​ (b)   industry from over ​ (c)   in the mid nineteenth century to just ​ (d)   by the early twenty-first century.​

• drop
• manufacturing
• a third
• 9%
• increase
• services
• 50%

Furthermore, the 170-year period saw a ​marked ​ (a)   in the ​ (b)   sectors, leaving food production with a tiny 1% of Canadian workers.

• fall
• agriculture and fishing
• rise
• manufacturing
• construction