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The chart below shows the number of households in the US by their

IELTS Academic Writing Task 1 — Cambridge IELTS 18, Test 2

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The task

You should spend about 20 minutes on this task.

The chart below shows the number of households in the US by their annual income in 2007, 2011 and 2015.

Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

Write at least 150 words.

What the chart shows

A bar chart, "Number of US households (in millions), by annual income", with bars for 2007, 2011 and 2015 across five income bands: less than $25,000; $25,000–$49,999; $50,000–$74,999; $75,000–$99,999; and $100,000 or more. (Refer to the chart in Cambridge IELTS 18, Test 2, Writing Task 1.)

How it is marked

Task Achievement, Coherence and Cohesion, Lexical Resource, and Grammatical Range and Accuracy — the four official IELTS criteria, each with its own band and a written reason. Write at least 150 words.

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