The line graph below shows the percentage of households in one
IELTS Academic Writing Task 1 — IELTS Practice Originals, Writing Practice Test 13
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The line graph below shows the percentage of households in one country that owned four types of electrical appliance between 1960 and 2020. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
What the chart shows
A line graph showing the percentage of households in one country owning four electrical appliances at five points between 1960 and 2020. Refrigerators: 22% in 1960, 68% in 1975, 92% in 1990, 98% in 2005 and 99% in 2020. Washing machines: 12% in 1960, 55% in 1975, 82% in 1990, 93% in 2005 and 97% in 2020. Dishwashers: 1% in 1960, 6% in 1975, 18% in 1990, 38% in 2005 and 52% in 2020. Home computers: none in 1960 or 1975, then 14% in 1990, 62% in 2005 and 88% in 2020. Overall, ownership of every appliance increased over the period, but the pattern differed: refrigerators and washing machines rose steeply before 1990 and then levelled off close to universal ownership, whereas the home computer, which did not exist in homes until the 1980s, grew fastest after 1990 and overtook the dishwasher by 2005. The dishwasher remained the least common appliance throughout, reaching only about half of households by 2020.
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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.