IELTS WRITING TASK 1

The line graph below shows changes in the amount and type of fast food consumed by Australian teenagers from 1975 to 2000.

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

GRAPH: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B83RoTw6yY1ANHNQRTdKR0FqVDQ/view?usp=sharing

The line graph compares three different kinds of fast food consumed by teenagers in Australia over a period of 25 years, from 1975 to 2000.

Overall, it can be seen from the graph that there was a downward trend in the consumption of fish and chips over the given period, whereas both pizza and hamburgers witnessed an upward trend.

In 1975, the most popular fast food with Australian youngsters was fish and chips, which was eaten 100 times per year. This was far higher than the number of times that pizza and hamburgers were consumed, at nearly 10 times a year. However, apart from brief increase from 1980 to 1985, the consumption of fish and chips saw a gradual decline over the 25-year period to finish at just nearly 40 times per year.

In contrast, hamburgers and pizza became more and more popular with Australian teenagers from the year 1975. The consumption of pizza increased gradually until it took over the fish and chips consumption in 1990. After that, it continued its upward trend, then remained stable from 1995 to 2000 at over 80 times per year. The biggest increase was seen in the consumption of hamburgers, rising sharply from the low of 10 times per year at the beginning to the same level that fish and chips began, with consumption at 100 times a year.

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