IELTS WRITING TASK 1

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The charts below give information on the ages of the population of Yemen and Italy in 2000 and projections for 2050.

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

The four pie charts demonstrate the population ages of Yemen and Italy in 2000 and forecast for 2050.

Overall, in both Yemen and Italy, the trends of change in Yemen and Italy are different.

In 2000, the largest part of the charts came to the 0-14 years in Yemen (a half) and 15-59 years in Italy (nearly two-thirds). The 0-14 years in Italy only comprised 14.3%, about one-third of Yemen’s. In both countries, the smallest part came to the elderly (60+ years), with a small fraction of 3.6% in Yemen and about one-fourth in Italy.

In the year 2050, the majority of the population in both countries are expected to be people of working age, which make up 57.3% and 46.2% in Yemen and Italy respectively. In Yemen, the proportion of children (0-14 years) will be 13% less than in 2000, while the percentage of the 60+ years will increase to 5.7%. Regarding Italy, it is predicted that there will be a small decrease in the proportion of 0-14 years but the share of 60+ years nearly double to 42.3%.

AlpheccaStars · Accepted Answer

The four pie charts demonstrate (Not a natural word choice) the population ages (Not a natural phrase) of Yemen and Italy in 2000 and forecast for 2050.

If I read your sentence and do not look at the graphic, I have absolutely no idea what it looks like. You did not mention "percentages". You did not mention that one set of two pie charts was for Yemen and the other for Italy. You did not mention the age ranges.

This is what you need to write so the lecturer can understand them

The four pie charts, two for Italy and two for Yemen give the percentage of the country's population in three age brackets: children aged 1-14, adults age 15-59, and seniors over 60. The two charts for each country are the age distribution in 2000 and a forecast for 2050.

Overall, in both Yemen and Italy, the ~~trends~~ (wrong word. Trends are continuous changes over time.) of changes in Yemen and Italy are different.

That is not a good main feature. Of course we expect the countries to be different over 50 years. You did not write how they were different.

You need to write 2-3 of these main features.

Overall, Yemen's population is very young compared to Italy's, especially in 2000. Although the average age is increasing in both countries, Italy's population is predicted to age much more than Yemen's.

"part" is not a good word. Use segment.

In 2000, the largest part of the charts came to the 0-14 years in Yemen (a half) and 15-59 years in Italy (nearly two-thirds). The 0-14 years in Italy only comprised 14.3%, about one-third of Yemen’s. In both countries, the smallest part came to the elderly (60+ years), with a small fraction of 3.6% in Yemen and about one-fourth in Italy.

In the year 2050, the majority of the population in both countries are (subject/verb mismatch) expected to be people of working age, which make up 57.3% and 46.2% in Yemen and Italy respectively. In Yemen, the proportion of children (0-14 years) will be 13% less than in 2000, while the percentage of the 60+ years will increase to 5.7%. Regarding Italy, it is predicted that there will be a small decrease in the proportion of 0-14 years but the share of 60+ years will nearly double to 42.3%.

Example body paragraphs.

In 2000, the population distribution in Yemen shows a majority (50.1%) of its inhabitants being children, and 96% are under the age of 60. The majority of Italians are working-age adults, representing about six in ten people. Nearly a quarter of Italians are seniors.

The forecast distribution for 2050 shows that Yemen will still have nearly 95% of its population under the age of 60, but the proportion of children will have decreased by 13% and that of adults increased by about the same amount (11%. ) The difference is reflected in the addition of 2% to the senior group. In Italy, only about one in ten of its people will be children, with the remaining being nearly evenly divided between seniors and adults (42% and 46%, respectively).

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