2026 IELTS Academic Writing Task 1 (Chart) With Answers

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2026 IELTS Academic Writing Task 1 (Chart) With Answers

We collect recent IELTS Academic Writing Task 1 (Chart and Table) questions from test-takers and other public sources, and present them here. They aren't exact questions from any test and are intended only to help candidates understand test scenarios more deeply.

This page includes 25 chart and table questions for the academic writing task 1. These questions are excellent practice for the IELTS test and provide valuable clues and ideas for preparing for other similar topics. We have provided answers to all questions.

1. Recent Chart and Table Questions
  2026-01-31: Chart ReportNo. 1
The table compares changes in tourism in Australia at three different time points.

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

Write at least 150 words.

changes in tourism in Australia
Keywords: tour
Type: table
Tested on:
2026-01-31
  2026-01-24: Chart ReportNo. 2
The bar chart below shows the percentage of people in five different age groups who prefer four specific genres of music.

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

Write at least 150 words.

people in age groups who prefer genres of music
Keywords: music
Type: bar
Tested on:
2026-01-24
  2026-01-10: Chart ReportNo. 3
The pie charts show the purposes of passengers (visiting friends, holiday, business, other) flying from four airports in the UK in 2016.

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

Write at least 150 words.

reasons people fly from the airport in the UK in 2016
Keywords: travel
Type: pie
Tested on:
2026-01-10
  2025-12-20: Chart ReportNo. 4
The diagram below shows the process for recycling plastic bottles.

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

Write at least 150 words.

the process for recycling plastic bottles
Keywords: process
Type: chart
Tested on:
2025-12-20
  2025-12-13: Chart ReportNo. 5
The line graph below gives information about the percentage of women aged 15-64 in employment between 2003 and 2009.

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

Write at least 150 words.

percentage of women aged 15-64 in employmen
Keywords: employment; woman
Type: line
Tested on:
2025-12-13
  2025-12-06: Chart ReportNo. 6
The two pie charts below show the different methods of transportation used by UK university students to travel to school in 2015 and 2019.

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

Write at least 150 words.

Transportation Methods 2015

different methods of transportation used by UK university studentsTransportation Methods 2019

different methods of transportation used by UK university students
Keywords: transport; university
Type: pie
Tested on:
2025-12-06
  2025-11-22: Chart ReportNo. 7
The maps show the layouts of two kitchens.

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

Write at least 150 words.

layouts of two kitchens for comparisons
Keywords: home
Type: map
Tested on:
2025-11-22
  2025-11-01: Chart ReportNo. 8
The bar chart below shows the percentage of trips made by different means of transport (Walking, Bus, and Car) for four various purposes in the UK in 2013.

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

Write at least 150 words.

trips made by different means of transport
Keywords: transport
Type: bar
Tested on:
2025-11-01
  2025-11-01: Chart ReportNo. 9
The charts below show the percentage of people using public transport and that of people using private cars in five Australian cities between 2000 and 2010.

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

Write at least 150 words.

people using public transport and private cars
Keywords: transport
Type: line
Tested on:
2025-11-01
  2025-10-25: Chart ReportNo. 10
The bar chart below shows the percentage of the population living in the two largest cities compared to other cities in seven different countries in 2017.

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

Write at least 150 words.

population living in the two largest cities
Keywords: population
Type: bar
Tested on:
2025-10-25
  2025-10-11: Chart ReportNo. 11
The line graphs below show the number of hospital beds per 1,000 people and the percentage of patients waiting more than one month for elective surgery in five different countries between 2010 and 2018.

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

Write at least 150 words.

number of hospital bedspatients waiting time
Keywords: hospital
Type: line
Tested on:
2025-10-11
  2025-09-27: Chart ReportNo. 12
The maps below show a community center 10 years ago and the same center today.

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

Write at least 150 words.

The maps of a community center 10 years ago and today
Keywords: building
Type: map
Tested on:
2025-09-27
  2025-09-13: Chart ReportNo. 13
The maps show the changes that have taken place at an Australian Zoo between 1960 and now.

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

Write at least 150 words.

changes in Australian Zoo between 1960 and now
Keywords: zoo
Type: map
Tested on:
2024-12-21
2025-09-13
  2025-08-30: Chart ReportNo. 14
The line graph below shows the changes in the proportion of the Australian workforce employed in four different sectors from 1920 to 2000.

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

Write at least 150 words.

changes in the proportion of the Australian workforce employed
Keywords: job
Type: line
Tested on:
2025-08-30
  2025-08-23: Chart ReportNo. 15
The diagrams below show the present building of a college and the plan for changes to the college site in the future.

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

Write at least 150 words.

present building of a college and the plan for changes
Keywords: building
Type: map
Tested on:
2025-08-23
  2025-08-16: Chart ReportNo. 16
The bar charts below show the information about the population in a particular town in the UK from 1951 to 2011.

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

Write at least 150 words.

population in a particular town in the UK from 1951 to 2011
Keywords: population
Type: bar
Tested on:
2025-08-16
  2025-08-09: Chart ReportNo. 17
The diagram below shows a possible future means of home energy production from methane.

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

Write at least 150 words.

future way of home energy production from methane
Keywords: energy
Type: chart
Tested on:
2025-08-09
  2025-08-02: Chart ReportNo. 18
The chart below shows the average monthly rainfall (in mm) in five different cities in 2020.

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

Write at least 150 words.

average monthly rainfall in five cities
Keywords: weather
Type: line
Tested on:
2025-08-02
  2025-07-26: Chart ReportNo. 19
The graph below gives information on the performance, delays and cancellations, of a train company in October and November in 2008.

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

Write at least 150 words.

information on the performance of a train company
Keywords: transport
Type: line
Tested on:
2025-07-26
  2025-07-19: Chart ReportNo. 20
The bar chart below shows the average duration of housework women did (unemployed, part-time employed, and full-time) when compared to men who had full-time work in the Peru between 1985 and 2005.

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

Write at least 150 words.

duration of housework women did when compared to men
Keywords: family; job
Type: bar
Tested on:
2025-07-19
  2025-07-05: Chart ReportNo. 21
The charts below compare the average length of education and the highest level of education attained by men and women across several regions and categories in 2023.

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

Write at least 150 words.

average length of education and the highest level attainedaverage length of education and the highest level attainedaverage length of education and the highest level attained
Keywords: education
Type: bar; pie
Tested on:
2025-07-05
  2025-06-28: Chart ReportNo. 22
The tables give information about the average hours work by part-time and full-time men and women in three countries in Europe in 2002 and compare them with the European countries.

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

Write at least 150 words.

average hours work by part-time and full-time men and women
Keywords: job
Type: table
Tested on:
2025-06-28
  2025-06-21: Chart ReportNo. 23
The bar chart below shows the percentage of women working in different fields in China in 2007 and 2009.

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

Write at least 150 words.

percentage of women working in different fields in China
Keywords: job
Type: bar
Tested on:
2025-06-21
  2025-05-24: Chart ReportNo. 24
The line graph below show the average spending of four European government on health per person from 2006 to 2013.

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

Write at least 150 words.

average spending of four European government on health
Keywords: health
Type: line
Tested on:
2025-05-24
  2025-05-24: Chart ReportNo. 25
The table shows the income and expenditure of Brooklyn Hall, the building used to hire in over the period of three years.

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

Write at least 150 words.

income and expenditure of Brooklyn Hall
Keywords: business
Type: table
Tested on:
2025-05-24
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