IELTS Cambridge Book 15 Academic Writing Practice Test 04

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IELTS 15 Academic Writing Practice Test 4, Task 1

You should spend about 20 minutes on this task.

The chart below shows what Anthropology graduates from one university did after finishing their undergraduate degree course. The table shows the salaries of the anthropologists in work after five years.

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

Write at least 150 words.

Destination of Anthropology graduates (from one university)

Sample Writing Answer Task 1:

This is an answer written by a candidate who achieved a Band 6.0 score.

The chart demonstrates what Anthropology graduates from one university did after finishing their undergraduate degree course. The table indicates the salaries of the anthropologists in work after 5 years.

As we can see from the pie chart, majority of Anthropology graduates are employed. Fifty-two percent of them have a full-time job. Almost twenty per cent of graduates have either a part-time work or it is combined with post grad study. Eight percent of students continue their full-time education. Only twelve percent of graduates are unemployed. The information about all the rest graduates is unknown.

Thus, most of Anthropology graduates have a job. Half of those who work in Government sector earn more than a hundred thousand dollars. It is less than proportion of freelance concultantants who get the same amount of money. Besides, it is only one-third of those who work for private companies. We can see nearly the same percentage of those who get from fifty thousand dollars to ninty-nine thousand dollars as freelance consultants and in government sector. The situation is different in private companies. More of them get from fifty thousand to seventy-four thousand dollars than from seventy-five to ninety-nine thousand dollars. The proportion of those who work for private companies for from twenty-five thousand to forty-nine thousand dollars is half bigger than the same one in government sector and as freelancers.

So, the chart and the table show us that most of Anthropology graduates are employed and a salary more than twenty-five thousand dollars after five year’s work.

Examiner’s comment:

The candidate has described all the key features and has supported these with relevant figures. There is some comparison of the figures in both the chart and the table. Information is presented coherently and there is a clear overall progression (introduction, description of the pie chart information, description of the information in the table and conclusion).

Some cohesive devices are used to organise the description [As we can see | Thus | Besides | So]. The range of vocabulary is adequate for the task [combined with | earn | proportion of | freelancers], but there are some errors [all the rest graduates / all the rest of the graduates | It is less / more than (the) proportion of freelance … same amount of money | concultantants consultants | ninty I ninety | half bigger than / twice as big as]. There is a mix of simple and complex sentence structures, with some errors [(the) majority | a part-time work all the rest (of the) graduates | in (the) Government sector].

IELTS 15 Academic Writing Practice Test 4, Task 2

You should spend about 40 minutes on this task.

Write about the following topic:

In some cultures, children are often told that they can achieve anything if they try hard enough.

What are the advantages and disadvantages of giving children this message?

Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.

Write at least 250 words.

Sample Writing Answer Task 2:

This is an answer written by a candidate who achieved a Band 6.5 score.

Is it right to tell children they can achieve anything by trying hard?

In some cultures, children are often told that they can achieve anything if they try hard enough. Giving this message to them can produce several effects on each child.

In the social point of view, telling this to children is very important because we are motivating the child not to give up. We are making him to try hard, to make an effort, to read between lines and at the end of that long path achieve their objectives. Telling that they can achieve anything it they try hard enough, we are saying in other words that things are not so simple or easy but they are not imposible, is all about working hard and doing our best.

Sometimes this is not helpfull because we not always achieve our dreams or goals but it does not mean we did not try hard, it was just because another person deserve it more than us. So, although we try hard, there are other factors playing a role in our path.

In the economic point of view, if our objectives demand a lot of money, we are again in the same situation, although we work hard, it would be difficult to achieve it.

To sum up, we are teaching to children how life works, it demands hard work, effort, dedication, time doing things we don’t like, studying and attitude. And at the end, if you have done all these things but you still did not achieve your goal, you will be happy anyway because you did your best.

Examiner’s comment:

This candidate has presented some ideas on both sides of the topic, though there is room for further development. Ideas are logically organised and there is a clear progression throughout. Cohesive devices, including reference and substitution, are generally well managed [this message | In / From the social point of view I telling this to children | the same situation | To sum up]. The range of vocabulary is wide enough to show some variety, some less common items and collocations [motivating | give up | try hard | make an effort | achieve their objectives | dedication] and there are few spelling errors.

There is a mix of simple and complex sentence structures, some of which are accurate [we are saying … that things are not so … easy but they are not imposible | we are teaching … children how life works | if you have done all these things but you still did not achieve your goal, you will be happy anyway because you did your best]. Others contain errors [making him to try hard I making him try hard | is all about working hard I it is all about working hard | we not always achieve / we do not always achieve | another person deserve I another person deserved], but the meaning is still clear.