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The tables show the number of people cycling to work in 12 areas of the UK in 2001 and 2011. Overall, the number of cycling commuters rose considerably over this period. Inner London had the highest number in both years and saw the largest increase at 144%. Brighton and Hove saw the second largest rise at 109%, while Bristol had the second highest total numbers in 2011. The increases in other areas were generally below 10,000.

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Sample Tables

The tables show the number of people cycling to work in 12 areas of the UK in 2001 and 2011. Overall, the number of cycling commuters rose considerably over this period. Inner London had the highest number in both years and saw the largest increase at 144%. Brighton and Hove saw the second largest rise at 109%, while Bristol had the second highest total numbers in 2011. The increases in other areas were generally below 10,000.

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SAMPLE TABLES

The tables below give information about sales of Fairtrade*-labelled coffee and
bananas in 1999 and 2004 in five European countries.

*Fairtrade: a category of products for which farmers from developing countries have been paid an officially agreed fair price.

The tables show the amount of money spent on Fairtrade coffee and bananas in two
separate years in the UK, Switzerland, Denmark, Belgium and Sweden.
It is clear that sales of Fairtrade coffee rose in all five European countries from 1999 to
2004, but sales of Fairtrade bananas only went up in three out of the five countries.
Overall, the UK saw by far the highest levels of spending on the two products.
In 1999, Switzerland had the highest sales of Fairtrade coffee, at 3 million, while
revenue from Fairtrade bananas was highest in the UK, at 15 million. By 2004,
however, sales of Fairtrade coffee in the UK had risen to 20 million, and this was over
three times higher than Switzerlands sales figure for Fairtrade coffee in that year. The
year 2004 also saw dramatic increases in the money spent on Fairtrade bananas in the
UK and Switzerland, with revenues rising by 32 million and 4.5 million respectively.
Sales of the two Fairtrade products were far lower in Denmark, Belgium and Sweden.
Small increases in sales of Fairtrade coffee can be seen, but revenue remained at 2
million or below in all three countries in both years. Finally, it is noticeable that the
money spent on Fairtrade bananas actually fell in Belgium and Sweden.
The table below shows the amount of waste production (in millions of tonnes) in
six different countries over a twenty-year period.

The chart compares the amounts of waste that were produced in six countries in the
years 1980, 1990 and 2000.
In each of these years, the US produced more waste than Ireland, Japan, Korea,
Poland and Portugal combined. It is also noticeable that Korea was the only country that
managed to reduce its waste output by the year 2000.
Between 1980 and 2000, waste production in the US rose from 131 to 192 million
tonnes, and rising trends were also seen in Japan, Poland and Portugal. Japans waste
output increased from 28 to 53 million tonnes, while Poland and Portugal saw waste
totals increase from 4 to 6.6 and from 2 to 5 million tonnes respectively.
The trends for Ireland and Korea were noticeably different from those described above.
In Ireland, waste production increased more than eightfold, from only 0.6 million tonnes
in 1980 to 5 million tonnes in 2000. Korea, by contrast, cut its waste output by 12 million
tonnes between 1990 and 2000.
The table below shows changes in the numbers of residents cycling to work in
different areas of the UK between 2001 and 2011.

The table compares the numbers of people who cycled to work in twelve areas of
the UK in the years 2001 and 2011.
Overall, the number of UK commuters who travelled to work by bicycle rose
considerably over the 10-year period. Inner London had by far the highest number of
cycling commuters in both years.
In 2001, well over 43 thousand residents of inner London commuted by bicycle, and
this figure rose to more than 106 thousand in 2011, an increase of 144%. By
contrast, although outer London had the second highest number of cycling
commuters in each year, the percentage change, at only 45%, was the lowest of the
twelve areas shown in the table.
Brighton and Hove saw the second biggest increase (109%) in the number of
residents cycling to work, but Bristol was the UKs second city in terms of total
numbers of cycling commuters, with 8,108 in 2001 and 15,768 in 2011. Figures for
the other eight areas were below the 10 thousand mark in both years.
IELTS Writing Task 1: the details
After describing the main features or general trends shown on a graph or chart, we
need to describe specific details. It's important to include some numbers and make
some comparisons.

Whenever a chart shows years, I describe the details starting with the first year and the
highest figure(s). Here's an example paragraph about the year 2006:
In 2006, 100% of mobile phone owners used their phones to make calls, while the next
most popular uses of mobiles were for text messaging (73%) and taking photos (66%).
By contrast, less than a fifth of owners played games or music on their phones, and
there were no figures for users doing Internet searches or recording video.

The table compares the percentages of people using different functions of their mobile
phones between 2006 and 2010.
Throughout the period shown, the main reason why people used their mobile phones
was to make calls. However, there was a marked increase in the popularity of other
mobile phone features, particularly the Internet search feature.
In 2006, 100% of mobile phone owners used their phones to make calls, while the next
most popular functions were text messaging (73%) and taking photos (66%). By
contrast, less than 20% of owners played games or music on their phones, and there
were no figures for users doing Internet searches or recording video.
Over the following 4 years, there was relatively little change in the figures for the top
three mobile phone features. However, the percentage of people using their phones to
access the Internet jumped to 41% in 2008 and then to 73% in 2010. There was also a
significant rise in the use of mobiles to play games and to record video, with figures
reaching 41% and 35% respectively in 2010.

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