The table below gives information about changes in modes of travel in England between 1985 and 2000.
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Average distance in miles travelled per person per year, by mode of travel
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Here's my full sample answer. We'll analyse it next week.
The chart shows average distances that people in England travelled using different forms of transport in the years 1985 and 2000.
It is clear that the total number of miles travelled by English people using all modes of transport increased significantly between 1985 and 2000. The car was by far the most used form of transport in both years.
In 1985, the average person travelled 3,199 miles by car, and this rose to 4,806 miles in the year 2000. The figures for miles travelled by train, long distance bus, taxi and other modes also increased from 1985 to 2000. Travel by taxi saw the most significant change, with more than a threefold increase from 13 miles per person per year in 1985 to 42 miles in 2000.
There was a fall in the average distances for three forms of transport, namely walking, bicycle and local bus. In 1985, English people walked an average of 255 miles, but this figure fell by 18 miles in 2000. Bicycle use fell from 51 to 41 miles over the period shown, while the biggest downward change was in the use of local buses, with average miles per person falling from 429 to 274 over the 15-year period.
Hi Simon,
Is it correct if I begin 1st sentence in the 2nd paragraph with ''As can be seen'' in stead of ''It is cleared that''?
And thanks for the full writings.
Posted by: Sajan | October 17, 2019 at 17:18
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Posted by: Da Nang | October 18, 2019 at 02:03
Hi Simon, why it is "Travel by taxi saw the most significant change"? 42 is about 3 times of 13 but only increased 29 miles, while "other" raised 135 miles?
Thanks!
Posted by: Tra | October 18, 2019 at 04:14
https://www.google.com/search?tbo=p&tbm=bks&q=%22biggest+downward+movement%22&num=10
Posted by: Da Nang | October 18, 2019 at 06:06
https://www.google.com/search?tbo=p&tbm=bks&q=%22biggest+downward+movement%22&num=10
Posted by: Da Nang | October 18, 2019 at 06:06
is it fine not tho mention the decreased transportation mode in overview while still putting it to the paragraph? I always follow simon's way of writing according to this https://ielts-simon.com/ielts-help-and-english-pr/2018/09/ielts-writing-task-1-super-cohesion.html#comments
Posted by: heidi | October 18, 2019 at 07:23
sorry I mean "not to mention"
Posted by: heidi | October 18, 2019 at 07:24
Hi Simon! Can we use "means of transport" to replace "forms of transport" ?
Thanks your help 😊
Posted by: Vy | October 18, 2019 at 08:20
Vy
https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=means+of+transport%2C+form+of+transport%2C+mode+of+transport&case_insensitive=on&year_start=1960&year_end=2008&corpus=15&smoothing=3&share=&direct_url=t4%3B%2Cmeans%20of%20transport%3B%2Cc0%3B%2Cs0%3B%3Bmeans%20of%20transport%3B%2Cc0%3B%3BMeans%20of%20transport%3B%2Cc0%3B%3BMeans%20of%20Transport%3B%2Cc0%3B.t1%3B%2Cform%20of%20transport%3B%2Cc0%3B.t4%3B%2Cmode%20of%20transport%3B%2Cc0%3B%2Cs0%3B%3Bmode%20of%20transport%3B%2Cc0%3B%3BMode%20of%20Transport%3B%2Cc0%3B%3BMode%20of%20transport%3B%2Cc0%3B%3BMODE%20OF%20TRANSPORT%3B%2Cc0
Posted by: Wanda | October 18, 2019 at 17:46
Wanda!
Thanks so much
Posted by: Vy | October 19, 2019 at 08:58
Hi Simon,
"The chart shows average distances..."
I looked up the word DISTANCE and found it uncountable none, was it right to use the plural form?
Posted by: Soo | November 28, 2019 at 05:52
Thanks for being with us🙏
Posted by: Ac | January 04, 2020 at 09:37
Soo,
'Distance' is sometimes countable.
Posted by: Simon | January 10, 2020 at 15:50
Hi Simon
Is it important to keep the word limit? this sample has 203 words. Is it ok for the exam?
Thank you very much
Posted by: Pegah | March 25, 2020 at 15:09