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Cambridge IELTS 19 Academic Writing Test 1 Task 1

You should spend about 20 minutes on this task. Write at least 150 words.
The graph below gives information on the numbers of participants for different activities at one social centre in Melbourne, Australia for the period 2000 to 2020.

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

The line graph illustrates changes in participation in five different social activities in Australia between 2000 and 2020.

Overall, film clubs consistently remained the most popular activity throughout the period. In contrast, table tennis and musical performances experienced notable growth, while amateur dramatics declined significantly.

Film club attendance fluctuated slightly, beginning at approximately 65 participants in 2000, falling to around 60 in 2010, and then rising to nearly 68 by 2020. Martial arts also showed moderate variation, ranging between 30 and 40 participants. Although it was the second most popular activity in 2000, it was overtaken by table tennis by 2015 and ranked third in 2020.

Musical performances saw a marked increase, rising from virtually no participants in 2005 to about 20 by 2020. However, table tennis recorded the most substantial growth overall, climbing from fewer than 20 participants in 2000 to almost triple that figure in 2020. By contrast, amateur dramatics experienced a steady decline, dropping sharply from around 25 participants to just 5 over the same period.

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  • SHOAIB Gujjar 4 days ago

    Band Score 5.5The line graph illustrates the statistics of people who participated in various activities at social center in Melbourne, Australia between 2000 and 2020. Overall, the figures of participants are in growth for table tennis and musical performances by sound rate, in contradiction the rates are in decline for amateur dramatics. On the other side the rates are overall constant with minimal fluctuation towards increment. Highest amount of people take part in film club activity, the numbers overall remain between the range of 60 and 70 throughout whole duration, as well as same constant effect is on numbers of individuals who participated for Martial arts, although for this activity the participants are between 30 and 40.Initially the participants were in 20 to 30 range for Amateur dramatics but after a minimal increment till 2005 they are in decline steadily. In case of table tennis the figures initiated between 10 and 20, there is a bit fluctuation till 2010 before a sharp increment in 50 and 60 range. Finally the participant numbers for Musical performances remain zero till 2005 and then increased gradually to range of 10 and 20.

  • Gurung Biraj 6 days ago

    Band Score 4The line graphic illustrate how many people are participated in five different activities at one social centre Melbourne,Australia between 2000 to 2020. The five activities are film club,martial arts,amateur dramatics table tennis,musical performances.Overall,between 2000 to 2020 film club has remain highest activities throughout the years.In other hand musical performance has lowest activities in 2005 and on 2020 it has slightly increase it,s activities by 0 to 15 .it is also a good performance.the martials arts has maintain its good position throughout the period between 30 to 40. Nowadays people loves to play table tennis . They participate in game the paly they enjoy .over the between 200 to 2010 it has maintain balance between 10 to 20 in overall the between 2015 to 2020 it's popularity has increase drastically by 20 to 65. From the image amateur dramatics has most lowest activities on 2020.in 2000 it has 26 participant but in 2020 it's has significantly decrease by 2 participant.

  • Khánhh Hàa 2 weeks ago

    Band Score 6The line graphs compares the number of partipants in five activities at a social centre in Melbourne between 2000 and 2020.Overall, film club attracted the highest number of participants throughtout the period.Additionally,while table tennis and musical performances experienced upward trends, amateur dramatics saw a significant decline.In term of the most popular activities, the film club began with around 64 participants in 2000,experienced a slight dip to under 60 in 2010,before recovering to peak at approximately 65 by 2020.Table tennis figures showed a dramatic increase,starting at 16 participants in 2000, the number climbed gradually until 2015,before surging sharply to reach over until 2005,after which the figures peaked at 20 in 2010 and stabilized at around 17 by the end of the period.Looking at remaining activities,the number of participants in martial arts fluctuated moderately between 30 and 37 over 20 years,showing a relatively stable trend.Conversely,amateur dramatics witnessed a steady and sharp decrease,plunging from 26 participants in 2000 to an all time low of only 5 by 2020

  • Khánhh Hàa 2 weeks ago

    Band Score 6.5The line graph illustrates how many people participated in five different activities at a social centre in Melbourne, Australia, between 2000 and 2020.Overall, the film club was consistently the most popular choice throughout the entire period. Table tennis and musical performances experienced an upward trend in participation, whereas amateur dramatics saw a dramatic decline.In 2000, the film club had the highest attendance with approximately 64 participants. Despite a slight dip to 58 in 2010, it recovered to finish at 63 by 2020. Martial arts started as the second most popular activity with 36 participants in 2000, fluctuating slightly before stabilizing at just over 30 participants from 2015 onwards. Meanwhile, table tennis began with only 15 members in 2000 but experienced significant growth after 2010, surging rapidly to reach 50 participants by the end of the period.In contrast, amateur dramatics witnessed a steady and severe drop in popularity. It started with 26 participants in 2000, but this figure plunged continuously over the 20-year timeframe, reaching nearly zero by 2020. Musical performances, which did not attract any participants in 2000, began in 2005 with 5 people. This figure grew marginally over the next fifteen years, plateauing at around 13 participants by 2020.

  • さん田村 2 weeks ago

    Band Score 6The graph illustrates information on the numbers of participants for different activities at one social centre in Melbourne, Australia during the period between 2000 and 2020. Overall, all of the categories showed an upward trend with the exception of amateur dramatics. Notably, the number of table tennis increased sharply, whereas the number of amateur dramatics declined steadily over the period. The number of tennis was at around 18 in 2000, which was the second lowest number among five categories. It increased steadily and grew significantly from 2010 at around 20 to 2020, overtaking amateur dramatics and martial arts between 2010 and 2015. It finally reached approximately 52 in 2020. Similarly, musical performances also increased. Although Nobody initially attend to the club until 2005, the number of the club grew steadily from 10 in 2010 to around 19 in 2020. On the other hand, amateur dramatics in initially increased from 28 in 2000 to 29 in 2005. It then decreased significantly, finally reaching around 5 in 2020. Film club and martial arts remained unchanged during the period. It stood at around 62 and 38, respectively. It then fluctuated over the period.

  • Αλέξανδρος Μάτα 3 weeks ago

    Band Score 5.5The graph below show us five activities in a social center from 2000 until 2020 in the city of Australia, Melbourne. Huge increase is being notice to table tennis and musical performances, although the number of participants are not much. Similar and steady route has been to film club and martial arts although the number of participants is different with many of them belonging to film club. Another activity that has a huge decrease was amateur dramatics, is being written that from 2005 started to have less and less participants. To sum up, the number of the participants in the social center has been an increase to most of the activities, except amateur dramatics.

  • Geerthana200513 3 weeks ago

    Band Score 5.5The line graph illustrates about the information on how many numbers of participants in five various activities at one social centre in Melbourne, Australia for the period 2000 t0 2020. That five various activities are Film club, Martial arts, Amateur dramatics, Table tennis, and Musical performance. Overall, over the years, most of the participants are involved in the activities are Table tennis and Musical performance, While at the same time less of the participants involved in the activity is Amateur dramatics. Being fluctuated in the activities are Film club and Martial arts in levelled off. Another striking point is Film club kept its position is most of the year. Looking at the details, in 2000, Table tennis 15 participants in the club for it. Then after 10 years, increased in 40 participants in the club. Film club is at the starting year 65 participants in the club. After 10 years, fluctuating in the participants numbers and then last year at the beginning amounts is levelled off. In 2005, the activity of Musical performance was introduced and over the 15 years steadily increased in 15 participants. The number of Amateur dramatics in at the beginning 25 participants then after 15 years decreased in 25 participants.

  • Geerthana200513 3 weeks ago

    Band Score 6The line graph illustrates the number of participants in five different activities at one social centre in Melbourne, Australia for the period 2000 to 2020. That five various activities are Film club, Martial arts, Amateur dramatics, Table tennis, and Musical performance. Overall, over the years, most of the participants involved in the activities are Table tennis and Musical performance, while at the same time Amateur dramatics lost in the public. Being fluctuating the two types of activities which are Martial arts and Film club levelled off. The film club kept its position as the most popular. Looking at the details of table tennis in 2000, the were about 15 participants in the club for it. In the next 10 years, it's attracted 5 members.In 2005 the activity on musical performance introduced and over the 15 years it saw a steady increase on the number of participants about 20 in the last year. Regarding the next two activities, film club and martial arts saw fluctuations, but without any changes in the overall position. The number of participants of Amateur dramatics was about 25 and it saw steady decrease then by 10.

  • Kalajo5178 3 weeks ago

    Band Score 6The given graph provides information about the amount of people taking part on five different activities; film club, martial arts, amateur dramatics, table tennis and musical performances at one social center in Melbourne, Australia between year 2000 and 2020. Overall, we can clearly observe that form the chart that the most popular activity at the social center was film club for entire time whereas the least favorite activity was musical performances which was non existent in beginning year but later showed some growth. In the year 2000, number of participants in film club as around 65, which remained almost similar throughout the year hovering between 60-70 people. Number of people that were involved in amateur dramatics and table tennis was around 25 and 16 respectively in the year 2000 which reached around 20 people for both activities in the year 2010, but after that the figure for table tennis experienced exponential growth reaching around 52 in 2020 whereas the people's interest declined for amateur dramatics reaching around 10 people. For martial arts, the number of participants was around 35 in year 2000, it showed some fluctuation but remained similar. There was no people participating in musical performance in year 2000 and 2005 but it had a dramatic growth reaching 20 people in the year 2020.

  • TriDungx Nguyeen 4 weeks ago

    Band Score 5.5The line graph below displays information regarding the numbers of participants for five seperate activities at a social centre in Melbourne, Australia between 2000 to 2020. Overall, the number of participants fluctuates over the course of the period. With the film club accounting for the major sum of participants, while other activities attracting fewer participants with minor ups and downs. In the first five years, participation for all activities stays relatively stable, with only the figure for Musical performances being zero. The trend remains the same up to 2010 for Film, Martial arts and Table tennis .Whereas the Musical performances being the only exception to witness a gradual rise, and Amateur dramatics suffers a significant drop in participants. From 2010 onwards, Table tennis rise exponentially, eventually peaking at around 60 participants. Participation for the Film club, Martial arts remains quite unchanged. In contrast, Amateur dramatics experience an unprecedented fall, with participation hitting an all time low at just only 10 participants in 2020

  • Lương Trần 1 month ago

    Band Score 6.5The line graph compares the number of people who participated in five different activities at a social centre in Melbourne, Australia, between 2000 and 2020. Overall, the film club remained the most popular activity throughout the period. In contrast, amateur dramatics experienced a significant decline and became the least popular by 2020. Meanwhile, table tennis saw the most dramatic growth, whereas musical performances attracted participants only from 2010 onwards. In 2000, the film club had approximately 64 participants, and although this figure fell slightly to 60 in 2010, it recovered steadily to reach around 66 by 2020. Participation in martial arts fluctuated only moderately, decreasing from about 36 in 2000 to 32 in 2005 before rising to 38 in 2010. It then remained relatively stable at around 35–36 participants over the following decade. By contrast, amateur dramatics showed a continuous downward trend. After increasing marginally from 25 to 28 participants between 2000 and 2005, the number fell sharply to just 6 by the end of the period. Table tennis followed the opposite pattern, climbing gradually from 16 participants in 2000 to 20 in 2010 before rising rapidly to approximately 54 in 2020, making it the second most popular activity. Musical performances had no participants until 2005 but gained popularity thereafter, increasing steadily to around 18 participants by 2020.

  • maksalmina mr 1 month ago

    Band Score 6The line graph depicts the data about the number of visitors for five different activities at the social hub in Melbourne, Australia, between 2000 and 2020. The event consists of film club, martial arts, amateur dramatics, table tennis, and musical performances. Overall, the film club activity remained the most visited event over the period, while others were witnessing fluctuation and a significant rise in amateur dramatics visitior in the end of period. By 2000, approximately 65 people were visiting the film club event, making it the most popular of all other activities. It fluctuated in the period, making it around 60 people by 2010 and ended above 65 visitors by 2020. The martial arts visitors are about 35 people by 2000 and remain the same at the end of 2020. Meanwhile, the table tennis experienced a slight increased in visitors, starting with 26 people in 2000 and rising to just above 50 people by 2020, making it the second most visited event. On the other hand, the least participated activity is amateur dramatics with only 5 participants at the end of period.

  • LALITH KISHORE R 1 month ago

    Band Score 6The line graph shows the number of participants who took part in various activities at one social centre in Melbourne, Australia, for the period 2000 to 2020. It is seen that the greatest number of participants chose the film club and table tennis in the year 2020. Amateur dramatics and musical performaces were the less popular activity followed by Martial arts. The film club had 64 participants in 2000 and saw a dip in 2010 with 60 participants and, in 2020 it rose back to 65. The martial arts were of interest to 36 participants in 2000 and it remained the same in 2020. On one hand, amatuer dramatics drew a crowd of 26 people in 2000 and saw a sharp decline to 8 participants in 2020. On the other hand, table tennis which initially had 15 participants in 2000 saw a sharp rise to 52 participants in 2020. It is also to be noted that musical performances saw a steep rise from nil to 12 participants in 2010 and has been on forward momentum gaining 19 participants in 2020.

  • Mahiyasvahora 1 month ago

    Band Score 5.5The line graph compared the data about number of people who participated in 5 activities in one social centre in Australia and Melbourne from year 2000 to 2020. The scale is in numbers. Overall, it can be observed that most of the individuals have participated in activity film club during all years which remained same throughout the year. There are lot of fluctuation in number of participants throughout the period in all activity except, film club. To initiate with, number of participants in Table tennis around 20 people have taken part in the year 2000. subsequently, there was slightly change in the number of tennis participants which was exact 20 in the year 2005. In the year 2010 number of participants fallen which was almost equal to 20. In contrast, there was significant increase in the number of Table tennis participants which is double than previous 5 years. Furthermore, the number of part taker in 2020 was 50 which is less than the number of people in 2015. To add further, number of Amateur dramatics participant in there was a negative change in number which was 25,28 in 2000 and 2005 respectively. However, there was a dramatic decrease in participants which was 20 in 2010. Later, it was reduced to 15 and 5 respectively. Additionally, there were a lot of fluctuation in martial art participants. Whereas, participants of film club remained stable throughout the period.

  • Mahiyasvahora 1 month ago

    Band Score 5.5The line graph compared the data about number of people who participated in 5 activities in one social centre in Australia and Melbourne from year 2000 to 2020. The scale is in numbers. Overall, it can be observed that most of the individuals have participated in activity film club during all years which remained same throughout the year. There are lot of fluctuation in number of participants throughout the period in all activity except, film club. To initiate with, number of participants in Table tennis around 20 people have taken part in the year 2000. subsequently, there was slightly change in the number of tennis participants which was exact 20 in the year 2005. In the year 2010 number of participants fallen which was almost equal to 20. In contrast, there was significant increase in the number of Table tennis participants which is double than previous 5 years. Furthermore, the number of part taker in 2020 was 50 which is less than the number of people in 2015. To add further, number of Amateur dramatics participant in there was a negative change in number which was 25,28 in 2000 and 2005 respectively. However, there was a dramatic decrease in participants which was 20 in 2010. Later, it was reduced to 15 and 5 respectively. Additionally, there were a lot of fluctuation in martial art participants. Whereas, participants of film club remained stable throughout the period.

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