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IELTS
 JOURNAL 
 
73 
Sample Answer 26 
The line graph below shows changes in the amount and type of fast food consumed by Australian 
teenagers from 1975 to 2000 
 
The line graph illustrates the amount of fast food consumed by teenagers in Australia 
between 1975 and 2000, a period of 25 years.
Overall, the consumption of fish and chips declined over the period, whereas the 
amount of pizza and hamburgers that were eaten increased.
In 1975, the most popular fast food with Australian teenagers was fish and chips, 
being eaten 100 times a year. This was far higher than Pizza and hamburgers, which 
were consumed approximately 5 times a year. However, apart from a brief rise again 
from 1980 to 1985, the consumption of fish and chips gradually declined over the 25 
year timescale to finish at just under 40 times per year.
In sharp contrast to this, teenagers ate the other two fast foods at much higher 
levels. Pizza consumption increased gradually until it overtook the consumption of 
fish and chips in 1990. It then leveled off from 1995 to 2000. The biggest rise was 
seen in hamburgers, increasing sharply throughout the 1970’s and 1980’s, exceeding 
fish and chips consumption in 1985. It finished at the same level that fish and chips 
began, with consumption at 100 times a year.
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IELTS
 JOURNAL 
 
74 
Sample Answer 27 
The pie chart shows the amount of money that a children's charity
located in the USA spent and received in one year 
The pie charts show the amount of revenue and expenditures over a year of a 
children’s charity in the USA. Overall, it can be seen that donated food accounted for 
the majority of the income, while program services accounted for the most 
expenditure. Total revenue sources just exceeded outgoings.
In detail, donated food provided most of the revenue for the charity, at 86%. 
Similarly, with regard to expenditures, one category, program services, accounted for 
nearly all of the outgoings, at 95.8%.
The other categories were much smaller. Community contributions, which were the 
second largest revenue source, brought in 10.4% of overall income, and this was 
followed by program revenue, at 2.2%. Investment income, government grants, and 
other income were very small sources of revenue, accounting for only 0.8% 
combined.
There were only two other expenditure items, fundraising and management and 
general, accounting for 2.6% and 1.6% respectively. The total amount of income was 
$53,561,580, which was just enough to cover the expenditures of $53,224,896.