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IELTS
 JOURNAL 
 
90 
Sample Answer 43
The chart shows ways that schoolchildren get to school in three different countries 
The chart presents information about how pupils in three different countries travel to 
school, separated into 6 different categories. 
For the United States and the United Kingdom, the majority of students travel by car 
to school, with figures of 40% and 39% respectively. In Australia only a quarter of 
students use this mode of transport. 
The school bus is the most common method of getting to school in Australia; in the 
USA the number is only slightly behind those travelling by car. Less than a quarter use 
the school bus in the UK. Almost four times as many Australian students walked to 
school compared to the USA, with the UK being closer to Australia at 15%. 
The remaining three categories showed only slight differences between the 
countries, with public transport being followed by cycling, and finally a category 
marked as 'other', which represents only about one twentieth of the total in each 
country. 
Overall, there are differences between the countries, but the school bus and cars 
represent the most common ways for students to travel to school. 
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IELTS
 JOURNAL 
 
91 
Sample Answer 44 
The table shows the percentage of people with mobile phones who use
various features on their phone 
The table illustrates the various functions available on mobile phones, showing the 
percent of users that take advantage of these capabilities over three different years. 
The most striking point is that with the exception of a slight fall in 2010, all owners 
use their mobile phone to telephone people. The second most common use is for 
text messaging, which steadily increased from just under three quarter of all users in 
2006 to nearly four fifths of users in 2010. 
Using the phone as a camera increased by 5 percent each year, rising to a peak of 
76% in 2010. Playing games on the phone increased dramatically between 2006 and 
2008, but then fell slightly in 2010 to end at 41%. 
The largest increase in the table is between 2008 and 2010 for those browsing the 
internet, but no data is given for 2006. Video and music use also increased, with 
video overtaking music in 2010. 
In total, the functions used on mobiles all increased over the years with the exception 
of games and making calls.