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IELTS Academic Task 1: Line Graph — Housing & money
Original practice prompt written in exam style — not a real exam question, and not a prediction.
The graph below shows average house prices in three cities between 1990 and 2020. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant. The data is as follows (prices in thousands of US dollars). In 1990, New York was the most expensive of the three at $150,000, ahead of London ($120,000) and Sydney ($110,000). By 2000 the figures were $210,000, $180,000 and $190,000 respectively. In 2010, Sydney ($350,000) had moved ahead of New York ($320,000) and London ($290,000). By 2020, Sydney remained the most expensive at $520,000, followed by London at $480,000 and New York at $450,000. Prices in all three cities rose in every decade shown.
Examiner focus: All three lines rise throughout — the comparison that matters is the change of ranking, with Sydney overtaking the other two.
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