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IELTS Academic Task 1: Line Graph — Culture & media
Original practice prompt written in exam style — not a real exam question, and not a prediction.
The graph below shows the average number of cinema visits per person per year in two countries between 1980 and 2020. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant. The data is as follows (visits per person per year). United States: 4.5 in 1980, 4.2 in 1990, 4.6 in 2000, 4.0 in 2010 and 0.9 in 2020. United Kingdom: 3.2 in 1980, 2.0 in 1990, 3.0 in 2000, 3.4 in 2010 and 1.5 in 2020. The US figure was higher than the UK figure in every year except 2020, when both countries saw a sharp fall; the UK's lowest point before 2020 came in 1990, after which its figure recovered steadily until 2010.
Examiner focus: Long stability, one British dip and recovery, then a collapse in both countries in the final year — the overview must separate the long trend from the 2020 shock.
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