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IELTS Academic Task 1: Table — Transport & cities
Original practice prompt written in exam style — not a real exam question, and not a prediction.
The table below shows the average time, in minutes, of a journey to work in three cities, by four means of transport. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant. The data is as follows (average commute in minutes). London: 62 by car, 48 by train, 55 by bus and 28 by bicycle. New York: 55 by car, 45 by subway, 50 by bus and 25 by bicycle. Tokyo: 50 by car, 42 by train, 45 by bus and 22 by bicycle. In all three cities the car is the slowest way to commute and the bicycle the fastest; London has the longest journey times for every mode except cycling, where it is also the slowest of the three.
Examiner focus: One ranking repeats in every city (car slowest, bicycle fastest) — state it once, then compare the cities' overall levels.
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