Exercise # 14 - IELTS Hi there! Could someone help me out with reviewing this writing, please? I would truly aprecciate your comments and suggestions on it. Thanks in advance. The table describes the percentages of children attendance in four secondary schools from 2000 to 2009. Overall, the attendance dramatically dropped in three of the four schools over the period considered, whereas the remaining school steadily increased throughout the same time frame. To begin with, in 2000, Voluntary-Controlled schools displayed the greatest percentages of attendance at just over half of total. In contrast, Specialist and Community schools accounted for the lowest rates at 12% each for that year. However, this situation partially changed over the following next five years. Thus, in 2005, Voluntary-Controlled schools steeply plummeted just around 15% to finally stand at 38%. These schools remained as the first type of the group of schools though its considerable decrease. Specialist schools slightly went down to stay almost constant at 11%. Community schools, on the contrary, gradually rose to nearly triple its original value, at 32%. To conclude, the trends detailed earlier remained almost the same by 2009. Specialist schools fell down to finish at 10%. Then, Grammar and Voluntary-Controlled schools considerably plunged reaching 12% and 20%, respectively. Finally, Community schools significantly rocketed exposing a four-fold jump compared to its initial value by 2000.

Exercise # 13 - IELTS Hello everybody? Could someone check my essay for any mistakes or errors in writing, please? I haven't attached the map because I don't have it on hand. The map outlines the two sites, S1 and S2, where a new shopping mall might be constructed in the city of Brandfield. Overall, the site S1 is located in the northerrn part of the city between the river and the railway, whereas the other site, S2, is placed in the south of Branfield next to the railway and road areas. In both cases, they are fairly near the city centre. As for the site 1, it is in the middle of the Housing Estate and the city centre. Besides, its area seems to be delimited by the intersection of the river, the road and the railway. Being fairly close to the road and the railway could bring great advantages such as having lots of people passing by there. In addition, the river can appeal to the visitors as it could offer a stunning landscape. With regards as the site 2, it is in the opposite direction concerning the first one. Similarly, the road and the railway run over there, so that could report the same benefits as for the site 1. However, this location is characterized by to the closeness to the Industrial Estate. Therefore, this may mean an important source of visitors guaranteed all along the year. To wrap up, both locations exhibit positive aspects that come from their closeness to strategic points in the city of Brandfield despite being proposed in opposite places by the city planners.

Exercise # 12 - IELTS Hello everybody! Could someone check my essay for grammar and spelling, please? I haven't attached the flow chart at this time because I didn't have it on hand. Thanks in advance! The flow chart outlines the different stages involved in the natural gas production and how it is distributed. In brief, what can be seen is the way on which the gas is obtain from several sources, its distinct levels of storage and its distribution to the retail customer. To begin with, there are basically three sources of obtaining gas. Firstly, the gas wells are one of the ways to get it, involving this case in particular, a gas plant. Secondly, the oil wells turn to be another possible form to extract gas. A refinery is mainly utilised in that activity. Thirdly, importing might be another significant input of gas. Whatever is the source used, the gas is next kept in a main underground storage to be then pipelined towards to a regional container on which is saved. Subsequently, the following step refers to the transportation of it by either 40,000 litre tankers trucks or 24,000 litres wagones train. The gas is, thus, storaged in a retail container with a capacity of 120,000 litres. To wrap up, and as for the last stage of the process, the gast kept in the retail storage is next moved to the retail customer by means of 12,000 litre delivery trucks.

Exercise # 11 - IELTS Hello there! Could everyone help me out with correcting this writing, please? I haven't attached the diagram in this case because I haven't on hand. Thank you in advance. The diagram outlines the different stages involved in the production of bricks for the building sector. Overall, the process comprises sevens steps, beginning with the digging up of the clay and culminating with the brick delivery. To begin with, the first stage generates the raw material, by digging up the clay, which is placed onto a metal grid. The clay is broken up into smaller pieces that are transporting next to the subsequent step with the help of a roller. Then, sand and water are added to those pieces to manufacture the brick through either a wire culter or a mould. The following stage consists of putting the bricks into an oven to be dried for a period of 24-48 hrs. Later, dried bricks are located into a kiln to be exposed at two instances of 'cooking'. Firstly, bricks are disposed at a moderate temperature ranging from 200º C to 980º C and then at higher temperatures between 870º C and 1300º C. Next, the bricks are sent to a cooling chamber for 48-72 hrs. Finally, bricks are packaged to be delivered to whom corresponds.

Exercise # 10 - IELTS Hi there! Could you check this essay, please? I haven't attached the graph at this time. Hope my writing is clear and makes sense. Thanks in advance. The line graph illustrates changes in australian teenagers consumption of fast food between 1975 and 2000. Overall, there seems to have been a gradually increase in the amount of pizza and hamburguers consumed over time, although there was a steadily decrease in quantity of fish and chips eaten during the same period of time. In detail, pizza and hamburguers consumption began at around five times eaten per year in 1975, but these times went up differently in the 15-years left. Thereby, the amount of pizza gradually rose to approximately 80% in 1995 and then it stayed constant from that year and onward until the end of the time frame. The quantity of hamburguers increased more quickly and strongly as that of pizza consumption until 1985, but it started to go up at a lower rate from that year to 2000. Therefore, hamburguers consumption sunged 20 times over time considerably overtaking of that of pizza consumption. With regard to the amount of fish and chips, its behavior differed in comparison to the rest of types of fast food. Thus, starting at a figure of 100 times and then it dramatically fell to a bottom at 85% in 1980. Next, it recovered over the folllowing five years to reach a quantity of 95%, but definitely fell back to finish at around 40%. There was a considerable, but erratic decrease of this type of fat food consisting of 60% throughout 25 years.

Exercise # 9 - IELTS Hello everybody! Would you mind helping me with this writing checking for grammar and spelling, please? In case you want to suggest any recommendation, feel free to do it. Thanks in advance. PS: I've attached the graph I've based my essay on. The bar chart displays five destinations where British people emigrated from 2004 to 2007. In brief, Australia was the top five country chosen by British to go, whereas the rest of the countries remained by far behind of it over the time frame considered. In detail, Australia received between approximately 40 and 50 thousand of people from Britain over time, reaching a peak at around 50 thousand of inmigrants by 2006. These figures were considerably greater to those of the others countries. Spain was the only country closer to those quantities of people, although the amount of British inmigrants to this country ranged from 28 to 35 thousand. In contrast, New Zealand and the USA stayed among the countries less prefereable with levels fluctuating between 18 and 23 thousand. On the other hand, British inmigrant seem to have fallen throughout the time frame considered. This is evidenced, for example, in 2007, when there was a clear decrease of people in all of the countries: 9% in Australia, 7% in France, 5% in Spain, 4% in the USA and 2% in New Zealand. However, this pattern didn't remain the same for the rest of the years. For instance, in 2005, the inmigrants slightly dropped in most of the countries, ranging between 5% and 2%, except in France and Spain, which displayed the opposite behaviour, rising 10% and 2%, respectively.