IELTS graph 274 - Telephone calls in Denmark from 1995-2004
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IELTS Academic Writing Task 1/ Graph Writing - Line Graph:
You should spend about 20 minutes on this task.
The chart below shows the total volume of telephone calls (in million minutes) in Denmark, divided into three categories, from 1995- 2004.
Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
You should write at least 150 words.
Sample Answer:
The line graph compares the duration of national landline, international landline and cell phone calls made by citizens of Denmark between 1995 and 2004. Generally speaking, use of mobile phones by Danes increased remarkably after mid-2000 while the use of national fixed lines declined steeply after 2001.
As the diagram suggests, national landline calls made by Danes accounted for almost 12 million minutes in 1995 at which point Danes dialled about 6 million minutes of international calls and less than one million minutes' call using mobile phones. The duration of conversation made by mobile phones gradually grew till the mid-2000, after which it skyrocketed till the mid-2004. Danes made more than 2 million minutes' mobile calls during 2000 while it soared to approximately 12 million minutes in the mid-2004. Interestingly, the popularity of mobile phones cut the duration of calls made by the national fixed lines but the use of landlines for international calls slowly rose over the time. During 2004, more than 7 million minutes of international call were made by Danes which was one million higher than that of 1995 using fixed lines. Finally, local landline calls went as high as 15 million minutes in the mid-2001 but after a steady decline it went down as low as 8 million minutes in 2004.
Overall, it is observed that the duration of national landline usage is the longest over the given period. However, mobile phone calls saw the most noticeable increase throughout the years. More specific information will be summarized below.
As the diagram suggests, people across Denmark spent 12 million minutes in 1995 to make calls within the country. This figure is exactly twice as much as that of international calls, and more than ten times than that of mobile usage in the same year. As time passed by, both international landline and mobile phone saw a rise in call duration. International call increased steadily each year to become approximately 7 million minutes by 2004, which means the figure went up by about one-seventh compared with that of nine years ago. Mobile phone calls soared to 3 million minutes in 2000 before skyrocketing four-fold four years later.
Regarding national calls, the figure reached its highest point of 16 million minutes in 2000 and remained at that point for a year before decreasing steeply to 8 million in 2004, exactly one million more than international ones and 4 million less than mobile ones (also in the year 2004). Another look at the graph suggests that the combined call durations in 2004 and 2001 were the largest, approximately 27 million minutes in total for both years.
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