Task 1 Sample Questions and Band 9 Model Answers For more information and help with your IELTS test visit- IELTSAdvantage.com The graph above shows the stock price of four technology companies between 2011 and 2016. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The graph shown is a bar graph representing the

stock

prices of 4 companies namely, Facebook, Google, Apple and Yahoo through the

rears

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years

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2011 to 2016. Both Facebook and Yahoo have approximately similar

stock

values of approximately 7,000 in the

year

2011.

However

, the

stock

value

of Facebook increased steadily to about 20,000,

while

in contrast

, the

stock

value

of Yahoo decreased steadily

with

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every

year

to about 2,000 in 2016. Apple started off with a

stock

value

of approximately 4,900 in the

year

2011.

This

stock

value

increased exponentially to more than 30,000 in the following

year

. In 2013,

however

, the

stock

value

of Apple plummeted to a mere 5,500 and in 2014 the

stock

value

went up to

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11,000 and kept fluctuating to a final

value

of approximately 5,100 in the

year

2016. The

stock

value

of Google,

in contrast

to the other 3 companies remained almost constant from 2011 to 2016 with a

stock

value

of approximately 1,000.