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TIP:
To increase your Task 1 essay word count:
Write out numbers and percentages:
9% = one word
nine percent = two words
Write out country names:
the US = two words
the United States = three words

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Question 7:
 
Sample Answer:
The line graph shows the GDP growth in percentage of the United States, Japan and other
Asian countries during a seven-year period beginning in 1996 and ending in 2002. 
Overall, it is clear that the United States GDP growth figures fluctuated but remained the
highest figures throughout the period shown. 
The GDP growth of the United States began at around 24 percent increase in 1996, rising
significantly throughout 1997 and levelling off in 1998 to a GDP growth percentage of
around 43%, where it remained until 2000. In 2000, there was a sharp decrease in the
GDP growth of the US, to around 23 percent in 2001, at which time economic expansion
began to rise again, finishing at around 25% growth in 2002.
Japan’s figures also fluctuated, but less dramatically. Japan’s GDP growth percentage
was around 12 percent in 1996 and rose to 16 percent in 1997. In 1998, there was a slight
fall in Japan’s GDP expansion, to around 9 percent, its lowest point in the seven-year
period. After 1998, Japan’s GDP growth rose sharply to around 22 percent in 2000, its
highest point, after which it declined.
Lastly, the GDP growth of other Asian countries began at around 8 percent in 1996, rising
to around 12 percent in 1998, where it remained stable for the next three years. In 2001,
the other Asian countries’ GDP increases began to rise again, finishing the graph at
around 19 percent in 2002, a similar figure to Japan’s GDP growth at that time.
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