ELTS Academic Writing Task 1: You should spend about 20 minutes on this task. The graph below shows the number of shops that closed and the number of new shops that opened in one country between 2011 and 2018. Number of shop closures and openings 2011- 2018

The line graph illustrates the changes in shop closures and closings in a particular country between 2011 and 2018, with figures expressed in thousands. Overall, the data indicate significant shifts over the nine-year period, with shop closures declining sharply in the middle of the period and openings increasing significantly at the beginning, before felling gradually […]