Apartment and House

How to answer: structure and key points

How to answer

1. Open with what the image is and what it shows: its title or topic.
2. Describe two or three main features: the largest and smallest values, or the main stages or parts.
3. Add one comparison or trend in a single sentence.
4. Finish with one sentence on what the image shows overall.
5. Keep talking at an even pace until the time runs out; content matters, but so do fluency and pronunciation.

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This is a two-sided horizontal bar chart.

• Six large Canadian cities are compared by how many homes are apartments and how many are detached houses.
• Vancouver and Montreal have the most apartments, both at 58 percent.
• Calgary has the fewest apartments, 25 percent, and the most detached houses, 58 percent.
• Toronto is fairly balanced: 44 percent apartments versus 40 percent houses.
• Ottawa-Gatineau, Edmonton and Calgary all have more houses than apartments.

Conclusion idea: In short, apartments dominate the three biggest centres, while houses lead elsewhere.

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