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BEST IELTS Academic Writing Task 1, 28th May
IELTS ACADEMIC WRITING TASK 1
IELTS ACADEMIC WRITING TASK 1
The bar chart shows the results of a survey of the reading habits of first year female and male university students at a university in the UK. The pie charts show the amount of time male and female students spend on various activities.
SAMPLE ANSWER
The bar chart shows how many first year male and female university students read a range of publications. Whereas the female students appear to read more quality newspaper than their male counterparts by a margin of roughly 20%, male first year students read more tabloids. When it comes to non-fiction, the same pattern is repeated; only this time the difference is more pronounced with approximately 65% of female students reading non-fiction as opposed to 25% of the males.
The pattern is reversed for comics. While over 60% of males read comics, only 25% of female students claim to do so. Where fiction is concerned, however, male students are ahead of females by a narrow margin, roughly 78% for the former and 75% for the latter. As regards magazines, both sexes are almost equal.
From the pie charts, a number of differences between the two groups can be seen. Although female students work more (20% of their time rather than 15% for males, they devote 15% more of their time to studying. Females also spend less time socialising and much less than men on sport, allowing them more time for studying.
