TASK 1:
ESSAY INFORMATION:
Written by: IELTS I-Ready, 7/7/2024
Marked by: Ex-BC Examiner
(IELTS Academic – 6/7/2024)
Question: The table and chart below show the time spent at leisure and household activities on Britain.
ANSWER:
The table and bar graph illustrates the average minutes that British males and females allocate each day to different recreational activities and house chores. Overall, both genders in the UK spend the longest time on TV, videos, and radio. Additionally, women allot more time every day on most houseworks, except for repairing.
Regarding entertainment, British men and women spend the longest time watching television, videos and listening to the radio at 137 and 118 minutes per day, respectively. Males play sport for an average of 15 minutes every day, which is 4 minutes higher than the figure for females. Moreover, nearly 20 minutes a day are dedicated to reading by each gender.
Concerning household activities, women in Britain allocate approximately 75 minutes to cooking and washing, while they only spend roughly more than half an hour on shopping or washing and ironing clothes. The figures for men for those three house chores are relatively smaller, with roughly 30 minutes for cooking and washing, about 25 for shopping, followed by nearly 10 minutes for washing and ironing clothes. Male citizens in the UK only dominate in the time for repairing work at nearly 20 minutes per day, which is double that of females.
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