WRITING TASK 1
You should spend about 20 minutes on this task.
The chart below shows the percentage of male and female smokers in Britain during the period between 1950 and 1990.
Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
Write at least 150 words.
IELTS WRITING TASK 1 (ACADEMIC MODULE)
Male smokers greatly outnumbered females in the period between 1950’s and 1990’s. [Crack IELTS with Rob] However, the number of smoking males decreased by almost half, that of the females almost doubled. A particular change occurred in the decade between the 80’s and the 90’s.
Between the 1950s and the 1980s, the number of males who smoke declined slowly but steadily from 79% to 73%. [Crack IELTS with Rob] A sharp change occurred, on the other hand, in the period between the 1980s and the 1990s the number of male smokers fell from 73% to only 42%.
- 50s~60s up slightly from 17% to 18%
- 60s~70s doubled to 38%
- 70s~80s slight increase to 42%
- 80s~90s considerable decline to 29%
As far as female smokers are concerned, whereas their percentage during the 50’s and the 60’s was 17 and 18 respectively, it doubled to 38% in the 70’s and continued increasing slightly into the 80’s with 42%. [Crack IELTS with Rob] As was the case with males, though, a dramatic change occurred between the 80’s and the 90’s as the percentage fell by about 13 points to 29%.
While males continue outnumbering females when it comes to smoking, the gap is narrowing and the percentage of smokers in the general population is diminishing.
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