Task 1 · multiple graphs · 18 samples

The charts below show the changes in ownership of electrical appliances and amount of time doing housework and households in one country between 1920 and 2019. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

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Ideas to explore

  • Compare the pace of adoption: refrigerator ownership rose especially quickly between 1940 and 1960, while washing-machine ownership changed more gradually.
  • Identify milestones in appliance ownership: refrigerators reached 100% by 1980, and vacuum cleaners did so by 2000.
  • Set the decline in housework hours alongside rising appliance ownership, while avoiding claims that the charts prove one trend caused the other.

Suggested structure

  1. Introduce both charts, the measures shown and the 1920–2019 period.
  2. Give an overview of the broad appliance-ownership increases and the fall in housework hours.
  3. Compare the three appliances, highlighting their starting points and the years they reached universal ownership.
  4. Describe the housework-hour decline chronologically, noting the plateau at 15 hours between 1980 and 2000.
Useful vocabulary & examples
household ownership
the proportion of households that have a particular item

Household ownership of refrigerators rose to 100% by 1980.

reach universal ownership
be owned by all households shown in the chart

Vacuum cleaners reached universal ownership in 2000.

edge down
decrease slightly

Washing-machine ownership edged down between 1960 and 1980.

remain at that level
stay unchanged at a previously stated figure

Housework time remained at 15 hours per week from 1980 to 2000.

Sample answers

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The provided charts present a compelling depiction of the evolution of electrical appliance ownership and its corresponding impact on the amount of time dedicated to housework within a specific nation from 1920 to 2019. The data reveals a significant correlation between the increased adoption of key household appliances, namely washing machines, refrigerators, and vacuum cleaners, and a marked decline in weekly house…

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The provided line charts illustrate changes in ownership of electrical appliances and time spent on household chores in households of a particular country from 1920 to 2019. Overall, a significant increase in the adoption of electrical appliances like washing machines, refrigerators, and vacuum cleaners can be observed, while there was a notable decline in the amount of time spent on housework. Refrigerator ownership…

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The provided line graphs depict the evolution of household ownership of electrical appliances and the amount of time spent on housework in a particular country from 1920 to 2019. Overall, there was a notable reduction in the time allocated to housework on a weekly basis over the years. Concurrently, the prevalence of all three electric appliances increased, although their patterns differed. In 1920, washing machines …

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The presented graphs depict a dramatic transformation in appliance ownership and housework hours within a specific nation from 1920 to 2019. A clear upward trend is evident in ownership of electrical appliances like washing machines, refrigerators, and vacuum cleaners. Particularly noteworthy is the rapid proliferation of refrigerators, which were virtually nonexistent in 1920, reaching near-universal levels by 1980;…

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The provided charts depict the changes in ownership of electrical appliances and the amount of time spent doing housework in households within a specific country over the time period of 1920 to 2019. Overall, the ownership of washing machines, refrigerators, and vacuum cleaners in households steadily increased over the years, with all three reaching near their highest recorded levels by 2019, although the three appli…

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The two line graphs illustrate the changing trends in the proportion of families who owned a washing machine, refrigerator and vacuum cleaner, as well as the amount of time housekeepers dedicated to house chores in one nation, across the span of a hundred years from 1920 to 2019. It is evident that households with electrical appliances became more common overall, while weekly time spent on housework fell substantiall…

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The above line chart illustrates the change in the percentage of households that own three particular electrical appliances from 1920 to 2019, while the below line chart displays the number of hours spent on housework per week in each household across the same time period. Through observation of the above graph, it is apparent that ownership of all three appliances rose overall, whereas weekly housework time fell sub…

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The line graph illustrates the different electrical appliances percentage in households as well as number of hours needed in per week for work at home in a country from 1920 to 2019. Overall the electrical device like washing machine, refrigerator and vacuum cleaner used gradually increase within 99 years whereas working in house time was decreased from 50 hours per week in 1920 to about 10 hours in 2019. It fell to …

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The provided charts illustrate the changes in the ownership of electrical appliances and the amount of time spent on housework in households in a particular country from 1920 to 2019. Overall, the percentage of households owning washing machines, refrigerators, and vacuum cleaners increased steadily over the years, with all three reaching 100% ownership by 2019. Looking more closely, however, the appliances did not f…

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The provided chart clearly depicts the modifications of the total duration consumed during dealing with variety of devices in homes plus the ownership of devices which rely on electricity between 11920 and 2019. It is obviously show that cooling device was fully unknown throughout early 20’s However it had a rapid increase of ownership in later years. Overall, the ownership of all three appliances went up, while the …

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The provided line charts give statistical analysis about the alternation in possession of electronic gadgets as well as the quantity of time used for household chores in a specific nation from 1920 to 2019. Overall, the ownership of refrigerators and vacuum cleaners increased constantly and reached a peak in the final years while that of washing machines also went up, but it had a small fall in 1980. The hours of hou…

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The line charts provided information on the changes in the presence of three different household equipment, as well as the durations of doing household chores in families in a nation during one century from 1920 to 2020. Overall, the use of all three household appliances witnessed upward trends. Correspondingly, the total number of hours spent on housework fell markedly over the period. In 1920, washing machines were…

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