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 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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221 words · Illustrative target band

There are two graphs, one illustrates the percentage of families owning electrical appliances while the other shows the accumulated time spent on housework in most homes in a specific country from 1920 to 2019. Overall in the first chart, there are three main appliances that are highlighted. In the second, the number of hours spent on housework per household fell steadily. Refrigerators and vacuum cleaners became alm…

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AI-completed learning example

203 words · Illustrative target band

The provided line graphs give information about the alterations in possession of household equipment as well as the quantity of time expended for household chores in a particular country from 1920 to 2019. Generally, the ownership of washing machines fluctuated throughout the given period, while those of vacuum cleaners and refrigerators reached their maximum volumes by 2000 and remained at 100% in 2019. Refrigerator…

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