Task 1 · multiple graphs · 18 samples

The charts below show what UK graduate and postgraduate students who did not go into full-time work did after leaving college in 2008. Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

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Ideas to explore

  • Further study was the leading destination for both graduates and postgraduates.
  • Voluntary work was the least common option in each group.
  • Graduate counts exceeded postgraduate counts in all four categories, with the biggest absolute difference in further study.

Suggested structure

  1. Paraphrase the chart topic and specify the year and population.
  2. Give an overview of the shared highest and lowest categories.
  3. Report graduate figures in rank order, grouping the leading choices and the smaller categories.
  4. Report postgraduate figures in the same order to make comparisons easy.
  5. Close with the most notable difference between the two groups.
Useful vocabulary & examples
the most common destination
The option chosen by the largest number of people.

Further study was the most common destination for both groups.

ranked second
Was the second-highest category in a set of figures.

Part-time work ranked second for graduates.

by contrast
A linking phrase used to introduce a noticeably different figure or fact.

By contrast, only 3,500 graduates undertook voluntary work.

the largest difference
The greatest gap between two compared figures.

The largest difference between the groups was in further study.

Sample answers

AI-completed learning example

186 words · Illustrative target band

The bar charts given shows the amount of UK graduates and postgraduates went to different pathways after leaving college, instead of working as a full-time job, in 2008. Comparing from the both charts given, it is clear that most of the graduate and postgraduate students chose to continue their studies as a higher level education. Among graduates, further study was the most common destination, with 29,665 people. Par…

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AI-completed learning example

196 words · Illustrative target band

The two bar charts illustrate destination of UK students who are graduate and postgraduate, excluding full-time work, after leaving college in 2008. Overall, it can be clearly seen that the most of Uk graduate and postgraduate students further their studies. Furthermore, their continued to study after leaving college while some students had a part-time job, or were unemployed or did voluntary work. For graduates, fu…

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AI-completed learning example

200 words · Illustrative target band

The given graphs describe the distribution of UK graduates and postgraduates (excluding full-time work) after leaving university in 2008. Overall, there were UK graduates and postgraduates who did not enter full time work because opted to continuing they further study, which were the most favored destination, while engaging in voluntary work remained the least portion. For graduates, further study was by far the most…

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