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

190 words · Illustrative target band

The bar chart depicts about the occupation and study status of graduates and postgraduates from the United Kingdom after finishing college,except for full-time work in 2008. In general, the number of pupils who decide to further study are the dramatically highest in both groups. Part-time work and unemployment were moderately common destinations while engaging in voluntary work was the least popular choice. Among gr…

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AI-completed learning example

173 words · Illustrative target band

A glance at the diagrams provided the information about the destination of UK graduates and postgraduates in 2008 after leaving college. Overall, it is immediately apparent that the highest number of UK graduates and postgraduates enrolled themselves in higher studies, while the lowest number of them opted for volunteer works. To begin with, from the figures for graduates, 29,665 chose further study, considerably mor…

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AI-completed learning example

181 words · Illustrative target band

The bar graphs displays UK graduate and postgraduate pupils who did not go into full-time job after finishing their university in 2008. Overall, the most common destination of UK in the year for graduate and postgraduate students was further study and the least common was voluntary work Likewise,a significant number of students at 29,665 chose further study. For graduates, part-time work was the next most common outc…

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