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IELTS Academic Task 1: Bar Chart — Health & lifestyle
Original practice prompt written in exam style — not a real exam question, and not a prediction.
The chart below shows how many hours per week people in two age groups spend on four leisure activities. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant. The data is as follows (average hours per week). Watching TV: 14 hours for people aged 18–30, and 21 hours for people aged 60 and over. Reading: 3 hours for the younger group and 8 hours for the older group. Sport and exercise: 6 hours for the younger group and 3 hours for the older group. Socialising with friends: 7 hours for the younger group and 4 hours for the older group. Television is the most time-consuming activity for both groups, and the older group spends more time on it; the younger group leads in sport and socialising.
Examiner focus: Group by who leads where: screen and reading time rise with age, active and social time fall.
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