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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 often adults in a survey said they exercised each week, broken down by gender. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant. The data is as follows (percentage of each gender; each gender totals 100%). Men: 28% never exercised, 34% exercised on 1–2 days per week, 24% on 3–4 days, and 14% on 5 or more days. Women: 24% never exercised, 36% exercised on 1–2 days, 26% on 3–4 days, and 14% on 5 or more days. The patterns for men and women are very similar overall; the biggest difference is in the 'never' category, where men exceed women by 4 percentage points, while identical proportions of both genders exercise on 5 or more days.
Examiner focus: The headline is similarity, not difference — say so in the overview, then support it category by category.
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