IELTS Examiner / Practice Prompt Bank — GT & Academic / Academic Task 1
IELTS Academic Task 1: Pie Chart — Education & lifestyle
Original practice prompt written in exam style — not a real exam question, and not a prediction.
The chart below shows how a typical university student spends a 24-hour day. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant. The data is as follows (average hours per day; the figures total 24 hours). Sleep takes 8 hours and studying 6 hours. Leisure and social activities account for 4.5 hours, part-time work for 2 hours, and meals and personal care for 2 hours. Commuting takes the remaining 1.5 hours. Sleep and study together fill well over half of the day (14 of the 24 hours), while commuting is the smallest single activity.
Examiner focus: Convert hours into the day's structure: rest, work-like activities, and everything else — and note what a third of the day (sleep) implies.
Grade my first essay free
Write your answer to this prompt, then see exactly where it sits — four criterion bands, the #1 issue capping your score, and a model rewrite. Your first grading is free.