The first chart below shows the percentages of women and men in a country involved in some kinds (cooking, cleaning, pet caring and repairing the house). The second chart show the amount of time each gender spent on each task per day.
Sample Response
The charts compareshow information relating to the percentagespercentage of males and females in a particular country who did certain household taskscertain kinds of tasks at home, and the average time they spent doing those tasks.
Overall, cooking and cleaning were the two tasks that were performed by the largest proportionspercentage of both men and women, and the two tasks that men and women spent the most time performing.
In this countryIn this particular country, just over 80% of women spent time cooking, compared to around 60% of men. Similarly, while 60% of women spent time cleaning, the figure for men stood at around 40%. On the other hand, a slightly larger percentage of men were involved in pet care, at just over 20%, while the figure for house repairs was double that of women, at approximately 18%.
In terms of the time spent performing these tasks, women spent over 80 minutes a day cooking, and just under 70 minutes a day cleaning. The time men spent on these same tasks was lowerslightly less, at 60 minutes and approximately 45 minutes respectively. Additionally, while both men and women spent an equal amount of time on pet care, men spent significantly more time doing house repairs, at an average of just under 20 minutes per day.
Why this response received Band 8.0
The response is concise, well organised, and uses accurate comparisons to explain the dominance of cooking and cleaning across both charts. Its main limitation is a small loss of precision, particularly the claim that men had a slightly higher participation rate in pet care when the chart shows equal proportions. Prioritise checking every comparison against the visual before finalising the report.
IELTS Writing Criteria Scores
Task Achievement
A clear overview and well-selected comparisons cover the principal participation and time patterns, with only a minor factual discrepancy in pet care.
Verify the pet-care participation bars and state that equal proportions of men and women performed this task.
Coherence and Cohesion
Information progresses logically from the overview to participation rates and then time spent, with cohesive links used naturally.
Refine the transition introducing pet care and repairs so that the contrast between categories is even more explicit.
Lexical Resource
Vocabulary is varied, precise, and appropriate for reporting percentages, comparisons, and time data.
Use an exact comparative phrase for the house-repair participation figures to remove any ambiguity about which gender the percentage describes.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy
A wide range of complex sentence structures is handled accurately and punctuation supports effortless reading.
Maintain this control while simplifying the occasional long comparison sentence to make its reference relationships maximally clear.
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IELTS Academic Writing Task 1
The first chart below shows the percentages of women and men in a country involved in some kinds (cooking, cleaning, pet caring and repairing the house). The second chart show the amount of time each gender spent on each task per day.
Your response
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