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.
Sample Answer 1
The charts show information relating to the percentage of males and females in a particular country who did certain 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 percentage of both men and women, and the two tasks that men and women spent the most time performing.
In 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 slightly 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.
194 words – Band 7.5
Sample Answer 2
The bar charts illustrate the proportions of males and females doing different tasks of housework, and the average time both sexes spent on doing each household chore a day.
Overall, more women than men performed the tasks of cooking and cleaning, while more men were in charge of pet care and house repairs. In addition, cooking and cleaning consume more time than the other tasks.
The percentage of women cooking was around a third higher than that of men spent doing the same task, at 90% and 60% in turn. Likewise, with 62%, the proportion of females involved in cleaning was 20% higher than that of males. In terms of the average time spent on these two common house chores, women outstrip men by allocating approximately 20 minutes more for each task per day than men.
Turning to another home task, an almost equal percentage of men and women (22% and 20%, respectively) are involved in pet care. Twice as many men as women took charge of repairing household appliances (18% compared with 9%). Both males and females devote, on average, 20 minutes per day to pet care. Women spent approximately 5 minutes per day on house repairs, which is three times less than the amount of time men spent on this task.
213 words – Band 7.0
