IELTS Academic Writing Practice Test #01

  • You should spend about 20 minutes on this task.
  • The chart below shows the number of men and women in further education in Britain in three periods and whether they were studying full-time or part-time.
  • Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
  • Write at least 150 words.

INTRODUCTION

The chart shows the number of men and women in further education in Britain in 3 periods and whether they were studying full time or part time. We can clearly see that there are many changes in both men’s and women’s education.
(Sally)
The chart shows a comparison of the numbers of men and women pursuing further education in Britain in three periods. This also shows the male and female population studying full-time and part-time. Changes can be seen in the way men and women pursued further education through time on this chart.
(Teacher Jayven)

BODY

In the first period (1970-1971), 1 million males studied part time and less than 200 thousand males chose to study full time. At the same time, the number of females who studied part time is less than 800 thousands. In the next two periods, less male studied part time, from 1 million students, it had decreased to about 900 thousands. But more men had chose to study full time, in the third period, more than 200 thousands men studied full time. In 1990-1991, the number of women in both sectors increased significantly. There were more than 1 million studied part time and nearly 300 thousands women entered part time education.
(Sally)
In the period between 1970 and 1971, one million British men took further education on a part-time basis and less than 200 thousand took it on a full-time basis. During the same period, the British women who took further education on a part-time basis were less than 800 thousand.

However, the next two periods saw less British men pursuing further education part-time. From one million male students, the number had decreased to around 900 thousand. More men had chosen to study on a full-time basis.

The 1990-1991 period saw more than 200 thousand men pursuing full-time further education. This same period also saw the number of women pursuing further education increased significantly. More than one million British women had chosen to study on a part-time basis; nearly 300 thousand had chosen full-time.
(Teacher Jayven)

CONCLUSION

In conclusion, we can see that in 20 years, the number of men entering part time education decreased a little while the number of women studied full time and part time had increased greatly.
(Sally)
Within a span of 20 years, less men in Britain tended to take further education on a part-time basis. However, the number of British women who pursued full-time and part-time further education had greatly increased through the passage of time. These trends were expected to continue.
(Teacher Jayven)