Example Question 1: Below is a graph given showing birth
and death rates in a country from 1901 to 2101. Write an
analytical paragraph (100-150 words).
Answer 1:
The graph shows birth and death rates starting from 1901
till 2101.
Since 1901, the birth rate has remained more than the
death rate until 2041. Birth rate was 20000 in 1901 and
started increasing gradually. It peaked in 1961 to around
65000. From 1961, birth rate has fluctuated multiple times
between 50000 and 60000. It is expected to decline for the
coming years reaching approximately 42000 by 2101.
On the other hand, the death rate stood at around 10000 in
1901 and then has increased steadily. It is expected to rise
strikingly from 2021 before levelling off to approximately 60000
between 2061 and 2081. The graph indicates a slight decline
in deaths in the year 2101.
The graph shows the huge gap between birth rate and
death during 1961 to 2001. However, this gap is expected to
reduce in the later years. Overall, as opposed to the prevailing
trends, the death rate will be more than the birth rate in the later
half of the 21st century.
Example Question 2: The chart shows the division of
household tasks by gender in Great Britain. Write an
analytical paragraph describing the chart given in not more
than 200 words.
Answer 2:
The chart shows the number of minutes per day spent by
British men and women in doing household tasks. On an
average, the women spend about four hours doing household
tasks whereas the men spend less than two and half hours.
The tasks on which women spend more time than men include
cooking, cleaning house, taking care of the children and
laundry. In doing all these tasks, women spend approximately
200 minutes which is almost three times the time spent by men
in these tasks. On the other hand, men spend twice the time
than women in doing tasks like gardening and maintenance of
odd jobs in the house. Men spend the highest time, almost 50
minutes, in gardening and petcare. While the women spend
only 30 minutes for these tasks. The time spent by men in
washing, ironing and sewing clothes is as low as 2 minutes per
day as opposed to 25 minutes spent by women.
In short, women spend far more time doing household chores
than men whilst men prefer to do gardening, petcare and
maintaining odd jobs.
Example Question 3: The pie chart shows the proportion of
people from different households living in poverty in the
UK in 2002. Write an analytical paragraph to describe the
information in 100-120 words.
Answer 3:
The given pie chart illustrates seven different categories of
households living in poverty in the UK in 2002.
It is clearly evident from the pie chart that 26% of the total
poverty-stricken households are those of sole parents. Single
people without children account for the second highest
proportion with 24%. In contrast to couples without children
that accounts for just 9%, couples with children account for
15% of the poor households. Single aged persons and aged
couples proportion for 12% together for poor households.
Overall, 14% of all households in the UK were living under
poverty. The younger generation had a greater poor
percentage than their aged counterparts. Couples without
children had better economic conditions than those with
children.
Example Question 4: The following table shows details
about the internet activities for six categories for different
age groups. Write an analytical paragraph for the table
given in around 150-200 words.
Answer 4:
The given table suggests the internet activities of seven
age groups ranging from teens to those in their seventies
for six different kinds of activities. The table shows that the
younger generation is more interested in online games and
news, while the older generation spends time on the internet to
research and buy products.
It is evident from the table that teens mainly use the internet for
games (as high as 81%), news and downloads and are
interested in searching for people or friends or doing any
product research. The middle-age group (people in 20s to 60s)
is highly interested in getting news, doing product research and
buying products, the percentage ranging from 70-80%. The
internet activity which gets the least time is searching for
people. All the age groups spend less than 30% of their internet
time on the same. The amount of time spent on downloads
decreases with age and gets as low as 6% (for people in 70s).
Overall, the table suggests that teenagers are most likely to
spend time playing games and doing downloads. On the other
side, older people are interested in researching and buying
products. People spend the least amount of time searching for
other people online.
Question 5: The graph given shows estimated sales of
gold in Dubai in 2002. Write an analytical paragraph
describing the line graph in around 150 words.
Answer 5:
The line graph depicts the estimated sales of gold in Dubai
for a period of twelve months in 2002 in millions of
Dirhams.
In January 2002, the sales stood at 200 million Dirhams. It
steadily increased through the next month and peaked to 350
million Dirhams in the third month of the year. However, the
gold sales started to plummet over the next three months and
hit 110 million Dirhams in the month of July. Unexpectedly, the
sales doubled in August before coming down to the same level
as in July for the month of September. For the next two months
of the year, the gold sales levelled off to 180 million Dirhams
and then slightly increased in December.
Overall, the estimated gold sales fluctuated in 2002. The sales
were the highest in the month of March and lowest in the
months of July and September. The sales at the end of the year
were almost the same as they were in the beginning of the
year.
