IELTS Writing Task 1 The supplied table provides information on household durables of British people for a period of 11 years. As is observed here, uses of all the listed commodities increased day by day throughout the period. According to the chart, the percentage of British households with a range of consumer durables steadily increased between 1972 and 1983. The greatest increase was in telephone ownership, rising from 42% in 1972 to 77% in 1983. Next came central heating ownership rising from 37% of households in 1973 to 64% in 1983. Likewise, the percentage of households with a refrigerator rose 21% over the same period and of those with a washing machine by 14%. Households with vacuum cleaners, televisions and dishwashers increased by 8%, 5% and 2% respectively. In 1983, the year of their introduction, 18% of households had a video recorder. The significant social changes reflected in the statistics are that over the period the proportion of British house with central heating rose from one to two- thirds, and of those with a phone from under a half to over three-quarters. Together with the big increases in the ownership of washing machines and refrigerators, these are the evidence of both rising living standards and the trend lifestyles based on comfort and convenience.