Describing visual data from IELTS WRITING TASK 1
The chart gives information about the rate of using of radio and television by United Kingdom population along the day in 1992. Overall, it can be seen that the general radio trend was downward after the morning, whereas the television audience increased until the evening.
The percentage of people who listened to the radio had a rapid rise from 6.00 AM to near 9.00 AM, reaching a peak at just under 30 per cent. After that period, radio audiences gradually declined throughout the rest of the day, getting insignificant numbers from 2 PM.
In contrast, considering the proportion of people that watched TV, it rose with a little fluctuation between 6.00 AM and 3.00 PM, overtaking the radio fraction close to 1 PM, then it jumped to over 45 per cent at 8.00 PM. For the next six hours, the television audience had significantly decreased, and after 2 AM it remained stable slightly below 5 per cent.
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Describing visual data from IELTS WRITING TASK 1
The chart gives information about the rate of using the radio and television by the United Kingdom population during one day in 1992. Overall, it can be seen that the general radio trend was downward after the morning, whereas the television audience increased until the evening.The percentage of people who listened to the radio had a rapid rise from 6.00 AM to near 9.00 AM, reaching a peak at just under 30 per cent. After that period, radio audiences gradually declined throughout the rest of the day, getting insignificant numbers from 2 PM.*
In contrast, considering the proportion of people that watched TV, it rose with a little** fluctuation between 6.00 AM and 3.00 PM, overtaking the radio fraction close to 1 PM, then it jumped to over 45 per cent at 8.00 PM. For the next six hours, the television audience had significantly decreased, and after 2 AM it remained stable slightly below 5 per cent.
[* Writing that 15% of any group of people is insignificant is overstating things. An insignificant amount would be more like 1% or 2%. Here is an example of a more accurate phrase: getting/having only half of the amount of listeners at 2 PM.
** The graph shows around a 30 to 40 percent drop in TV viewership from 8 AM to 10:30, so I wouldn't call that a little fluctuation. I suggest something like: "it rose with fluctuation between".]
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