IELTS Academic Writing Task 1/ Graph Writing – Bar/Column Graph:
You should spend about 20 minutes on this task.
The bar graph below represents data about the clubs joined by people of two different age groups at a leisure centre in a small city.
Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
You should write at least 150 words.
Club preferences by age range
Model Answer 1:
The bar graph illustrates the number of people from two age groups (25–35 and 55–65) who joined six different clubs at a leisure centre in a small city.
Overall, younger adults are more likely to join active and creative clubs like cycling and arts & crafts, while older adults tend to favour gardening. There is also a relatively balanced participation in photography and fitness between the two groups.
In detail, cycling is the most popular club among the 25-35 age bracket, with approximately 65 members, but only about 10 participants from the older group. Conversely, gardening is clearly preferred by those aged 55-65, who number around 55, compared to roughly 25 younger members. Photography attracts almost equal interest – about 45 people from each age group are members. The fitness club is also similarly popular, with just over 100 members in total, split fairly evenly between the younger and older groups. While around 60 young people joined the arts & crafts club, only 20 of the older cohort did the same. Finally, the music and dance club draws slightly more young members than older ones, though both age groups have substantial participation.
Model Answer 2:
The bar graph describes how many people from two age groups (25-35 and 55-65) joined different clubs aimed at leisure activities in a small urban area. It is obvious that older people preferred gardening, while cycling was mostly taken up by youngsters.
The diagram suggests that over 500 people between 25 and 65 years old enrolled in one of the six clubs in this municipality. Youth mostly preferred cycling, as more than 65 of them registered for this association compared to 10 older members. On the contrary, gardening was picked up by roughly 55 elderly people who were between 55 and 65 years old, while only 25 youths took this up. Photography was equally preferred, as roughly 45 people from each age group joined the photography club. Fitness centres enlisted over 100 members, and 50 of them were senior citizens. Arts are crafts clubs collected 60 young members, while only 20 elders enrolled there. Finally, music clubs got over a hundred members, and young members were slightly higher than that of people over 54 years old.
Model Answer 3:
The bar graph illustrates the number of people from two age groups (25–35 and 55–65) who joined six different leisure clubs in a small city.
Overall, younger people showed a strong preference for cycling and arts and crafts, while older individuals were more inclined towards gardening.
In detail, cycling was the most popular choice among the younger group, attracting around 65 members, in contrast to just 10 participants from the older group. Conversely, gardening appealed more to those aged 55-65, with approximately 55 members, compared to only 25 younger participants. Photography was equally popular among both age groups, with about 45 members each.
Furthermore, fitness clubs had the highest number of participants, overall, with more than 100 members, split evenly between the two groups. Arts and crafts clubs attracted nearly 60 younger people, whereas only 20 older individuals joined. Lastly, music clubs had over 100 members, with a slightly higher number of young people participating compared to the older group.
[Written by – Angela Carolina Valdez Palacios]
The bar chart shows different club activities undertaken by people within two different age groups in a small city’s leisure centre. The club activities include gardening, photography, fitness, arts and craft, music/dance, and cycling.
In general, the club with the highest attendance is the cycling club which has about 65 members within the age group of 25-35 years whilst having 10 members within the 55-65 age group making it to be the club with the highest and lowest club membership.
Following the cycling club with the second highest and second lowest members joined, in general, is the arts and crafts club having 60 members of the 25-35 age group and 20 members of the 55-65 age group joined respectively.
The gardening club has about 26 members of the 25-35 age group joined which turns out to be the lowest of that age group but has the highest number of the 55-65 age group members. The fitness and music/dance club both have an equal number of 50 members of the 55-65 age group. Finally, the photography club turns out to be the only club
The bar diagram depicts what kind of clubs citizens of two different age groups (25-35 and 55-65) have joined for their leisure activities in a city.
It is evident that senior people in this city prefer gardening club, while the younger group has mostly joined cycling clubs.
The cycling club is very popular among youth as more than 65 youths have joined centres related to cycling. The number of elderly, who are between 55 to 65 years old and have joined a cycling club, is only 10. Contrary to this, a large number of old person prefer gardening with registered number about 55, but for the younger residents, it is nearly 25, making it the least popular option for them. Likewise, a large difference between the subjects can be observed on arts and crafts clubs with about 60 young members and only around 20 elder inhabitants have shown their interest in it. Amid these high differences in preferences, photography seems to be equally attractive to both age groups – 44 members from each group. Furthermore, a similar taste was observed in fitness and music/dance fondness. Both the club are enlisted by around 50 elderly as well as younger members.