HƯỚNG DẪN VIẾT IELTS TASK 1 – TABLE \+ BAR CHART (MEN vs WOMEN)

1. Phân tích nhanh

2 phần:
Table: leisure activities
Bar chart: household activities
Đơn vị: minutes per day
So sánh giới tính

2. Introduction (paraphrase)

The table and bar chart compare the average time spent per day by men and women in the UK on leisure and household activities in 2008.

3. Overview (rất quan trọng)

Men dành nhiều thời gian hơn cho leisure
Women dành nhiều thời gian hơn cho household
Biggest gap: cooking & washing
Smallest difference: reading

4. BODY 1 – Leisure activities

Men spend more time on entertainment:

TV: 137 vs 118 (largest activity overall)

Reading:

Nearly equal (18 vs 19)

Sport:

Men higher (15 vs 11)

→ Insight: men slightly dominate leisure, especially passive activities

5. BODY 2 – Household activities

Cooking & washing:

Women 75 vs men 30 (huge gap)

Shopping:

Women higher (35 vs 25)

Clothes washing:

Women 30 vs men 10

Repair:

Only category men lead (20 vs 10)

→ Insight: women do most domestic work except technical tasks

6. Từ vựng nên dùng

spend more/less time on

account for

be significantly higher than

show a similar pattern

be the only category where…

a considerable gap

The table and bar chart compare the average daily time (in minutes) spent by men and women in the UK on leisure and household activities in 2008.

Overall, men spent more time on leisure activities, particularly watching TV, while women devoted significantly more time to household tasks.

In terms of leisure, watching TV, videos and listening to the radio was the most time-consuming activity for both genders, with men spending 137 minutes per day compared to 118 minutes for women. Reading accounted for relatively little time, at 18 minutes for men and slightly higher at 19 minutes for women. Men also spent more time on sport, averaging 15 minutes daily, compared to 11 minutes for women.

Regarding household activities, women consistently spent more time than men on most tasks. Cooking and washing took up the largest share, with women spending 75 minutes per day, more than double the 30 minutes recorded for men. Similarly, women spent 35 minutes on shopping, compared to 25 minutes for men. Clothes washing and ironing also showed a notable gap, at 30 minutes for women versus only 10 minutes for men. In contrast, men spent more time on repair work, averaging 20 minutes daily, while women spent just 10 minutes on this activity.

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