WRITING TASK 1 You should spend about 20 minutes on this task The following two pie charts show the results of a survey into the popularity of various leisure activities among European adults in 1985 and 1995. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant. Write at least 150 words.

A glance at the two pie charts provided reveals the relative

popularity

of various leisure

activities

among European adults in 1985 and 1995. Of these

activities

, watching TV was the most widely enjoyed in both years, at 32

percent

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per cent

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in 1985 and a slightly lower 30

percent

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in 1995. Yet, by far the most significant change to take place during

this

period was the increased

popularity

of computer games. Not a single respondent to the survey rated playing computer games as their preferred leisure activity in 1985.

However

, by 1995

this

figure stood at 27

percent

– the second highest

overall

.

Also

more popular in 1995 was talking with friends, at 26

percent

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compared to 21

percent

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a decade earlier. In stark contrast,

however

, all other

activities

decreased in

popularity

. Eating out – which was the second most widely enjoyed pastime in 1985, accounting

fot

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for

23

percent

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per cent

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of respondents – slipped to a mere 8

percent

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in 1995.

Likewise

, there were

also

considerable decreases in the

popularity

ratings of talking with family, other

activities

and (as previously mentioned) watching television.