The charts below show the changes in ownership of electrical appliances and amount of time spent doing housework in households in one country between 1920 and 2019. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The charts below show the changes in ownership of electrical appliances and amount of time spent doing housework in households in one country between 1920 and 2019. 

Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
✨ Do you want to improve your IELTS writing?
The chart provided information about differences in time consumption on housework and the proportion of electrical appliances. Most notably, the percentage of households with three electrical appliances all experienced an increase over the period. Specifically, in terms of refrigerators, almost no household owned
this
Linking Words
appliance dramatically climbed to 90% in 1960. Since 1980, having a refrigerator had become commonplace with no family being the exception.
Likewise
Linking Words
, there was
also
Linking Words
a growth from 30% in 1920 to 90% in 1980 in the percentage of household vacuum cleaners, which overtook the figure for washing machines in 1960(60%). In 2000, having a vacuum cleaner was as popular as owning a refrigerator and
this
Linking Words
trend remained unchanged until 2019.
However
Linking Words
, it took nearly a century for the ownership of washing machines to grow from 40% to nearly 70%, which experienced a slight decline from 1960 to 1980.
In contrast
Linking Words
, a decline occurred in the number of
hours
Use synonyms
of housework per week, per household. After the peak of 50
hours
Use synonyms
in 1920, a slump to 20
hours
Use synonyms
in 1960 could be seen and stabilized at around 15
hours
Use synonyms
per week during the
last
Linking Words
40 years.
Overall
Linking Words
, with the popularity of electrical appliances, people in
this
Linking Words
country lived a convenient and comfortable life, which could be reflected by decreasing time spent on housework.
Submitted by 3240089981 on

Unauthorized use and/or duplication of this material without express and written permission from this site’s author and/or owner is strictly prohibited. Excerpts and links may be used, provided that full and clear credit is given to Writing9 with appropriate and specific direction to the original content.

Vocabulary: Replace the words hours with synonyms.
Vocabulary: The word "percentage" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "decline" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "nearly" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: Use several vocabularies to present the data in the fourth paragraph.
Topic Vocabulary:
  • household appliances
  • time-efficient
  • labour-saving devices
  • technological innovations
  • ownership rate
  • housework chores
  • domestic workload
  • automation
  • advancements
  • trend analysis
  • societal shifts
  • economic impact
  • durability
  • lifespan of appliances
  • maintenance
  • historical comparison
  • time allocation
  • drudgery reduction
  • energy consumption
  • disruption in trends
What to do next:
Look at other essays: