WRITING TASK 1 You should spend about 20 minutes on this task. The table below shows how the UK unemployed spent their time last year. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant. You should write at least 150 words.

The diagram illustrates how the people who live in the UK and currently have no

job

spend their free time.

Overall

, the most popular

activities

among

men

and

women

are mostly the same,

as well as

the least popular ones.

However

, these

activities

vary in the morning and in the evening. In the morning the most common activity among

women

is housework with 49%. The next two

activities

were shopping and

job

hunting with 26% and 16% respectively. In comparison to them, 22% of the

men

in the morning were looking for a

job

.

Although

shopping and housework were not so much behind with only 2% and 3% decrease to the most common activity respectively. Gardening was much more popular among

men

. Drinking was the least popular activity among people who were surveyed. But the numbers for the afternoon

activities

are not the same. Watching TV rose in popularity drastically to 14% and 12% for

men

and

women

respectively.

However

, the top 3 stayed the same for

women

with the exception that

job

hunting was changed with visiting friends and relatives. The two most uncommon

activities

among

men

and

women

were staying in bed and drinking