The charts below show the comparison of time spent, in minutes per day, by UK males and females on household and leisure activities in 2008. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant. You should write at least 150 words.

The charts below show the comparison of time spent, in minutes per day, by UK males and females on household and leisure activities in 2008.

Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

You should write at least 150 words.
The given table and bar chart, represent the average
minutes
per
day
people in the UK spend on
leisure
activities
and household chores, divided by gender, back in 2008.
Overall
, as shown in
both
datasets,
both
genders spend the most
time
on TV, radio and video as part of their everyday hobby, and, compared to male individuals,
women
spend more
hours
on household
activities
. To start with, let's first discuss the
leisure
activities
table. It is stated that
men
spent more
time
on
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watching TV and
video
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videos
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and listening to
radio
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the radio
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, with just above 2 and a quarter
hours
a
day
, than
women
with almost 2
hours
per
day
. When reading books,
both
parties spend almost 20
minutes
per
day
, with only
one minute
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diffrence
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difference
. Doing sports takes the least
time
of the
day
,
placing
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between 11 to 15
minutes
. In total,
men
spent 170 and
women
spent 148
minutes
a
day
on
leisure
. Moving on to the bar chart, we can see
time
spent on housework.
Women
spent an average of 2 and a half
hours
a
day
doing chores, with cooking and washing taking up most of the
time
, at 1 hour 15
minutes
. The rest of the
time
from most to least was spent on shopping, washing and ironing
cloths
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clothes
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and repairing stuff, respectively. For
men
, the average
time
spent in a
day
doing household
labor
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was just above an hour.
This
time
was mostly spent on cooking and washing, taking up 30
minutes
of the
day
, and was followed by shopping, repairing and
cloth
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clothes
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washing. In conclusion,
it is clear that
while
men
spent more
time
in a
day
on
leisure
rather than chores,
women
spent almost the same amount of
time
on
both
activities
, with exactly 2
minutes
more on housework.
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Common mistake: Your writing should be 150-250 words.
Basic structure: Change the fourth paragraph.
Vocabulary: Replace the words minutes, day, leisure, activities, both, time, women, hours, men with synonyms.
Vocabulary: The word "chart" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "table" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "almost" was used 3 times.
Vocabulary: Use several vocabularies to present the data in the fourth paragraph.
Topic Vocabulary:
  • Comparison
  • Household activities
  • Leisure activities
  • Average
  • Significantly more/less
  • Markedly more/less
  • Striking difference
  • Counterparts
  • Societal norms
  • Differing interests
  • Dedicated time
  • Household tasks
  • Maintenance
  • Repairs
  • Pursuits
  • Socializing
  • Gender divide
  • Traditional roles
  • Allocation of time
  • Reflects
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