English writing Ielts task 1

Task 1: The chart below shows the average hours spent per day in leisure and sports activities, by youngest and oldest populations, in the US, in 2015. Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant.

The bar chart illustrates the amount of time spent on leisure activities in a day of 15-19 years old and over 75 years old.

Overall, in their spare time, the elderly often watches tv, reads, relaxes and thinks more than young people. 15-19 age groups tend to be more active such as participating in more energy activities.

About group of young people in their free time who spend 2,4 hours less time watching TV than the elderly is 2,1 hours. This group of people aged 15-19 seldom read, relax and think which only account for 0,2 and 0,1 hours during their spare time respectively. It is also easy to see that young people are more energy and active so they spend most of their free time playing sports, socializing, communicating and use computer.

In contrast, the group over 75 years old often spend their leisure time on watching TV the most is 4,5 hours and the second is reading which takes 1 hours. Older people prefer to rest and think more than which takes up their 0,6 hours while other activities occupy less time than young people