IELTS TASK 1: Bar charts (Comparing male and female workers in the UK)

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The charts give information about employment in the UK in 1998 and 2012. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.The bar charts compare the percentage of male and female employees in the years 1988 and 2012. These figures can be split into 2 discrete demographics: men and women.  Overall, the number of people employed in the UK has increased moderately from 23,839 thousand to 29,600 thousand. While the number of men working was higher than that of women in both years, the number of female employees had risen by 2012.The percentage of full-time male employees remained the largest in the workforce, at 53% in 1988 and 47% in 2012. The number of men working part time has increased from 1,550 thousand to 2,131 thousand people. However, their percentage remained relatively the same at around 6% to 7%. The number of women working full time has increased markedly from 4,482 thousand to 7,696 thousand people, the percentage of which has risen by 7%. In 2012, the percentage of part-time female employees decreased slightly from 22% to 20%.

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The bar (wrong. These are not bar charts.) charts compare the percentage of male and female employees (incorrect.) in the years 1988 and 2012. These figures (wrong word) can be split into 2 discrete demographics: men and women. (You already wrote male and female. This is repetitive and "two figures" means that one of the charts is for men, and the other for women. That is not the task. )

You did not write a good description. You did not mention part-time and full time employment. You did not tell the reader that there are two charts, and they are pie, not bar charts. You did not mention the lists of numbers below the charts.

Here are the facts:

There are two charts in this task.
The charts are pie charts.
One chart is for data in 1988; the other is for 2012.
There are four slices (divisions) in each pie chart.
The total of all the slices is the total workforce (everyone employed) in the UK.
These four slices are: males, full time and part-time, and females, full time and part time.
Besides the percentages in the pie charts, there are numbers given for each slice.

You have to take these facts and combine them into one paragraph that describes the figure. You can do that in just two sentences. Your paragraph was about 30 words. It did not mention the segments or the numbers. The paragraph below is 38 words. It completely describes all aspects of this task.

The two pie charts, labelled 1988 and 2012, divide the total workforce in the UK into four segments: part-time men, part-time women, full-time men and full-time women. 
Listed below each pie chart are the numbers for each segment.

IELTS TASK 1: Bar charts (Comparing male and female workers in the UK)

The charts give information about employment in the UK in 1998 and 2012. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

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