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BEST IELTS Writing Task 1 Academic, 15th December
IELTS ACADEMIC WRITING TASK 1
IELTS ACADEMIC WRITING TASK 1
The percentage of school-aged boys in two different age groups who participated in 5 different sports in the UK in 2010. Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main feature and make comparisons where relevant.
| Sports | Boys 6-11 | Boys 12-16 |
| Football | 87 | 78 |
| Basketball | 35 | 25 |
| Cricket | 45 | 34 |
| Rugby | 23 | 21 |
| Swimming | 19 | 19 |
SAMPLE ANSWER
The table shows data on the proportion of schoolboys in 2 separate age groups who took part in playing 5 kinds of sport in the UK in 2010.
Overall, the figures for boys aged between 6 and 11 years old are always higher than those for the older boys, with the notable exception of swimming, which is the same.
87% of 6-to-11-year-olds played soccer, while the percentage of boys between 12 and 16 was slightly lower, at 78%. Only 25% of the older age group played basketball, compared to 35% of the younger boys. The percentage participation in cricket by the younger group was 45% and 34% for the older group; a difference of 11%.
In the same year, the proportion of both age groups/the two age groups in the UK who liked swimming was the same, at 19%. However, the UK saw a similar figure for schoolboys aged 6-11 and 12-16 who played rugby in 2010, at 23% and 21% respectively.
