Writing Task 1 (Academic Test)
WRITING
Model Answer:
The pie charts provide data about the percentages of employees in various fields of work in the United Kingdom in two years, 1991 and 2001. Overall, it can be seen that most significant changes occurred in the Service and Sales and Other categories, and by far the largest percentage of people were working in the Other sector in both years.
In 1991 the majority of people worked in the field labelled ‘other’. By 2001, this percentage had dropped from around 55% to roughly 45%. Meanwhile, the amount of employees working in service and sales increased significantly from around 10% to about 20% between 1991 and 2001. The service and sales sector became the second largest employer during this time.
The percentage of people that worked as technicians in 1991 was the smallest of the job types shown in this chart. By 2001, the percentage of technicians in the country had almost doubled so that this type of work employed the same number of people as the managers and professional job types, and amounted to approximately 15% of jobs.
Useful Vocabulary:
amount (verb): to become a particular amount when added together
drop (verb): to decrease
field (noun [c]): an area or type [of work]
label (verb): to give something a label
percentage (noun [c]): an amount, defined as a number out of 100
proportion (noun [c]): an amount, compared to a larger whole which it is part of
roughly (adverb): approximately
sector (noun [c]): an area or type of economic activity
significantly (adverb): by a large amount
3. Pie chart
The pie charts below show the number of people employed in several job types in the United Kingdom in 1991 and 2001.
Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and making comparisons where relevant.