IELTS Task 1 : Single

The most popular types of holiday activities amongst British senior high school students (2003)

The table below shows the most popular types of holiday activities amongst British senior high school students in 2003. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparation where relevant.Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparation where relevant.
Dec 07,2018
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The table highlights popular holiday activities in 2003 amongst 108 female and 97 male senior high school students in Britain. It reveals some Significant differences and similarities between the two groups.


Of the statistics, ‘playing sports’ showed the greatest disparity with the number of males (31) being almost four times the number of females (8). Next, in terms of contrast were the activities of “reading” and ‘shopping. In both activities, the number of females (16 and 22) at least doubled the number of males (8 and 9). While not being as dramatically different as the previous examples, there were marked differences between females (25) and males (15) in the activity of ‘sleeping resting’. These activities represented the most significant differences.


There were, however some similarities amongst the two groups. In the areas of ‘self-education’ and ‘gardening’, both males (5 and 6) and females (6 and 4) was surprisingly similar. Not surprisingly, ‘movie watching was also a similar area of interest with slightly more females (2?) interested than males (23).


Generally, the results indicate that males prefer more physically demanding outdoor activities whereas the females seem to prefer activities that are less strenuous.

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