IELTS Writing Task 1Bar chartBand 7.5-8.0

Bar Chart

Thầy Henry (IELTS 8.0) · cập nhật 31/10/2026

Đề bài

The chart below shows the expenditure on three categories among different age groups of residents in the UK in 2004.

Đề IELTS Writing Task 1 Bar chart: Bar Chart

Phân tích đề & dàn ý

Phân tích đề

Dạng bài: Task 1 – Biểu đồ cột tĩnh (static chart), so sánh 3 hạng mục chi tiêu qua 5 nhóm tuổi.
Đơn vị: % of total spending → viết "the proportion / share of total spending", không chỉ viết "expenditure".
Thời gian: 2004 (một mốc, đã qua) → dùng thì quá khứ đơn; đây là biểu đồ tĩnh nên không dùng increase / decrease theo thời gian.
Từ khoá:
shows → compares / illustrates
the expenditure on three categories → the proportion of total spending devoted to three categories
different age groups of residents → people in five age groups / residents in five age brackets
in the UK → giữ nguyên (không đổi thành Britain / England)
Bẫy nhóm tuổi:
Under 30 = residents under 30 (✗ 30 and under)
31–45 = the 31–45 age group (✗ in their thirties)
76+ = aged 76 and over (✗ over 76)

Bài mẫu Band 7.5-8.0 · 226 từ

The bar chart compares the proportion of total spending that people in five age groups devoted to food and drink, restaurants and hotels, and entertainment in the UK in 2004.

Overall, spending on food and drink rose steadily with age, whereas the share devoted to restaurants and hotels was highest among the youngest group and lowest among those aged 61–75. In addition, the largest shares, at 23%, were seen for entertainment among those aged 61–75 and for food and drink among those aged 76 and over.

In detail, restaurant and hotel spending recorded the highest figure among residents under 30, at 14%, followed by entertainment at 7%, while food and drink ranked last at 6%. The pattern changed for the 31–45 age group, where food and drink stood at 13%, compared with 12% for restaurants and hotels and 8% for entertainment.

Among people aged 46–60, food and drink accounted for 17% of spending, while the figures for entertainment and restaurants and hotels were 14% and 12%, respectively. Entertainment spending among those aged 61–75 was 23%, 3 percentage points higher than that of food and drink and 21 percentage points higher than that of restaurants and hotels. Finally, food and drink exceeded both entertainment and restaurants and hotels among residents aged 76 and over, with respective figures of 23%, 13% and 7%.

Từ vựng hay trong bài

devote (a proportion of spending) to – dành (một phần chi tiêu) cho
the proportion of total spending – tỉ trọng trong tổng chi tiêu
rise steadily with age – tăng đều theo độ tuổi
age group / age bracket – nhóm tuổi
those aged 76 and over – những người từ 76 tuổi trở lên
record the highest figure – ghi nhận số liệu cao nhất
rank last – xếp cuối cùng
compared with – so với
account for – chiếm (tỉ trọng trong tổng thể)
respectively – theo thứ tự tương ứng
percentage points – điểm phần trăm
exceed both A and B – vượt cả A lẫn B