Band 7+: Writing Task 1 You should spend about 20 minutes on this task. The bar chart shows a comparison of the daily routines of school pupils between three countries. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant. Write at least 150 words.

This bar graph illustrates how students across 3 countries spend their day.

Overall, it can be seen that students in Canada and the US spend around the same amount of time relaxing, studying and sleeping, while Australian students study considerably more and spend less time relaxing.

First, it can be seen that students in Canada and the US spend around equal portions of their day sleeping, studying and relaxing. American pupils spend the most time sleeping at 8.5 hours of the day, compared to Canadian students who spend 8 hours a day sleeping. In addition, American pupils study just slightly less than Canadian students, at 8 hours in comparison to 8.5 hours. Both groups of students, however, spend the same amount of time relaxing, at 7.5 hours.

This is in stark contrast to Australia, where students spend far more time studying than their Canadian and American counterparts, at 13 hours. They also sleep less at just 7 hours. Thus, Australian pupils have much less time to relax, at just 4 hours, which is 3.5 hours less than Canadian and American pupils.