Band 6+: The pie charts below show how working adults in a particular country spent their time in 1958 and 2008. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The two pie charts compare the percentage of the day spending by adults on various activities in the years 1958 and 2008.

Overall, it is evident that adults spent the most of their times to working in both years. We can also see that the spending time by sleeping decreased considerably in proportion, while the figure for working increased significantly over the given period.

In 1958, the spending time by working was the highest at 33%, whereas the figure for sleeping was the second biggest activity at 32%. The spending time by going out with friends stood at, while the figure for relaxing at home and travelling to work accounted for 8% and 2% respectively. The adults spent about 5% of their time by playing sports.

By 2008, the percentage of day spent by working increased considerably to 42% as well as it was the highest activity. The figure for sleeping declined moderately to 25%, while there was a slight increase to 13% in the proportion of day spent by relaxing at home. The figure for playing sports and travelling to work increased moderately to 7%, whereas the percentage of the day spent by going out with friends or family represented small percentage of the pie chart total survey, with 6%.