Band 6+: WRITING TASK 1 You should spend about 20 minutes on this task. The chart below shows the expenditure on three categories among different age groups of residents in the UK in 2004. Summaries the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant. You should write at least 150 words.

The bar graph illustrates the amount of money spent on three items (food and drinks, restaurants and hotels, and entertainment) by various residents of different ages in the United Kingdom in 2004.

Overall, there was a huge fluctuation in the expenditure on these items. The amount of money spent on Food and drinks grows gradually as the age group increases. As it started with 6% of residents under 30 and steeply rose to approximately 23% for +76 years old individuals over the year.

The proportion of money paid on restaurants and hotels varied over the year. Those who were under 30 spent around 17% of their total spending. Surprisingly, people who were aged between 61 and 75 spent approximately 2% of their total spending.

The expenditure on Entertainment was not stable in that year. People who were under 30 and those between 31 and 45 spent somehow similar percentage, about 7% and 8% respectively, of their whole spending, but the percentage dramatically rose with the individuals’ aging between 61-75, with nearly 23% in that period.