Band 9: You should spend about 20 minutes on this task. The pie graphs below show the result of a survey of children's activities. The first graph shows the cultural and leisure activities that boys participate in, whereas the second graph shows the activities in which the girls participate. Write a report describing the information shown in the two pie graphs. Write at least 150 words.

The pie charts illustrate the survey results on children’s participation in various activities.

Overall, it is clear that computer games are the most popular activity in boys’ leisure time, while reading has the lowest participation rate. Another noticeable feature is that the highest proportion is recorded in dancing in girls’ leisure time, and there is a contrast in reading.

In terms of boys’ activities, we can observe that the boys spend a significant their time in computer games, just over a third. The proportion of spending on basketball is the second most popular activity, accounting for 26%, and soccer takes up 17%. Listening to music and skateboarding have a similar proportion, at 10% and 11% respectively, while reading makes up a very low percentage at 2%.

Turning to girls’ activities, spending on dancing is the most preferred activity, constituting 27%, followed by reading at 21% and computer games at 16%, which is half the percentage of boys who play computer games. Additionally, netball accounts for 15% and gymnastics comprises 11%, whereas listening to music is the least popular leisure activity at 10%.