Task 1 - Bar Chart - Model Answer 5 (PRO only)

The graphs below show the types of music albums purchased by people in Britain
according to s3x and age.
Write a report for a university lecturer describing the information shown below.
· You should write at least 150 words.
· You should spend about 20 minutes on this task.

Model answer:

The three graphs provide an overview of the types of music people purchase in the UK. At
first glance we see that classical music is far less popular than pop or rock music.
While slightly more women than men buy pop music, the rock market is dominated by men
with 30% buying rock, compared to 17% of women. From the first graph we see that
interest in pop music is steady from age 16 to 44 with 20% of the population continuing to
buy pop CDs after the age of 45.
The interest in rock music reaches its peak among the 25 to 34 year olds, though it never
sells as well as pop. Interest also drops off after the age of 35 with an even sharper fall
from age 45 onwards, a pattern which is the opposite to the classical music graph.