IELTS In Birtamode

The bar chart illustrates the different leisure activities of males and females.

In general, boys spend a significant amount of time on all the activities except art and craft, while both boys and girls spend an equal amount of time watching TV.

Girls spend 25% of their leisure time skateboarding, whereas boys spend a considerable 38% of their time on this activity. Bike riding is more popular among boys, with 75% participating in this activity, compared with 58% of girls. Both boys and girls give equal priority to watching TV, with almost all of them participating in this activity.

Girls are also interested in computer games, with 60% of their leisure time spent playing them, while the figure for boys is higher, at 80%. Finally, girls show a greater preference for art and craft than boys. Approximately 58% of girls participate in this creative activity, compared with 38% of boys.

The bar chart illustrates the different priorities of boys and girls when participating in leisure activities.

Overall, girls are more interested in creative activities, whereas boys show a greater interest in physical activities and gadgets. In contrast, both boys and girls spend an equal amount of time watching TV.

Three leisure activities—skateboarding, bike riding, and playing computer games—are more popular among boys than girls. Boys spend approximately 40% of their time skateboarding, 70% riding bikes, and 80% playing computer games. In comparison, the proportions for girls are approximately 20%, 57%, and 60%, respectively.

Both boys and girls give equal importance to watching TV, with 100% of both groups participating in this activity. The only activity in which girls are more interested than boys is art and craft, where the proportion of girls is approximately twice that of boys.

The table lists the percentage of children who faced different issues related to education in 2005 and 2015.

In general, School A made improvements in most of the areas, whereas the handwriting issue could not be corrected even after a decade, and the reading ability of students declined. Likewise, School B was not able to tackle any of the issues, showing a decrease in the level of performance.

In 2005, School A had problems in many areas. In fact, the percentage of students facing educational issues was higher in School A. The trend shows that School B students were doing well in all the areas. Almost three times as many students faced problems with reading, while four times as many students had poor handwriting in School A compared with School B. The spelling problems faced by students in School A were six times higher than those in School B. A vast majority of students lacked effective listening skills in School A. School B comparatively performed better than School A. Various problems, such as difficulty in expressing ideas, concentrating in lessons, and following instructions, were reported by 35%, 40%, and 42% of students, respectively. On the other hand, 14% struggled to express ideas, 15% could not concentrate, and 6% had difficulty following instructions in School B.

In 2015, students in School A continued to struggle more in all the categories than those in School B. A considerable difference in the percentage of students facing various kinds of issues can be witnessed. In School A, 23% of students faced problems with reading, whereas only 9% reported difficulties with reading in School B. The various areas, such as handwriting, spelling, listening, expressing ideas, concentration, and following instructions, accounted for 28%, 25%, 20%, and 21% respectively. However, these areas had relatively lower percentages of students reporting problems in School B.

The pie chart illustrates the various platforms through which people in Britain accessed international news content in 2019.

Overall, television was the most popular source of international news, whereas very few people relied on word of mouth. It is also notable that a considerable proportion of people were not interested in news content.

More than half of the population relied on conventional media for news updates. Television accounted for the largest proportion, at 43%, followed by printed newspapers at 8%. The other two traditional sources, radio and word of mouth, accounted for 4% and 1% respectively.

Meanwhile, 15% of the population were not interested in news content. Technologically advanced media were also relatively popular among the audience. Social media accounted for 14% of news consumption, while other internet platforms were responsible for a further 15%.

Fill in the blanks ( Reading )
1. First, try to locate noun in the sentence (Question)
2. Search for that word in the passage
3. Use technique “scanning”
4. If you don’t find the noun in the sentence, (Question) pinpoint verb
or adjective.
5. Match the underlined word with the synonyms in the passage for
example (beautiful = ravishing, resplendent)
6. The next sensible word is our answer.
7. The answers are in a flow.

Aloofness

Jugging all day along
To make living for long
I go to struggle to face
Brutal truth in grace.

Need to breathe and linger
Worked hard than longer
Here I come to safety
In my limitless liberty.

It is pay time I seek
My kids and love I be
You are nowhere
In the picture I see

Let your presence be transient
So be your opinion trivial
Nor do you own to dictate
Where I wear crown of my state.

This is not the place for your likes
Because closer are the goodbyes
I would happily wave
No remorse for leaving I shade.

Invade my privacy
My roofs are not for you
Intrigue my emotion
Never see you again would do.

Support aesthetic wishes
Hopes dreams attachment
Only good memories I paint
Brush is mine colors won’t fade.

Keen you claim
I don’t validate
My home is my safe zone
Not welcome chaos you create.

My home is where I spread love
Sorry that you are barred
Didn’t meet the pre-requisite
Search for the comfort elsewhere.

Writer : Amrita Dahal