56 IELTS Essays,
Letters, Graphs, Diagrams & Maps
3- The chart below shows the amount of money per week spent on fast foods in Britain. The graph shows the trends in consumption of fast foods. Write a report for a university lecturer describing the information shown below. Expenditure on fast food by income groups 0
10
20
30
40
50
High Income
Average Income
Low Income
Hamburgers
Fish and Chips
Pizza
Consumption of fast foods 1970-1990 0
100
200
300
400
500
600
G ram m es Fish and Chips
Hamburgers
Pizza
1970
1975
1980
The charts show the sum of money spent on fast foods among three income
groups as well as the consumption rate of fast foods in Britain from 1970 to
1990.
The first chart shows that high income earners consumed considerably more
fast foods than the other income groups, spending more than twice as much
on hamburgers (43 pence per person per week) than on fish and chips or
pizza (both under 20 pence). Average income earners also favoured
hamburgers, spending 33 pence per person per week, followed by fish and
chips at 24 pence, then pizza at 11 pence. Low income earners spent less
than other income groups on fast foods, though fish and chips remains their
most popular fast food, followed by hamburgers and then pizza.
From the graph we can see that in 1970, fish and chips were twice as popular
as burgers, pizza was at that time the least popular fast food. The
consumption of hamburgers and pizza has risen steadily over the 20-year
period to 1990 while the consumption of fish and chips has been in decline
over the same period with a slight increase in popularity since 1985.
(193 words)
