Cambridge 16 Writing Task 1 Test 1 - Sample Answers (Band 9 to 4-5)

The two tables compare the percentage of households owning three electrical appliances with the number of hours spent on housework per week, in one country between 1920 and 2019.

Overall, ownership of all three appliances rose dramatically over the century, with refrigerators and vacuum cleaners eventually reaching full or near-full ownership, while housework hours fell steadily and consistently across the same period, an inverse relationship that strongly suggests these appliances played a major role in reducing domestic labour.

In 1920, appliance ownership was minimal: only 8% of households had a washing machine, 2% a vacuum cleaner, and refrigerators were entirely absent. By 2019, however, refrigerators and vacuum cleaners had both reached 100% ownership, while washing machines, though still the least common of the three, had risen to 88%.

Housework hours declined from 50 hours per week in 1920 to just 10 by 2019, a fivefold reduction. Notably, the steepest declines in housework hours, between 1940 and 1980, coincided with the period of fastest appliance adoption, particularly for refrigerators and vacuum cleaners, which both surged from roughly 15-40% to around 90% ownership over those four decades, reinforcing the clear link between the two trends.

The two tables show the percentage of households owning three electrical appliances and the number of hours spent on housework per week, in one country between 1920 and 2019.

Overall, ownership of all three appliances increased greatly over the century, with refrigerators and vacuum cleaners both reaching 100% ownership by 2019, while the number of hours spent on housework fell steadily throughout the same period.

In 1920, very few households owned these appliances: only 8% had a washing machine, 2% had a vacuum cleaner, and no households had a refrigerator. By 2019, refrigerators and vacuum cleaners had both reached 100%, while washing machines had risen to 88%, still slightly behind the other two appliances.

Housework hours dropped from 50 hours per week in 1920 to only 10 hours by 2019. The biggest drops in housework hours happened between 1940 and 1980, which was also when appliance ownership, especially for refrigerators and vacuum cleaners, increased the fastest, suggesting these two trends were closely connected.

The two tables give information about the percentage of households with three electrical appliances and the number of hours spent on housework, in one country between 1920 and 2019.

Overall, all three appliances became much more common over the period, and at the same time, the number of hours spent doing housework went down a lot.

In 1920, hardly any households had these appliances: 8% had a washing machine, 2% had a vacuum cleaner, and no households had a refrigerator. By 2019, refrigerators and vacuum cleaners had both reached 100% ownership, while washing machines were slightly lower, at 88%.

Housework hours went down from 50 hours a week in 1920 to only 10 hours by 2019. The biggest decreases in housework hours happened between 1940 and 1980, at the same time as appliance ownership increased quickly, which suggests the two things were connected. This pattern indicates that the introduction of labour-saving appliances during those middle decades had a particularly strong effect on reducing the time households spent on domestic chores.

The two table give information about percentage of household with three electrical appliance and number of hour spent on housework, in one country between 1920 and 2019.

Overall, all three appliance become much more common over the period, and at the same time, the number of hour spent doing housework go down a lot.

In 1920, hardly any household have this appliance: 8% have washing machine, 2% have vacuum cleaner, and no household have refrigerator. By 2019, refrigerator and vacuum cleaner have both reach 100% ownership, while washing machine was slightly lower, at 88%.

Housework hour go down from 50 hour a week in 1920 to only 10 hour by 2019. The biggest decrease in housework hour happen between 1940 and 1980, at the same time as appliance ownership increase quickly, which suggest the two thing was connected. This pattern indicate that the introduction of labour-saving appliance during those middle decade have a particularly strong effect on reducing the time household spend on domestic chore.