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Graphs: Fast Food

In IELTS, you will often get two or three graphs or tables, and you have to relate them to each other. Don’t just write one paragraph about each.

The two charts below give information on the changes in the types of fast food eaten in the UK between 1970 and 1990.

Fast Food UK

Click for sample texts for Graph 1: Changes in Spending or Graph 2: Types of Fast Food in a new window, or click the button below for both:

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Note: here, these two graphs have NOT been put together: in IELTS you are required to join the information into ONE short essay of 150 words…

Graph 1: Fast Food UK: Changes in Spending

The graph shows weekly expenditure on fast food in Britain by food and income group. There are two main trends. First, the expenditure is directly related to income. Secondly, there are differences in the types of fast food eaten by each group.

The amount of money spent on fast food is related to income. People in the high-income group spent the most – over 85 pence per person per week. People in the low-income group spent the least – less than half of what the high-income earners spent.

The type of fast food eaten also depends on the group. High-income earners spent 3 times more on hamburgers than people in the low-income group. Pizza was generally the least favorite food. Fish and chips was the most popular food with the low-income group but consumption was fairly similar among all groups.

138 words

Graph 2 Fast Food UK: Types of Fast Food

 

The graph shows changes in the amount of fast food consumed in the UK between 1970 and 1990. Several trends are apparent. First, Britons are eating more and more fast food. Secondly, the type of fast food has changed.

In 1970, the most popular fast food was fish and chips. Over 300g were consumed each week. By 1990, however, this had fallen to just over 200g – a 50% drop. Consumption of other fast foods such as pizza and hamburgers increased, however. The amount of pizza eaten shot up from about 20g a week to more than 270g, overtaking fish and chips in the late 1980s. Hamburger consumption also increased, rising from about 80g in 1970 to almost 300g in 1990.

Accompanying this change in the choice of foods was an increase in the amount of fast food consumed. In 1970, British consumers ate about 450g a week of fast food. In 1990, on the other hand, this had more than doubled, to 1000g.

 

163 words

More stuff!

  • A quiz from BBC Are You a Fast Food Junkie?
  • Try this BreakingNewsEnglish quiz on fast food research in the US.
  • This video shows (with captions) what people in the UK actually eat:

  • Watch this 4-minute video: Cooking with Dave: How to make Fish and Chips. Or perhaps not….

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