Pie Chart and Bar Chart for IELTS Writing Task 1

It is possible to be given two charts together in IELTS writing task 1. Below you will see two pie charts followed by a bar chart. This exercise will focus on how to structure your report and how to highlight the key features of both charts in one overview.

The charts below show the males and females arrested over 5 years and the reasons for the most recent arrests.

two IELTS charts

Source: The above charts were not created by IELTS Liz.

Two Charts: Structure and Overview

Answer the questions below in order to decide your paragraphing for your task 1 report.

  1. Will you put the introduction separately?
  2. Will you have an overview or conclusion?
  3. How many body paragraphs will you have?
  4. What order will you put your paragraphs in?
  5. Will your body paragraphs be equal lengths?
Answers
  1. Yes, the introduction should go in a separate paragraph.
  2. You must have an overview not a conclusion. The overview can go after the introduction.
  3. You should have 4 paragraphs in total.
  4. You should have an introduction, an overview, one body paragraph for the pie chart detail and one body paragraph for the bar chart detail.
  5. The body paragraph with pie chart detail will be shorter than the body paragraph with details about the bar chart

 

Now write your overview. this paragraph must contain key features from both charts. This means you must write one sentence about the key features of the pie charts and one sentence for the key features of the other chart. After you have written your overview, check the sample overview. Model Overview

Overall, over the five year period finishing in 1994, there were significantly more males arrested than females. The majority of arrests were due to public drinking while no answer was given for the least number of arrests for both genders.

 

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Comments

  1. afaf salman says

    The pie chart illustrates the percentage of people arrested in a period of five years ending in 1994.
    The bar chart elucidates the causes for which people were taken into custody.

    Overall, males were arrested in greater proportion than females and majority of arrests were made due to public drinking for both genders whereas a small number of arrests were made for which there was no answer given by the officials.

    The majority of women (more than 35%) were arrested for public drinking. This figure dropped to close to 20% for crimes of assault and offences committed for other reasons .The figure dropped further as much as close to 15 % for drunk driving and a stable downward trend continues against offences committed in terms of breach of order and theft ( about 12%), finally plunging to as low as just above 5% for arrests for which no answer was given.

    Like wise, majority of males (just above 30%) were also taken into custody for public drinking as opposed to just above 25% for drunk driving.Close to 20% were arrested for breaching the order and for other reasons and the figure slightly dipped (about 16%) for crimes of assault and theft. Lastly, the number hit the lowest to as low as nearly 4% for arrests made for which no answer was given.

  2. Two charts explain the percentage of people who arrested and the reasons behind it from the years 1989 to 1994.
    Overall, there were 25% of males and 9% of females arrested in the specified time. whereas, the public drinking was the major reason of arresting, inmates were not provided answers contributed to only few percentages.
    In 1994, the reasons why prisoners have arrested were investigated. It was six reasons beside one category with no answers, starting from driving while drinking with 14% for females and 26% for males, public drinking constituted 31% of males and 37% females, breach of order included 18% males and 12% females, assault prisoners were 17% males and 19% females, robbery category was 16% males and 13% females, the bar with other reasons showed 19% males and 18% females, and finally, prisoners who were not answers compromised minimum percentage with 4% males and 7% females.

  3. Mung Htoi Aung San Li says

    The pie charts and bar chart illustrate why people were mostly detained according to gender between 1989 and 1994. Information is divided into seven reasons in the bar chart and by gender in the pie charts. The unit was measured in percentage.
    Overall, significant percentage of arrested men was more than that of women over five years finishing in 1994. Public drinking was the majority of arrest while no answer was insignificant minority for both genders.
    Due to the charts, women were arrested significantly intern of public drinking around 60%, assault nearly 20% and no answer well over 5% compared with the figures for drink driving over 25%, breach of order around 18%, theft over 15% and other reason nearly 20% were the most recent of arrested men.
    As can be seen in the pie charts, nearly one-third of males were arrested as opposed to a tiny portion of females over five years.

  4. Majo Revollo says

    The charts provide information on females and males arrested and their causes of incarceration. This was evaluated over a period of five years, coming to an end in 1994, in terms of percentage.

    The pie charts demonstrate a noticeable difference between the arrests among both genres. Women make up the smallest percentage, while men make up the majority. According to the bar graph, the reasons for their arrests were divided into seven categories, with public driving being the most common.

    Taking a deeper look at the pie charts, the number of men arrested is nearly four times the percentage of women. Furthermore, despite the fact that two-thirds of the male population was not incarcerated, females outnumbered them by more than 90 percent.

    In contrast, the bar graph reveals that for women, public drinking is the major reason for their arrest, having the greatest percentage over both populations, 37 percent approximately. For men, that answer is the most popular too, but in a smaller number, about 30 percent. The other situations have a similar range among them, with the “no answer” option having the smallest percentage of 4 and 5 for males and females, respectively. 

  5. andrea says

    The pie chart below illustrates the percentage of women and men captured over five years. The bar chart shows seven different reasons for the new captures. (Measured in percentage)

    Overall, the masculine genre was more arrested than the women. Moreover, the principal argument was drunk in public areas for both genres. But just a few people did not answer about the reason for the crime.

    First, most people caught committing a crime were men, 32% of criminals. In comparison with the female genre, just 9%. On the other hand, in both genres, more than 50% were not arrested.

    Turning to the reasons for the most recent arrests. Man and women have the same result in the assault with a difference of 3% approximately. The same with the category of other reasons, both genres have a similar percentage, over 15%, being the male, the genre with the worst behavior, having a significant portion in each argument.

  6. The pie charts show the number of men and women arrested during the last 5 years until 1994. The bar graph provides detailed information of reasons (public drinking, assault, drinking driving, breach order, theft, other reasons, and no answer) for their arrests.
    Overall, the number of arrested men was higher as compared to women during the given period. Drinking in public was the major reason for arrests while not answering was the least for both genders.
    The total percentage of people arrested was 41% which comprised 32% of men and 9% of women. The utmost reason for being legally detained was due to public drinking with nearly 38% for females and around 30% for males. A similar trend is evident for assault cases which recorded to almost 20% for ladies and around 17% for gents. Drinking while driving was the highest reason why men were arrested than women (about 26% and 14 % respectively).
    The reason for not providing an answer was the smallest percentage with only around 7% for ladies and just 4% for gents. The breach of order, theft, and other reasons were logged higher by men than women with percentile differences of approximately 1%, 3% and 6% respectively.

  7. Hi Liz,
    Greetings.. you are a great teacher i have learnt so much from your website… but i am bit confused regarding use of bracket in writing task 1 to explain data likewise electricity generated from thermal was higher(27%) than renewals(10%). I am going to give exam on 1st june please clear my doubt… and kindly wish me gud luck its my ist attempt in IELTS

  8. Mustafa says

    Hi Liz,

    First, I would like to thank you very much for this great effort you are putting here. The content id definitely helpful for everyone who would like to improve their scores in the IELTS test. I have written my response to the above chart and would appreciate your feedback:

    The pie chart illustrates the percentage of males and females who were arrested from 1989 to 1994 while the bar graph gives more information about the reasons for their arrests, breaking it down into seven different categories.

    Overall, the proportion of males who were arrested over five years was significantly higher than that of their females’ counterpart. The biggest reason behind males and females’ arrest was drinking in public as opposed to having no answer for an arrest which accounted for the least percentage.

    Total percentage of people arrested was 41% with males representing 32% and just 9% for females. In terms of males, drinking in public scored the highest reason for arrest at just above 30% as opposed to the people who chose not to answer which was the lowest at approximately 4%. The second highest reason for male arrests was drinking driving at slightly over 25% while the remaining reasons had almost similar proportions scoring an average of about 17%.

    Similarly, the most popular reason for females’ arrest was public drinking which reached a peak of just over 30%, accounting for six folds of no answer (just below 5%). Apart from that, drink driving, breach of order and theft consistently accumulated almost the same percentage of about 13%. Furthermore, reasons for people who were convicted for assault and other reasons showed an average rate of just below 20%.

    • Please check it for me.
      The charts provide the information regarding the proportion of arrests made by police over the five year period(1990-1994), and illustrate the causes of their latest arrests in terms of percentage.

      Overall, majority of the males was involved in committing crimes as opposed to a small proportion of women. The drinking at public places was the most recent cause of the arrests of both genders. In contrast, few individuals were captured due to giving no response.

      In regard to pie chart, it is conspicuous that about one-third of males had arrested as compared to only 9% of females over the five year period finished in 1994 according to the given data.

      Turning towards bar chart, it is explicitly viewed that about two-fifth of women caught recently due to public drinking as opposed to around one third males arrested due to the same cause. Females dominated in assaulting cases and giving no answers with around 5% higher figure than their male counterparts. Males were showing two fold increase in arrests due to drink driving than females according to recent report. While, break of order and theft cases were demonstrated the same trends around 17%males’ and 13%female’s arrests. The arrests for no reason equally popular among both genders(well below than 20%).

  9. PRIYANKA SARKAR says

    HI LIZ,
    Atfirst I want to tell you one thing ,thank you for being such an amazing person. I am sure if there were a nobel prize for best teacher, you would get it!
    Another fantastic lesson, congrats for your great job.
    Please share with us more essay topics. I am about to book my exam slot @march.
    Need your help more.
    Essay on summer vacation is it important or not ? like a positive aspect of spend time n summer time and side by side drawback also.

  10. Cezar says

    Hi,
    It seems to me that it could be a good idea to construct 3 body paragraphs for this particular task (a, to comment about pie chart; b, to comment about crimes which lead to female arrest more frequently; c, for males ones). Could you comment if my reasoning is corect?
    Thanks a lot
    Cezar

    • A bar chart usually requires comparing. If you put males and females in separate paragraphs, you won’t be able to compare them.

  11. Augustine Alabi says

    Hello Liz,

    Please, for this particular question, I wrote up to 211 words. Is it wrong to write above 150 words?

  12. laxman says

    hi liz….i have got an exam on jan 9….this site is helping too much for me

    to be true with you…..i have been love with you although i am younger than you..looking your videos on youtube

    love you lizz

  13. Hi Liz,
    I was confused in the sentence “The majority of arrests were due to…”. I wonder if there is “were” or “was” here? Would you please help me?
    Thank you in advance

  14. Dear Liz,

    Difficult to write about all the reasons for recent arrest in the body paragraph, so is it ok to write about only the major reasons?

  15. Jennifer says

    Hi Liz,
    I would like to know if it is fine to describe some features that I did not put in the overview?

    For example, I observed that there was a significant percentage difference in the reason of drunk driving between males and females. It I didn’t mention it in my overview, can I add this point later paragraphs?

    Thank you!

    • When you choose your key features, you also consider the length of your report. This has both pie charts and a bar chart. So, best to choose about one key feature from each and then start the body paragraphs. Try adding your sentence and then count the number of words. It might be lengthy and time consuming – remember you only have 20 mins for this.
      All the best
      Liz

  16. Hi Liz,
    does this overview get good band or not?

    Overall, the percentage of males was considerably higher than that of females. Most number of males and females ended up in the prison for public drinking whereas the least percentage was shown for no reason in both gender.

    also i am confused between the use of ” than ” and ” than that of” in comparison.

  17. Maam,
    I wrote about 200 words in task 1 and it was comparison chart (pie charts and table)So,Please tell me would this thing affect my band score??

    • If your overview contained key features and your body paragraphs contained obvious details, then it should be ok. Some charts contain a lot of information and it is possible to write around 200 words. But it depends on the charts you get and how you write. Without seeing your writing and the charts, I can’t comment exactly.
      All the best
      liz

  18. Dear Liz!

    I love your site, I’m a frequent visitor. I was wondering if in this case would it be a good idea to add to the overview the sentence: “The biggest difference between female and male arrest was in drink driving. ” ?
    Thank you for your answer.

    • It is often good to add the main difference in the overview. But it depends on how much detail there is to write in the body paragraphs. Here you can see we have both a pie chart and a bar chart to describe. That means we need to limit the length of the overview or the report will get too long. But it is your choice.
      All the best
      Liz

  19. i want ask you how I can improve my writing skill because I always get just 4 score
    Can you tell me please?? Because my exam in the next Saturday

    • With only a few days left, I recommend you look at my model essays and pay attention to structure, content of paragraphs and linking devices. However, to get more than 4, you will need to be able to produce more accurate English. More errors = lower score.
      All the best
      Liz

  20. Noha Faisal says

    Hi Liz ,
    Excuse me mum ,, in which time are you gonna read candidates` work ? ,, is there any particular appointment or when you are free ??
    Thanks
    Regards,

    • Sorry, but at present I do not have time to offer any free marking.
      All the best
      Liz

  21. Noha Faisal says

    Dear Liz ,
    kindly , can you read my introduction and overview ? . and could you please evaluate them ..
    The pie chart depicts some information about the numbers of people from both genders who were arrested in five years , by the end of 1994 , while the bar chart illustrates seven features for why they were taken down.

    Overall, men who had been arrested, exceed more than women in the same five years .However, the most popular cause for that detention , was the general drinking for males and females, whereas no reason was given for the minimal numbers of arrests.

    Regards,

    • Please read my notice: https://ieltsliz.com/posting-writing/
      Liz

    • Hello Liz,
      Thank you for everything you did and you do
      In task 1, if have for example pie chart and bar chart should i write an introduction for each ,then i start the body paragraph with the keys features for the both of them.

      • You introduce both in the introduction. You write the key features for both in your overview. Then you describe each in separate body paragraphs.

  22. Noha Faisal says

    Hi Liz,
    I wanna ask if we can put percentages or any information like numbers or years in the overview ? or it must be only in the body paragraphs ??!
    Thanks,

    • The overview is just a description of the key features without details of numbers. Unless, you have totals to give, for example in a table. All details usually go in the body paragraphs.
      All the best
      Liz

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