IELTS Academic Task1 8th Feb 2020

The graph below shows cinema attendance by age in Great Britain. Write a report for a university lecturer describing the information shown.

The given line graph illustrates the percentage of people of different age groups who attended cinema from 1984 to 2003.

Overall, cinema attendance grew in all age groups in the given period of time. Also, in general, the younger age groups had a higher percentage of cinema visitors than the older age groups.

From 1984 to 2003, cinema attendance rose considerably across all age groups, but the increase was the greatest for the 15-24 age groups, which rose from about 18% in 1984 to over 50% in 2003. Though the figures fluctuated between 1992 and 1998, this age group still went to the cinema more than any other age group.

There was also a substantial rise in cinema attendance among older people (35 plus). In this case, the figures increased over this period from about 2% to over 10%. Cinema attendance of 7-14 and 25-35 year-olds followed a similar pattern from 1984 to about 2002, which was characterized by some fluctuations throughout.  However, from 2002 the trends differed in that 7-14 year olds went to the cinema less frequently while cinema attendance of the 25-44 year olds was on the increase.