Mindset for IELTS - Level 1 (Unit 03: Education And Employment)


Read the model answer and find:


1. the introductory sentence

2. the overview


3. a description of data

4. some data to support the descriptions


5. past simple verb forms

6. a present perfect verb form


The chart below shows the percentage of unemployed recent graduates and young non-graduates aged 21 to 30 between 1990 and 2015.

Why is the past simple used more than the present perfect?

Model Answer

 The line graph shows the number of unemployed recent graduates and non-graduates in the population of 21 to 30-year-olds in the years between 1990 and 2015. Overall, the numbers have not changed much: we can see a fall, followed by a rise, in both groups. The non-graduates are a larger number than the recent graduates at all points.
Between 1990 and 2000 there was a decrease in the number of unemployed recent graduates and non-graduates. The fall was small from 1990 to 1995, but greater between 1995 and 2000.
There was a small change in the middle period. The number of non-graduates dropped and then grew during that period. Over the five years from 2010 to 2015, the numbers of both non-graduates and  recent graduates returned almost to their 1990 figures of 14% and 10%.
Overall, it is clear that having a degree is helpful in finding employment as more non-graduates than recent graduates are out of work. 


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