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📌 Task 1 Question
The graph below shows the percentage of the Australian workforce in five industries between 1962 and 2012.
Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
✅ Sample Answer (Band 8–9 Level)
Introduction:
The line graph illustrates the proportion of the Australian workforce employed in five different industries — services, manufacturing, agriculture, construction, and mining — over a 50-year period from 1962 to 2012.
Overview:
Overall, the services sector witnessed a consistent rise and emerged as the dominant employer by the end of the period, whereas the manufacturing and agriculture sectors experienced notable declines. The shares of construction and mining remained relatively stable throughout the timeline.
Body Paragraph 1:
In 1962, the service industry accounted for around 38% of the workforce and showed a steady upward trend, reaching nearly 61% by 2012. This consistent rise indicates a shift in the Australian economy towards a more service-based structure. Meanwhile, the manufacturing sector, which employed about 28% in 1962, declined progressively over the years to approximately 9% in 2012. Similarly, agriculture, which represented just over 25% at the beginning, followed a sharp downward trend and fell below 10% by the end of the period.
Body Paragraph 2:
In contrast, construction fluctuated slightly throughout the five decades. Starting at around 10%, it peaked slightly above this figure in 1992 before falling back to its original level by 2012. Mining had the smallest share of employment among all sectors. It began at around 2%, remained mostly unchanged, and experienced only minor fluctuations before ending the period just above its starting point.
💡 Vocabulary & Lexical Resources Used
| Advanced Vocabulary / Phrase | Meaning / Use in Context |
|---|---|
| illustrates | Describes what the graph shows (synonyms: shows, depicts, presents) |
| proportion / percentage / share | Used to vary vocabulary for numbers |
| employed in / employed by | Suitable collocations for workforce sectors |
| over a 50-year period / across the timeline | Highlights the full time span (1962–2012) |
| witnessed a consistent rise / steady upward trend | Formal ways to describe continuous increase |
| dominant employer / emerged as the leading sector | Used to show the sector with highest workforce share |
| in contrast / meanwhile / whereas / similarly | Useful for comparing sectors |
| experienced significant declines / sharp downward trend | Strong expressions for major reductions |
| remained relatively stable / fluctuated slightly | Good for sectors with little or small variation |
| peaked at / fell below / dropped to | Useful expressions for high or low points in data |
| minor fluctuations / marginal recovery | Describes small changes in data |
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