Weekly Household Spending

How to answer: structure and key points

How to answer

1. Open with what the image is and what it shows: its title or topic.
2. Describe two or three main features: the largest and smallest values, or the main stages or parts.
3. Add one comparison or trend in a single sentence.
4. Finish with one sentence on what the image shows overall.
5. Keep talking at an even pace until the time runs out; content matters, but so do fluency and pronunciation.

Key points for this image

This is a horizontal bar chart.

• It shows what an average household spent each week on different goods and services in 2015-16, in dollars.
• Housing is the largest item, roughly 280 dollars a week.
• Food and non-alcoholic drinks are second at about 237 dollars, then transport around 207.
• Recreation is close to 170 dollars, while most other items are under 100.
• Tobacco products are the smallest category, at only about 13 dollars.

Conclusion idea: Overall, housing, food and transport take the biggest share of weekly household budgets.

These are key points and a structure written by RealPTE, not a script to memorise: say or write it in your own words.

RealPTE numbers

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