The graph below shows how elderly people in the United States spent their free time between 1980 and 2010. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The graph below shows how elderly people in the United States spent their free time between 1980 and 2010.

Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
This
graph shows the kinds of
activities
done by older people in their spare time, covering a period from the 1980s to now in the United States. We can see that
generally
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,generally
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the
activities
listed have been increasing in
popularity
amongst the elderly, with hiking
has
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having
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increased steadily throughout the years, and watching TV
being
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is
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the most popular
overall
. In the 1980s, nearly all
activities
were growing in
popularity
. The only activity which was becoming less popular over these years was going to the
theatre
. Going to the
theatre
declined steeply from 50% to 30%.
This
changed in the 1990s, and going to the
theatre
became more popular,
whereas
reading saw a dramatic drop in
popularity
. The number of people doing all other
activities
increased.
This
century, hiking, reading, going to the
theatre
and surfing the Internet have all been increasing in
popularity
.
However
, watching TV has been decreasing in
popularity
. Despite
this
, watching TV is still the
second
most popular activity nowadays amongst
this
group. Most elderly people are hiking nowadays in their spare time.

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Sentences: Add more complex sentences.
Vocabulary: Replace the words activities, popularity, theatre with synonyms.
Vocabulary: Rephrase the word "shows" in your introduction.
Vocabulary: The word "go" was used 4 times.
Vocabulary: The word "go" was used 4 times.
Vocabulary: The word "increased" was used 2 times.

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