The chart below shows the percentage of households in owned and rented accommodation in England and Wales between 1918 and 2011.
The bar chart illustrates how the number of
households
in both owned and rented accommodation
in the UK and Wales changed from 1918 to 2011.
Overall
, the ratio of families owning their own homes was as equally
as that of those renting Change the word
equal
accommodation
in 1971. Before 1971, the percentage of owned households
always took the lead; meanwhile, the opposite was true for the rented households
over the final 30 years.
At the beginning of the period, the proportion of households
renting accommodation
was the biggest, which was more
triple Correct quantifier usage
apply
than
Correct word choice
that
the
other (77% against 23%). Change preposition
of the
However
, this
figure was
dropped dramatically to 50% in 1971, despite the fact that there was remained unchanged in 1939 and 1953, Unnecessary verb
apply
stood
at approximately 78%. Wrong verb form
standing
In contrast
, the ratio of owned households
increased to nearly one-third
, which remained constant in
two years 1939 and 1953, before reaching the same percentage as those in owned Change preposition
for
accommodation
in 1971.
Over a
final course of 30 years from 1971 to 2011, the proportion of families owning homes was still continued increasing its trend to reach a plateau at nearly 70% in 2001, where the proportion of rented Correct article usage
the
households
hit a low at 31%, before dropping by 5% in 2011. This
figure witnessed a downward trend until it was a slight climbed
to 35% Replace the word
climb
at the end
of the period.Unauthorized use and/or duplication of this material without express and written permission from this site’s author and/or owner is strictly prohibited. Excerpts and links may be used, provided that full and clear credit is given to Writing9 with appropriate and specific direction to the original content.
Vocabulary: Replace the words households, accommodation with synonyms.
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Vocabulary: The word "percentage" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "proportion" was used 3 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "ratio" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "trend" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "remained" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "nearly" was used 2 times.
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