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The chart below shows the number of trips made by children in one country in 1990 and 2010 to travel to and from school using different modes of transport.

The chart below shows the number of trips made by children in one country in 1990 and 2010 to travel to and from school using different modes of transport.
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The chart illustrates the frequency of
trips
 taken by children aged from 5 to 12 from 1990 to 2019 either by car,
bus
, cycling or walking to the school and back.
Overall
, it can be depicted that children preferred to walk to and from school,
while
almost
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 equal number of
trips
 were taken by cycling,
bus
 or walking and
bus
 both.
Whereas
 in 1990
where
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car
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the car
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 was relatively the less chosen mode of transport, it changed significantly in 2019, as it became the most preferred choice rather than walking as seen in 1990. In 1990, walking dominated the choice of travel with around 12
millions
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million
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 taken per year.
However
, children chose to ride the cycles, take the
bus
 or even walk to school or back with each grazing around 6
million
trips
 taken that year.
However
,
journey
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 done by car was at the minimum with only 4
million
trips
 taken annually. The tables were turned in 2019, with around 11.5
millions
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million
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trips
 per year, launching as the most preferred choice for travel,
whereas
 walking faced
decline
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 to almost half
to
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it's
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its
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initial
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the initial
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 value to almost 6
millions
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million
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trips
. Not only walking, other modes
such
 as cycling, walking,
bus
 or walking and
bus
 both saw a relative crunch as numbers went down to almost 2
million
 for cycling, less than 4
million
 for walking and
bus
 and at
last
, nearly 5
million
trips
 per annum for
bus
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the bus
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.

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Linking words: Don't use the same linking words: "however, whereas".
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Vocabulary: Replace the words trips, bus, million with synonyms.
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Vocabulary: The word "almost" was used 4 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "around" was used 3 times.
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