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The chart below shows the total number of minutes (in billions) of telephone calls in the UK, divided into three categories, from 1995-2002. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The chart below shows the total number of minutes (in billions) of telephone calls in the UK, divided into three categories, from 1995-2002. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
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The bar graph shows the combined time spent in billions of
minutes
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, on three different kinds of
phone
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a phone
the phone
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call
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calls
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 in the United Kingdom, from 1995-2002.
Overall
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, local calls were the most popular over the whole period, with national and international calls and calls on mobiles
second
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 and
third
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 respectively.
However
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, the number of
minutes
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 spent on international and national calls and mobiles both increased over the period; with mobile
minutes
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 increasing dramatically,
thus
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 narrowing the gap between the three categories by 2002.
Minutes
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 spent on local calls fluctuated over the time period, with just over 70
billion
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minutes
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 in 1995, peaking at approximately 90
billion
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 in 1999 and
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 steadily decreasing to just over 70
billion
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minutes
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 in 2002. National and international calls increased steadily year on year, from just under 40
billion
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minutes
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 in 1995 to a peak of just over 60
billion
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 in 2002. Mobile
minutes
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 increased at a very rapid pace from approximately 3
billion
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 in 1995 to around 45
billion
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 in 2002. Mobile phone usage nearly doubled from approximately 22
billion
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minutes
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 in 2000 to 40
billion
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 in 2001.

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Vocabulary: Replace the words minutes, billion with synonyms.
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Vocabulary: Rephrase the word "shows" in your introduction.
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Vocabulary: The word "increased" was used 3 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "approximately" was used 3 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "just over" was used 3 times.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • total number of minutes
  • telephone calls
  • categories
  • local – fixed line
  • national and international – fixed line
  • mobiles
  • general trend
  • yearly totals
  • significant changes
  • milestones
  • data
  • rise significantly
  • decline
  • steady increase
  • fluctuate
  • peak
  • exponential growth
  • over the period
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