The following pie charts show the results of a survey into the most popular leisure activities in the United States of America in 1999 and 2009

The following pie charts show the results of a survey into the most popular leisure activities in the United States of America in 1999 and 2009
The given pie charts provide information about the highest leisure
activities
performed in the United
states
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in 1999 and 2009. In both years, three
activities
seemed to be popular among people. First is walking which remained the most performed activity
of
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a percentage of 29% and 31% in both eras.
Similarly
, the second highest was soccer which was played by about 17% of people in 1999 and 18% in 2009. The third activity,
however
, differed between the compared periods, in 1999, aerobics was popular by 9%. Meanwhile, in 2009, swimming appeared more performed by about 18% of people. The remaining
activities
seemed to follow a transferable trend where yoga was less popular in 1999 but raised notably by 5% in 2009. Comparatively, bicycling and jogging declined by 5% in 2009.
The camping
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were
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hardly changed by an increase of 1% in 2009.
Overall
, walking and soccer are the most popular
activities
in both periods. The rest of the leisure practices varied in their percentages between 1999 and 2009
were
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where
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some showed an increasing trend
while
others showed the opposite.
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Vocabulary: Replace the words activities with synonyms.
Vocabulary: The word "showed" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "percentage" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "trend" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "about" was used 3 times.

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