Task 1: The chart below shows the percentage of households in owned and rented accommodation in England and Wales between 1918 and 2011. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparison where relevant.

Task 1: The chart below shows the percentage of households in owned and rented accommodation in England and Wales between 1918 and 2011.

Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparison where relevant.
The bar chart illustrates the trends of
house
ownership
and
rentership
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mentorship
renters
internship
for accommodation in England and Wales from 1918 to 2011. In the first year,
meawhile
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while
the percentage of households owned was reported at 23%, that of renting was
triplefold
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triple fold
triple-fold
of
house
ownership
(around 77,5%). Between 1939 and 1971, England and Wales witnessed a dramatic growth in households in owned accommodation;
in contrast
, a significant decrease can be seen in
house
rentership
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renters
internship
to live. In 1971, the figure for both types was equal at 50%. In the next 30 years, the
propotion
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proportion
of
house
ownership
was continuing to go up significantly and peaked
out
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at
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about 69% in 2001,
whereas
that of renting kept going to decline dramatically and bottomed
around
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at around
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31% in the same year. In 2011, the figure for
house
ownership
was 65%, compared to 35% for
house
renting.
Overall
, the percentage of
house
ownership
rose noticablelly, but the figure for home renting decreased
significantlly
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significantly
over the years surveyed.
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Vocabulary: Replace the words house, ownership with synonyms.
Vocabulary: The word "figure" was used 3 times.
Vocabulary: The word "percentage" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "decrease" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "around" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "dramatic" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "significant" was used 2 times.

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