The chart below shows the levels of employment in different sectors of the UK economy from 1910 to 2010. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant. Write at least 150 words.
The line graph illustrates how many
people
were employed in four major industry
sectors in the UK from 1910 till 2010. Overall
, the service industry
experienced the fastest growth — by the end of the period, it employed more people
than the other three sectors combined. In contrast
, fewer people
worked in agriculture, energy and construction, and manufacturing in 2010 than in 1910.
Manufacturing was the dominant industry
at the beginning of the period, employing over five million
people
. It continued to grow until 1950 when it peaked at approximately eight million
people
before falling into decline.
Its place as a leading industry
was taken by services, which was the only sector that demonstrated a strong upward trend throughout the period. As a result
of its rapid growth, it overtook manufacturing to become the largest employer by 1930 with just over 10 million
workers and exceeded 20 million
by 2010.
With regard to the remaining two sectors, agriculture and energy and construction gradually shrank from providing jobs for approximately 2.5 and 3.5 million
people
respectively in 1910 to under two million
each in 2010.Submitted by rahmad.iriyandi on
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Vocabulary: Replace the words people, industry, million with synonyms.
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Vocabulary: The word "growth" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "approximately" was used 2 times.
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