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Question: 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 a reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

Question: 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 a reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
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This
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 bar chart compares the amount of time that people in Great Britain used different types of phone lines to make calls between 1995 and 2002.
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, it can be noted that throughout the entire
period
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 the fixed line for local calls was the most used, followed by the same type of phone line utilized for national and international calls.
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 the category of mobile phones accounted for the lowest total number of
minutes
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 in the given time
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, it is obvious that
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 segment of the telephone market experienced an exponential increase over time.
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 analysis of the data reveals that British people increasingly used their fixed lines to make local calls in the first years of the
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, reaching a peak of about 90
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minutes
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 in 1999.
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, from the year 2000 on,
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 category gradually became less popular, dropping to just above 70
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minutes
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 in 2002. The number of
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 spent on landlines for national and international calls slowly rose each year,
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 the incline was rather modest with a figure of nearly 40
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minutes
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 in 1995 to slightly over 60
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 seven years later. Mobile phone usage almost tripled between 1999 and 2002, standing at approximately 45
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minutes
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 in the final year of the
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.
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Linking words: Don't use the same linking words: "although".
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Vocabulary: Replace the words period, minutes, billion with synonyms.
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Vocabulary: The word "number of" was used 2 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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