The graph below shows the average number of UK commuters travelling each day by car, bus or train between 1970 and 2030.

The graph below shows the average number of UK commuters travelling each day by car, bus or train between 1970 and 2030.
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The line chart illustrates how many workers in the UK travel from and to work using 3 different means of transport over a period of 60 years.
Overall
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, there is a dramatic increase in the number of UK commuters using the
car
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and the train,
while
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a constant decline can be seen in the figure for bus
users
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. It is
also
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clear that the
car
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is by far the most popular form of transport throughout the period. The number of travellers travelling to work by
car
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started at about 5
million
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, after which it saw a significant rise to approximately 7
million
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people in 2000. Similar changes can be seen in the figure for the train, which increased from 2
million
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to 3
million
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people/commuters/
users
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in the first 30 years.
By contrast
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, slightly over 4
million
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commuters used the bus on a daily basis, with a slight drop to slightly under 4
million
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in the year 2000 by approximately 0.5
million
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in 2000. From 2000 to 2020, the number of
car
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and train
users
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/passengers kept increasing, before being expected to reach almost/nearly 9
million
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and 5
million
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respectively in 2030.
Conversely
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, the figure for bus
users
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is expected to see a decline to under 3
million
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in the same year.
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Vocabulary: Replace the words car, users, million with synonyms.
Vocabulary: The word "figure" was used 3 times.
Vocabulary: The word "number of" was used 3 times.
Vocabulary: The word "decline" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "increase" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "approximately" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "slightly" was used 3 times.
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