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The graphs below show the average monthly expenditure on children’s sports and participation in different sports in the UK from 2008 to 2014.

The graphs below show the average monthly expenditure on children’s sports and participation in different sports in the UK from 2008 to 2014.
The line graphs illustrate the number of UK
children
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 in various sports categories and the corresponding expenses between the
years
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 2008 and 2014.
Overall
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, football remained the favourite
sport
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 of the
children
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 throughout the
years
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.
Although
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 swimming became the
second
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 in the first three
years
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, albeit it was superseded by athletics after 2010, making them the
second
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 most participated game by 2014.
While
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 swimming is the least. In terms of spending, it is have been observed that there is a significant increase over the
years
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. In the first graph it is clearly seen that, in 2008, people spent 20
million
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 pounds on sports. The spending rose gradually, rising up to 20
million
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 pounds by 2014. The spending increase halved between 2008 to 2015. Turning to the kind of sports
children
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 participated in; Football is the most favoured
sport
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 of most
children
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 starting off at above 8
million
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 in 2008. It shows a slight decrease by 2010 at exactly 8
million
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, before it steadily rises ending with roughly 9
million
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. The
second
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sport
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 liked by
children
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 is swimming which garnered about 2
million
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 at the beginning, a considerable growth is seen
at the end
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 period (under 4
million
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).
On the contrary
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, athletics is the least on the list with 1
million
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 at the start and remained constant until 2010. A notable significant shift was noted in year 2011 when the number surpassed swimming making them the
second
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 most played
sport
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 in 2014 (approximately 5
million
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).

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Vocabulary: Replace the words children, years, sport, second, million with synonyms.
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Vocabulary: The word "graphs" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "increase" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "remained" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "significant" was used 2 times.
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