You should spend about 20 minutes on this task. The chart below shows the expenditure on three categories among different age groups of residents in the UK in 2004. Summaries the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant. You should write at least 150 words.

You should spend about 20 minutes on this task.

The chart below shows the expenditure on three categories among different age groups of residents in the UK in 2004.

Summaries the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

You should write at least 150 words.
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Information is presented by a bar chart which compares the total spending on three particular purposes, classified by 5 different
age
groups of citizens in the UK in 2004.
Overall
, it can be clearly seen that
while
the popularity of
food
and drink, and
entertainment
increased as
people
got older, the demand for
restaurant
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and
hotel
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hotels
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changed in the opposite direction. Turning to the first main feature,
people
who were under 30
years
old were the majority
group
that spent on
restaurant
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restaurants
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and
hotel
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hotels
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, amounting to just below 15% of the total spending,
whereas
older
people
in the 61-75
age
group
spent on
this
category the least, accounting for approximately 2%.
In addition
, there was a little more than 10% of the total spending which was contributed by
people
who were in the 31-45 and 46-60
age
group
equally. Turning to another main feature, in terms of
food
and drink, there was only just above 5% of the total spending, paid by
people
who were under 30
years
old.
Nevertheless
, the expenditure ratio rose as the
number of
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age
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was higher. The largest proportion of spending on
food
and beverage was about 23%, contributed by
people
who were 76
years
old or over. Focusing
further
on the
last
category (
entertainment
), the proportion of the total disbursement grew when
people
were older. There was just a little more than 5%, spent by
people
who were below 30
years
old on
entertainment
.
However
, the ratio of the spending on
entertainment
rose to around 23% for
people
who were in
61
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-75
age
group
, which is the highest percentage and
also
the same number as that for
people
in
more-than-76
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the more-than-76
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age
group
who spent on
food
and beverage.
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Common mistake: Your writing should be 150-250 words.
Vocabulary: Replace the words age, food, entertainment, people, years, group with synonyms.
Vocabulary: Rephrase the word "information" in your introduction.
Vocabulary: The word "proportion" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "ratio" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "a little more than" was used 2 times.
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