The charts below show local government expenditure in 2010 and 2015.

The charts below show local government expenditure in 2010 and 2015.
IELTS Writing Task Chart for The charts below show local government expenditure in 2010 and 2015.
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The chart below demonstrates how much local government spent on different categories
such
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Education
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, health care, pensions, defence, welfare,interest on borrowing, transport, culture and leisure and
other
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others
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in 2010 and 2015. Over the five-year period, the pie chart below had significant changes.
Overall
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education
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had the highest percentage and transport, culture and leisure and
other
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others
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had the lowest in both
years
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.
Firstly
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,
education
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, healthcare, and pension were the biggest expenditures in both
years
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. The percentage of healthcare declined by 1% in 2015%, and
education
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had a gradually bigger decrease by 3%.
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, pension did not change in both
years
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(19%), same as other it remained the same throughout the
years
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.
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, in 2010 welfare made up 8% but by the year 2015, it got higher and accounted for 13%
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borrowing increased by 5% in 2015. Defences percentage was 17% in 2010, after that it declined to 14% in 2015. Culture, transport, and leisure dropped to just 1% in 2015.

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Vocabulary: Replace the words education, years with synonyms.
Vocabulary: The word "chart" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "changes" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "percentage" was used 3 times.
Vocabulary: The word "declined" was used 2 times.
Topic Vocabulary:
  • expenditure
  • allocation
  • budget
  • fiscal
  • increased/decreased spending
  • percentage
  • funding
  • infrastructure
  • public services
  • education
  • healthcare
  • recreation
  • welfare
  • economic conditions
  • fiscal policy
  • trend
  • analysis
  • comparative
  • significant
  • allocate
  • reallocate
  • subsidize
  • cutbacks
  • deficit
  • surplus
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