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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 and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

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 and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
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The bar chart illustrates the total number of
telephone
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 calls in the minute in three different categories namely, local, national and international, and mobiles in
period
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a period
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 of 8
years
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 from 1995 to 2002 in the UK.
Overall
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, the local
telephone
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 calls had the highest amount
in
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of
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 all time.
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, the
trend
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 of it
,
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 was not upward in all
years
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.
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the mobiles
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mobiles
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mobile
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trend
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 was upward, it had the least ratio.
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, the
trend
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 of national and international calls
as
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is
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same
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the same
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 as the mobiles. In 1995 local
telephone
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 calls
was
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were
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 about 70
billion
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minutes
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 which was doubled from national and international calls. After 4
years
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,
telephone
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 calls reached
at
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its pick 90
billion
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minutes
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.
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,
at
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in
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 those
years
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 national calls rose slightly and reached 50
billion
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minutes
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. After 1999,
upward
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the upward
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trend
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 continued and in 2002 reached
at
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it pick about 60
billion
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minutes
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. But, local calls started to decrease and in three
years
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 about 20
billion
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 calls fell. Mobile
phone
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phones
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 in 1995, had the least ratio under 5
billion
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minutes
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. The
trend
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 of that was upward.
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 from 1995 to 1998 rose slightly, from 1999 to 2002 increased sharply and each year almost 5 to 10
billion
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minutes
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added
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were added
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, and in 2002 the total number of mobile calls reached more
than40
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than 40
billion
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minutes
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.
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Linking words: Don't use the same linking words: "although, however".
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Vocabulary: Replace the words telephone, years, trend, billion, minutes with synonyms.
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Vocabulary: Rephrase the word "number of" in your introduction.
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Vocabulary: The word "number of" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "ratio" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "trend" was used 5 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "reached" was used 4 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "about" was used 3 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "slightly" 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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