The chart below gives information about how families in one country spent their weekly income in 1968 and in 2018. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The chart below gives information about how families in one country spent their weekly income in 1968 and in 2018.

Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
This
bar chart illustrates different families' spending in their every
week
in 1968 and in 2018. From the table,we can see
food
occupied the most expenditure about 35% of their every
week
in 1968 and the
figure
for leisure became the most expensive cost in 2018.In the same year, housing,transport and leisure had huge increases compared with the
figure
in 1968. In 1968, fuel and power which had a proportion of about 6% was the least expenditure every
week
.At the same time, the other five expenditures except
food
got a similar
figure
of approximately 9%.But the
figure
for
food
reached the most proportion over 35% every
week
. In 2018, housing,
food
,leisure and transport got similar rates,with 19%,17%,22% and 14% respectively.
By contrast
, the other three expenditures
such
as fuel and power, clothing and footwear, household goods and personal goods had a similar
figure
,which was under 7% in their every
week
.In the same year,these three figures had little decrease compared with these figures in 1968.
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Sentences: Add more complex sentences.
Vocabulary: Replace the words week, food, figure with synonyms.
Vocabulary: The word "compared" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "figure" was used 6 times.
Vocabulary: The word "proportion" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "about" was used 2 times.
Topic Vocabulary:
  • compare
  • spending patterns
  • allocated
  • weekly income
  • significant changes
  • essential items
  • food
  • housing
  • clothing
  • leisure
  • communication
  • increase
  • decrease
  • twofold rise
  • substantial increase
  • quadrupling
  • declined
  • food and drink
  • slight increase
  • prioritizing
  • necessities
  • transitioned
  • portio
  • non-essential items
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