The pie charts below show the percentage of time working adults spent on different activities in a particular country in 1958 and 2008. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant
The pie charts display information about how working adults
spend
their Wrong verb form
spent
time
in a particular area in 1958 and 2008.
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It is clear that
there was a considerable increase in the percentage of Linking Words
time
employed Use synonyms
in
working or travelling to the workplace, with a Change preposition
apply
subseuquent
reduction Correct your spelling
subsequent
of
leisure Change preposition
in
time
with family or friends, and a decline Use synonyms
of
the sleeping period.
In 1958 working adults invested a third of their Change preposition
in
time
in their profession, roughly a third in their sleeping, and almost Use synonyms
one fifth
going out with their relatives. They used only an Add a hyphen
one-fifth
unsignificant
proportion of their daytime travelling to reach their workplaceCorrect your spelling
insignificant
,
and employed the rest of the day between sport and relaxing at home.
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On the other hand
, in 2008 there was a steep rise in the percentage of Linking Words
time
dedicated to the working area, jumping up to 50% if both working and commuting hours are merged.
The proportion of moments dedicated to sleep sank by Use synonyms
one third
to Add a hyphen
one-third
one fourth
throughout the years. Leisure Add a hyphen
one-fourth
time
suffered a dramatic decrease from 19% to 6%, Use synonyms
wherease
chilling at home almost doubled. The amount of Correct your spelling
whereas
time
dedicated to Use synonyms
sport
saw a marginal growth from 6 to 8%.Fix the agreement mistake
sports
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