The charts below show the performance of a bus company in terms of punctuality, both actual and target (what actually happened compared to what the company was trying to achieve), and the number of complaints from passengers

The charts below show the performance of a bus company in terms of punctuality, both actual and target (what actually happened compared to what the company was trying to achieve), and the number of complaints from passengers
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The first given bar chart represents the actual and
target
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percentage of services arriving on time between 1999 and 2003. Meanwhile, the second bar chart shows how many complaints were made in the same period.
Overall
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, the expected
target
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of buses arriving on time decreased over the years
while
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the actual ones had many
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fluctuations
. The number of complaints from their passengers increased throughout the period. In 1999 and 2000, the company's
target
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of buses arriving on time was similar at 86%
although
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the data actually decreased significantly from 85% to 82%. From 2001 to 2003,
this
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company dropped the
target
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of on-time arrival to just over 84% and the actual figure climbed to 85%. It is clear from the second graph, the number of
complaint
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complaints
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shipped at 70 per thousand of total passengers in 1999. 100 per
thounsand
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thousand
passenger's journey complaint were made in 2000 before it fell to over 80 in 2001. Following by the next two
year
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,
this
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figure grew considerably to 110 and 120 per, respectively.
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Vocabulary: Replace the words target with synonyms.
Vocabulary: The word "chart" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "figure" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "number of" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "decreased" was used 2 times.
Topic Vocabulary:
  • punctuality
  • target versus actual performance
  • correlation
  • consistency
  • trends
  • passenger numbers
  • complaints
  • assessment
  • measures taken
  • impact
  • effectiveness
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