The graph shows the number of people taking parts in 4 kinds of sports in a particular region between 1985 and 2005.
This
line graph illustrates player numbers in basketball
, tennis
, badminton
, and rugby
over 20 years.
Overall
, there was an upward trend in the number of people who play tennis
while
it is the opposite of those in rugby
. In addition
, the participant numbers in other sports, basketball
and badminton
, remained stable during the observed period.
In 1985, the tennis
and rugby
players were 150 and 250 respectively. After 20 years, tennis
participants rose remarkably by half, to 225 in 2005, and surpassed ruby in 1995 to become the most favourite sport. On the opposite trend, rugby
plunged five times from the most popular sport at 245 in 1985 to 50, equal to the lowest position of badminton
.
On the other hand
, the minor favourite sport was badminton
with 50 while
the number for basketball
stayed at 75 until the end of 2005. However
, no change was seen in the participants of both badminton
and basketball
over the observed period. Badminton
witnessed a slight fluctuation.Submitted by cathyngo1512 on
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Vocabulary: Replace the words basketball, tennis, badminton, rugby with synonyms.
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Vocabulary: The word "trend" was used 2 times.
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