Task 1: 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. Write at least 150 words.
The bar graph displays how weekly income spending by
families
has changed from the year 1968 to the year 2018. Overall
, In 1968 most of the earnings used to get spent on food whereas
in 2018 a huge amount of income is spent on leisure activities.
In the year 1968, most families
used to spend more than 5% on expenses
while
in 2018 there are expenses
which were spent less than 5% such
as fuel, clothing and personal goods. However
, in 1968 families
' weekly expenses
used to be less than 10% for
except food which used to be substantially reached around 35%. Change preposition
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Additionally
, almost 23% is the peak high of expenses
spent on a weekly basis by families
in 2018.
Furthermore
, Housing and transport have become quite expensive which was approximately 18% and 13% respectively in 2018, compared to families
of 1968 where it used to be cheaper by less than 10%. Household goods remain unchanged over the period which is at around almost 8%.Submitted by Melroy on
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Vocabulary: Replace the words families, expenses with synonyms.
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Vocabulary: The word "around" was used 2 times.
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