Task 1: The charts below show the changes in ownership of electrical appliances and amount of time spent doing housework in households in one country between 1920 and 2019. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant. Write at least 150 words.

Task 1: The charts below show the changes in ownership of electrical appliances and amount of

time spent doing housework in households in one country between 1920 and 2019. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant. Write at least 150 words.
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The two graphs provide information on what proportion of changes happened in the usage of electrical appliances by the owner
as well as
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how many
hours
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were spent on household chores in a week from 1920 to 2019. At the beginning of the period, the Washing machine was the most popular appliance in many households
although
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, over the years it became the least used product at above 70%. In 1920, Refrigerator was not even used by most owners
however
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, in the next twenty years it jumped directly to approximately 55% and by the end of the period 2019, it became the most consumed appliance with the Vacuum cleaner reaching the peak of 100% marking that every household had these two appliances.
In addition
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, As the appliances were getting used more by the owners of the household the number of
hours
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also
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started to drastically fall.
For instance
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, in the year 1920, most
hours
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which were put in a week were at 50
hours
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but it rapidly shrank to almost 20
hours
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in 1960 and for the next thirty-nine years it ranged between 20
hours
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to 10
hours
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.
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Vocabulary: Replace the words hours with synonyms.
Topic Vocabulary:
  • household appliances
  • time-efficient
  • labour-saving devices
  • technological innovations
  • ownership rate
  • housework chores
  • domestic workload
  • automation
  • advancements
  • trend analysis
  • societal shifts
  • economic impact
  • durability
  • lifespan of appliances
  • maintenance
  • historical comparison
  • time allocation
  • drudgery reduction
  • energy consumption
  • disruption in trends
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