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The chart shows ways that schoolchildren get to school in three different countries.

The chart shows ways that schoolchildren get to school in three different countries.
The chart presents information about how pupils in three different countries travel to
school
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, separated into 6 different categories.
For
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In
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 the United States and the United Kingdom, the majority of
students
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 travel by car to
school
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, with figures of 40% and 39% respectively. In
Australia
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,Australia
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 only a quarter of
students
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 use
this
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 mode of transport. The
school
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 bus is the most common method of getting to
school
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 in Australia; in the
USA
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The USA
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 the number is only slightly behind those travelling by car. Less than a quarter use the
school
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 bus in the UK. Almost four times as many Australian
students
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 walked to
school
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 compared to the USA, with the UK being closer to Australia at 15%. The remaining three categories showed only slight differences between the countries, with public transport being followed by cycling, and
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 a category marked as 'other', which represents only about
one twentieth
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 of the total in each country.
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, there are differences between the countries, but the
school
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 bus and cars represent the most common ways for
students
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 to travel to
school
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.

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Basic structure: Use less body paragraphs.
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Basic structure: Change the second paragraph.
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Basic structure: Change the fourth paragraph.
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Vocabulary: Replace the words school, students with synonyms.
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Vocabulary: The word "represents" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "differences" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "about" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "slightly" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: Use several vocabularies to present the data in the second paragraph.
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Vocabulary: Use several vocabularies to present the data in the fourth paragraph.
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