Task 1: The chart below shows the percentage of households in owned and rented accommodation in England and Wales between 1918 and 2011. Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant. Write at least 150 words.

Task 1: The chart below shows the percentage of households in owned and rented accommodation

 in England and Wales between 1918 and 2011. Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant. Write at least 150 words.
The bar chart displays the changes in the proportion of household
accommodation
which is either owned or rented in two cities of the United Kingdom (England and Wales) from 1918 to 2011.
Overall
, the
households
market has been quite different from each other in accommodations.
Households
which were owned were moderately increasing in percentage
whereas
,
households
in rented
accommodation
were declining throughout the period. At the beginning of the period, Owned properties were relatively lesser in
accommodation
while
renting
accommodation
was quite popular which was at around 75%. Between the years of 1918 to 1961, owned
accommodation
was drastically surging in
households
and by that year it rosed to approximately 20% renting
accommodation
was consistently declining in
households
and by 1961, it fell by almost 17%. In the year 1971, both the accommodations reached the same percentage of
households
which was at 50%.
Additionally
, for the next 40 years owned
households
surpassed the renting
accommodation
and jumped to almost 70%
on the other hand
, renting
accommodation
depleted to more than 32% of
households
.
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Vocabulary: Replace the words accommodation, households with synonyms.
Vocabulary: The word "percentage" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "almost" was used 2 times.

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Topic Vocabulary:
  • percentage
  • households
  • accommodation
  • owned
  • rented
  • prevalent
  • transition period
  • trend
  • increase
  • decrease
  • significant
  • analyze
  • summarize
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