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The chart below gives information about how families in one country spent their weekly income in 1968 and in 2018. Summaries the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant.

The chart below gives information about how families in one country spent their weekly income in 1968 and in 2018. Summaries the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant.
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The bar charts
illustrates
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illustrate
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 the average number of weekly
income
 spent in two particular
years
 1968 and 2018 in one nation.
Overall
,
percentage
Correct article usage
the percentage
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 of salary spent
in
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on
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 food, fuel and power, clothing and footwear,
personal
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and personal
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goods
were
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was
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 high in 1968
whereas
 housing, transport and leisure were most in 2018. But the fraction of weekly
income
 spent
in
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on
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 household
goods
 was equal in both
years
. In 1968, 35% of weekly
income
 spent
in
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on
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 food by families but in 2018 it decreased by half percent
as well
as
Correct word choice
and
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 in clothing and footwear
in
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apply
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2018 spending money was dropped by half
proportion
Correct article usage
a proportion
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. approximately 6% of weekly salary
used
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was used
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 in fuel and power in 1968 and it fell by around 2% in 2018. In personal
goods
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,goods
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 families spent 8% in
first
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the first
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 year and it declined by 4% in other
years
. In terms of
housing
Add a comma
,housing
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 members used
less
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fewer
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 percentages of money in
1968than
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1968 than
2018
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in 2018
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. They spent 10%
in
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at
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 first
Rephrase
apply
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then
,
thetlyvstarted
Correct your spelling
then started
used
Wrong verb form
using
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 29% of
income
Correct pronoun usage
their income
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 later. around 8% and 14%
income
 in transport in 1968 and 2018 respectively. They used 9% in leisure in 1968 and 22% in 2018.
in
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In
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term
Fix the agreement mistake
terms
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 of household
goods
 families spent 8% of
money
Correct pronoun usage
their money
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 in both
years
.
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Vocabulary: Replace the words income, years, goods with synonyms.
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Vocabulary: The word "percentage" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "around" was used 2 times.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • expenditure
  • income
  • consumer habits
  • percentage
  • cost of living
  • discretionary spending
  • inflation-adjusted
  • financial priorities
  • budget allocation
  • socioeconomic changes
  • technological advancements
  • housing and utilities
  • goods and services
  • gain insight into
  • luxuries vs. necessities
  • trend analysis
  • significant increase/decrease
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