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.

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.
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The first line chart displays the portion of people using three different home appliances, namely washing machine, refrigerator and vacuum cleaner, between 1920 and 2019. The second chart shows hours spent on housework over the above period.
Overall
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, the ownership of electrical home appliances has been growing for 100
years
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however
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, the time spent in house chords has decreased dramatically.
First,
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the use of refrigerators has a huge jump during the first 40
years
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and
then
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it displays moderate growth in the next 20
years
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to reach the top spot in 1980.
Moreover
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, the vacuum cleaner trend increased steadily between 1920 to 2000, and
then
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everyone owned it in 2000.
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, the ownership of washing machines grows smoothly until 1960 and
then
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it sees a slight decline over the next 40
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and
finally
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, it displays an insignificant increase to 75% ownership in 2019. As can be seen in the second chart, hours spent on housework declined significantly until 1980 and
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the trend remained steady number until the end of 2019.
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Vocabulary: Replace the words years with synonyms.
Vocabulary: The word "chart" was used 3 times.
Vocabulary: The word "displays" was used 3 times.
Vocabulary: The word "trend" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "decline" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "increased" was used 2 times.
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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