You should spend about 20 minutes on this task. The graph below shows the amounts of waste produced by three companies over a period of 15 years. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant. You should write at least 150 words.

You should spend about 20 minutes on this task.

The graph below shows the amounts of waste produced by three companies over a period of 15 years.

Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant.

You should write at least 150 words.
The line graph illustrates the
waste
in
tonnes
that three companies, named A,
B
, and C emitted from 2000 to 2015.
Overall
, it is noteworthy that A and
B
showed their downtrends in
waste
while
C produced more
waste
overtime
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. Another point worth highlighting is that A led the first place most of the time in
produced-
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waste
. Regarding A and
B
company, the former stood at the highest amount of 12
tonnes
of
waste
in 2000, which was followed by the latter with about 4
tonnes
of trash lower.
Overtime
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,
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company A witnessed a gradual drop
whereas
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firm
B
had
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peaked at about 10
tonnes
in 2010 before it fell sharply later on. In 2015, roughly 8
tonnes
of
waste
was recorded at
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firm
A, in the
mean time
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, only 3
tonnes
of
waste
was produced at
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firm
B
. On
contrary
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,
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firm
C reported about 4
tonnes
in 2000, surpassed
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the
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company
B
and A in the next 15 years, and rose significantly to
estimately
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estimated
estimate
10
tonnes
in 2015, which was the highest amount compared to the others.
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Vocabulary: The word "about" was used 3 times.

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Topic Vocabulary:
  • fluctuate
  • trend
  • decline
  • increase
  • peak
  • decrease
  • gradual
  • significant
  • intersect
  • consistent
  • tonnes
  • measurement
  • compare
  • contrast
  • period
  • analytical
  • overview
  • summarize
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