the three pie charts below show the changes in annual spending by local authorities in Someland in 1980,1990 and 2000. summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
The pie charts compare patterns of the annual expenditure by Someland
authorities
in 1980,1990 and 2000.
One prominent feature is that Use synonyms
education
, including higher Use synonyms
education
and K-12 Use synonyms
education
, took up the lion's share in any given year, accounting for almost Use synonyms
three quarters
of the total spending. K-12 Add a hyphen
three-quarters
education
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expense
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expenses
decrease
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decreased
percent
from 25% in 1980 to 18% in 2000. The proportion of higher Use synonyms
education
spending rose significantly, from a third of the total expense in 1980 to nearly Use synonyms
a
half in 1990, before falling to 40 Correct article usage
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percent
by 2000.
The rest of the Change the spelling
per cent
authorities
' spending was divided between transportation, environmental services, health and human resources and other expenses. Use synonyms
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authorities
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increases
their spending on health and human resources from 14% in 1980 to 20% Wrong verb form
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1990, they cut it by Correct your spelling
by
a
half by 2000. A reversed pattern applied to transportation spending, shrinking from 16 Remove the article
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percent
in 1980 Change the spelling
per cent
ti
six Correct your spelling
to
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percent
in 1990 before expanding to 22 Change the spelling
per cent
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percent
in 2000. Just a modest share of the local budget was allocated for environmental services, never exceeding a tenth of the Change the spelling
per cent
authorities
' total expenditure.Use synonyms
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