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. Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features, 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.

Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features, make comparisons where relevant.
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The line graphs illustrate how many households in one state had electric devices and how often they used them for chores in the year gap between 1920 and 2019.
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, it can be seen that the number of families that possessed electrical gadgets increased through the years,
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their usage declined in the period of almost a decade. The biggest increase concerned the number of families who purchased fridges. Around 40% of the households owned a washing machine in 1920.
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percentage was 30% for vacuums and none of those people possessed a fridge
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year. In 2019 there was a 100%
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in refrigerator ownership.
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, every household had a vacuum cleaner
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just above 70% of the houses owned electrical devices for their laundry. In 1920 families were spending 50 hours weekly in chores, which declined dramatically to 20 in 1960. A slight drop followed through the years resulting in the lower number of only 10 hours a week for housework.
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Linking words: Don't use the same linking words: "while".
Vocabulary: The word "number of" was used 3 times.
Vocabulary: The word "declined" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "increased" was used 2 times.
Topic Vocabulary:
  • ownership of electrical appliances
  • steadily increased
  • dramatically decreased
  • correlating the rise
  • became common
  • households
  • prevalence
  • technological advancements
  • increased affordability
  • household chores
  • labor-saving devices
  • allocated for housework
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