The table below gives information on concusmer spending on different items in five different countries in 2002.

The table below gives information on concusmer spending on different items in five different countries in 2002.
The given table provides information about the percentage of different types of goods (several types of foods, fashion, and leisure or education) consumed by
people
in Ireland, Italy, Spain, Sweden, and Turkey for one year in 2002. In general, the most expenditure was put on
food
items,
while
the lowest was on leisure or education.
To begin
with, The Turkish consumed the most percentage of consumption with 32% of
food
/drinks/tobacco, followed by the Irish who spent 28.91%
of
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different types of
food
. Spanish, Italian and Sweden
people
, consumed 18.80%, 16.36%, and 15.77% respectively.
While
,
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people
in those countries expended their money on fashion about three to four times less than
food
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on food
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items. Italian spent the biggest percentage of fashion with 9.00%,
while
Turkish, Spanish, and Irish consumed 6.63% ,6.51%,
6,43
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%, and of
this
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respectively. Meanwhile, expenditure on leisure or education things always placed below 5%. Turkish, Sweden
people
, Italian, Irish, and Spanish expended 4.35%, 3.22%, 3.20%, 2.21%, and 1.98% respectively.
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Linking words: Don't use the same linking words: "while".
Basic structure: Change the third paragraph.
Vocabulary: Replace the words people, food with synonyms.
Vocabulary: Rephrase the word "information" in your introduction.
Vocabulary: Only 6 basic words for charts were used.
Vocabulary: The word "percentage" was used 3 times.
Vocabulary: The word "about" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: Use several vocabularies to present the data in the third paragraph.

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Topic Vocabulary:
  • consumer spending
  • categories
  • comparison
  • trends
  • patterns
  • economic factors
  • cost of living
  • average income
  • cultural values
  • implications
  • data analysis
  • leisure activities
  • significant differences
  • budget allocation
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