The graph below shows the consumtion of 3 spreads from 1981 to 2007
The line graph illustrates the amount of three kinds of spreads (
margarine
, low fat and reduced spreads and butter
) which were consumed over 26 years
from 1981 to 2007. Units are measured in grams
. Overall
, the consumption of margarine
and butter
decreased over period
given Add an article
the period
while
for low fat
and reduced spreads, it rose. At the start of the period, Add a hyphen
low-fat
butter
was the most popular spread, which was replaced by margarine
from 1991 to 2001, and following that low fat and reduced spreads became the most widely used spread in the final years
.
With regards to the amount of butter
used, it began at around 140 grams
and then
peaked at 160 grams
in 1986 before falling dramatically to about 50 grams
in the last
year. Likewise
, approximately 90 grams
of margarine
was eaten in the first year after which the figure fluctuated slightly and dropped to a low of 40 grams
in 2007.
On the other hand
, the consumption of low fats and reduced spreads only started in 1996 at about 10 grams
. This
figure, which reached a high of just over 80 grams
5 years
later, fell slightly in the final years
to approximately 70 grams
in 2007.Submitted by misstiasclassroom on
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Vocabulary: Replace the words margarine, butter, years, grams with synonyms.
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Vocabulary: The word "figure" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "amount" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "fall" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "reduced" was used 4 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "approximately" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "about" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "slightly" was used 2 times.
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