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The first chart below gives information about the money spent by British parents on their children’s sports between 2008 and 2014. The second chart shows the number of children who participated in three sports in Britain over the same time period.

The first chart below gives information about the money spent by British parents on their children’s sports between 2008 and 2014. The second chart shows the number of children who participated in three sports in Britain over the same time period.
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The line graphs show the average monthly amount that parents in Britain spent on their
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children
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’s sporting activities and the number of British
children
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 who took part in three different sports from 2008 to 2014.
It is clear that
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 parents spent more money each year on their
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children
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’s
participation
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 in sports over the six-year period. In terms of the number of
children
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 taking part, football was significantly more popular than athletics and swimming. In 2008, British parents spent an average of around £20 per month on their
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children
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’s sporting activities. Parents’ spending on
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children
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’s sports increased gradually over the following six years, and by 2014 the average monthly amount had risen to just over £30. Looking at
participation
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 numbers, in 2008 approximately 8
million
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 British
children
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 played football,
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 only 2
million
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children
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 were enrolled in swimming clubs and less than 1
million
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 practised athletics. The figures for football
participation
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 remained relatively stable over the following 6 years.
By contrast
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,
participation
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 in swimming almost doubled, to nearly 4
million
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children
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, and there was a
near
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 fivefold increase in the number of
children
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 doing athletics

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Vocabulary: Replace the words children’s, children, participation, million with synonyms.
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Vocabulary: The word "amount" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "number of" was used 3 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "increased" was used 2 times.
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