You should spend about 20 minutes on this task. The graph shows the number of people taking parts in 4 kinds of sports in a particular region between 1985 and 2005. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant. You should write at least 150 words. Writing Task 1

The line graph depicts how many individuals played basketball, tennis, badminton, and rugby in a region over a period of 20 years, from 1985. At a glance, it is noticeable that the number of tennis and rugby players experienced

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contrasting

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movement

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movements

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which are rise and fall, respectively, whilst the two other sports look stable. In terms of

the

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tennis and rugby, the number of former

player

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players

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stood at 150 in

initial

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an initial

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year

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started to grow steadily by approximately 80 people

in

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the end of the period.

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with the latter, it started at just below 250 people in 1985.

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, it witnessed a gradual drop in the next 10 years to precisely 200 players

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plummeted to 50 individuals in 2005. In regard to basketball and badminton, there were around 85 and 55 people decided to join these sports, consecutively.

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both of them had a slight increase to 83 and 49 players, respectively, and

this

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number remained steady until the

last

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year.