The line graph below shows the consumption 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
) between 1981 and 2007. Units are measured in grams
.
Overall
, the consumption of margarine
and butter
decreased over the period given; for low-fat and reduced spreads, it rose. At the start of the period, butter
was the most popular spread. Then
it was replaced by margarine
from 1991 to 2001. Following that, low-fat and reduced spreads became the most widely used in the final years
.
In 1981, the butter
began at around 140 grams
and then
reached a peak at around 160 grams
in 1986, before falling dramatically to approximately 50 grams
in the last
few years
. Likewise
, around 90 grams
of margarine
were 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-fat and reduced spreads was only stated in 1996 at around 10 grams
. This
figure, which reached a high of roughly over 80 grams
over the next five years
, fell slightly in the final years
to approximately 70 grams
in 2007. (192 words)Submitted by mynonames on
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Vocabulary: Replace the words margarine, butter, grams, years with synonyms.
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Vocabulary: The word "fall" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "reached" 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 "around" was used 4 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "slightly" was used 2 times.
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