The graph below gives information about the percentage of the population in four Asian countries living in cities from 1970 to 2020, with predictions for 2030 and 2040. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The graph below gives information about the percentage of the population in four Asian countries living in cities from 1970 to 2020, with predictions for 2030 and 2040. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
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The line graph illustrates details about the percentage of people who live in cities in the Philippines,Malaysia,Thailand and Indonesia from 1970 to 2020.
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, gives a prediction for the next twenty
years
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.
Overall
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; all four places went up between 1970 and 2020.
However
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, some countries remained in the fixed number for some
years
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while
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the information shows that it will peak more in the next
years
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Firstly
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, Malaysia and Indonesia rose steadily in the first five decades from 30 to close to 70 per cent and just below 15 to around half respectively.
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, the prediction for the next two decades is as same as previous
years
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' rise.
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, four-fifths of the Malaysian public will live in cities.
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, the two other countries had an increase in the first twenty
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. After that they dropped a little
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, they stood steady until 2020 but it seems that they will jump again and both achieve above 40 per cent.

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Sentences: Add more complex sentences.
Vocabulary: Replace the words years with synonyms.
Topic Vocabulary:
  • graph
  • percentage
  • population
  • cities
  • Asian countries
  • 1970
  • 2020
  • predictions
  • 2030
  • 2040
  • estimations
  • urban
  • increasing
  • steadily
  • Japan
  • China
  • rise
  • urbanization
  • South Korea
  • India
  • upward trend
  • slow pace
  • surpass
  • resided
  • projected
  • moderate increase
  • significant surge
  • exceed
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