The graph below shows the number of tourists visiting a particular Caribbean island between 2010 and 2017.

The graph below shows the number of tourists visiting a particular Caribbean island between 2010 and 2017.
The line graph compares
visitors
of the Caribbean
island
throughout a period from 2010 to 2017 on the basis of three groups.
Overall
, it can be seen that during
this
period the number of
visitors
soared in total. What stands out is that the number of people who stayed on the
island
overtook the number of
visitors
stayed
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who stayed
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on cruise ships in 2015. In 2010,
Caribbean
Correct article usage
the Caribbean
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was visited by 1
million
of
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visitors
, and those who travelled by cruise ships consisted less than 0.5
million
of
this
figure,
whereas
more than 0.5
million
of
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apply
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tourists stayed on the
island
. Despite initial
fluctuation
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fluctuation,
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the rate of people who came to
island
Correct article usage
the island
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through cruise ships dramatically increased to 2
million
in 2017. Between 2010 and 2011 the figures for passengers who stayed on the
island
was
Correct subject-verb agreement
were
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steady
then
, increased to 1.5
million
and after two years, their numbers fell to a little under 1.5 but
it
Correct pronoun usage
they
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fell back to 1.5 in 2017.
According to
the graph,
it is clear that
over these 7
years
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years,
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total
numbers
Fix the agreement mistake
number
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of
visitors
saw a dramatic rise to 3.5
million
.
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Vocabulary: Replace the words visitors, island, million with synonyms.
Vocabulary: The word "graph" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "figure" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "number of" was used 4 times.
Vocabulary: The word "fell" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "increased" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "stayed" was used 4 times.
Vocabulary: The word "dramatically" was used 2 times.

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Topic Vocabulary:
  • fluctuation
  • peak
  • trough
  • upward trend
  • downward trend
  • steady increase
  • sharp decline
  • seasonal variation
  • cruise ship visitors
  • island stay visitors
  • economic impact
  • environmental impact
  • tourism industry
  • sustainable tourism
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