WRITING TASK 1 You should spend about 20 minutes on this task, The table and charts below give information on the police budget for 2017 and 2018 in one area of Britain, The table shows where the money came from and the charts show, how it was distributed. Summarise the Infermation by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant,

WRITING TASK 1

You should spend about 20 minutes on this task,

The table and charts below give information on the police budget for 2017 and 2018 in one area of Britain, The table shows where the money came from and the charts show, how it was distributed.

Summarise the Infermation by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant,
The table illustrates the sources of
police
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the police
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budget
in 2017 and 2018, and the pie charts display how that
budget
was spent in the same time frame in Britain
Overall
,
it is clear that
the
budget
increased from 2017 to 2018. In
additon
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addition
, the amount of money,
which
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apply
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was spent
for
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on
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technogical
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technological
technical
devices increased,
however
for wages decreased. Looking more closely at the table, the most remarkable change represented the category of local taxes, with around 11
million
pounds increase. The category of national
goverment
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government
,
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apply
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and other resources showed
less
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a less
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significant incline, with 2,3
million
and a half
million
, respectively. And the total
budget
reached 318,6
million
puond
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pounds
pound
in 2018. Turning to
pie
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the pie
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charts, the percentage for buildings and transports remained stable at 17 % over the period. Interestingly, the rate for technology almost doubled;
however
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however,
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the proportion for salaries decreased from
three quarters
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three-quarters
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of
total
Add an article
the total
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amount of money which was spent to 69%.
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Linking words: Don't use the same linking words: "however".
Vocabulary: Replace the words budget, million with synonyms.
Vocabulary: The word "charts" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "table" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "amount" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "decreased" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "increased" was used 3 times.

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Topic Vocabulary:
  • budget allocation
  • financial sources
  • fiscal year
  • government grants
  • revenue
  • expenditure
  • law enforcement
  • public funds
  • allocation shifts
  • trend analysis
  • budgetary changes
  • funding distribution
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