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The chart below shows the total number of minutes (in billions) of telephone calls in the UK, divided into three categories, from 1994 to 2001. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The chart below shows the total number of minutes (in billions) of telephone calls in the UK, divided into three categories, from 1994 to 2001. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
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The graph demonstrates how many
billion
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 minutes the UK citizens devoted to making phone calls
via
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in
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 three different ways over a seven-year period between 1994 and 2001.
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, what stands out from the graph is that
although
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 both the mobile calls and national and international - fixed
line
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 calls witnessed a significant rise throughout the period in
the
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apply
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question, local - fixed
line
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 calls fell back to
its
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their
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 starting point after a gradual increase. As can be seen, in 1994 the local - fixed
line
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 calls were responsible for the major part of phone calls at 70
billion
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 minutes,
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,
the
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apply
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mobiles were the least popular among the residents,
in other
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words
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 they were used about 3
billion
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minuets
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minutes
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.
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,
while
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in1998
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in in1998
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 the use of three types of calls climbed to different extents, the local -
fixed
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-fixed
line
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 peaked at 90
billion
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 and the national and international -
fixed
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-fixed
line
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 rose steadily to 50.
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 that, the counts for
mobiles
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mobile
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 calls were almost
one tenth
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one-tenth
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 of the local - fixed lines in 1998. Another important fact is that after 1998 both the mobiles and the national and international -fixed lines grew
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, they soared to around 45 and 60
billion
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 minutes respectively.
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, the figures for
local
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the local
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 - fixed
line
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 dropped to 70.
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, by the end of the studied
period
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period,
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 the degree of differences between the three categories shrank.
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Introduction: The chart intro is missing.
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Vocabulary: Replace the words billion, line with synonyms.
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Vocabulary: The word "graph" was used 2 times.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • total number of minutes
  • telephone calls
  • categories
  • local – fixed line
  • national and international – fixed line
  • mobiles
  • general trend
  • yearly totals
  • significant changes
  • milestones
  • data
  • rise significantly
  • decline
  • steady increase
  • fluctuate
  • peak
  • exponential growth
  • over the period
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