The graphs show changes in spending habits of people in UK between 1971 and 2001. Write a report to a university lecturer describing the data.
The pie charts show changes in UK spending patterns between 1971 and 30 years later, 2001.
As an
overall
trend, increased amounts of money spent on cars, computers and eating out were made up for by drops in expenditure on food and books.
In detail, food and car
made up the two biggest Fix the agreement mistake
cars
item
of expenditure in both years. Together they comprised over half of household spending in the UK. Food accounted for 44% of spending in 1971, but Change to a plural noun
items
this
dropped by two thirds
to 14% in 2001. Add a hyphen
two-thirds
However
, the outlay on cars doubled, rising from 22% in 1971 to 43% in 2001.
Other areas changed significantly. Spending on eating out doubled, climbing from 7% to 14%. The proportion of salary spent on computers increased dramatically, up from 2% in 1971 to 12% in 2001. However
, as computer expenditure rose, the percentage of outlay on books plunged from 6% to 1%.Submitted by sajee_5 on
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Basic structure: Change the third paragraph.
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Vocabulary: Rephrase the word "show" in your introduction.
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Vocabulary: Rephrase the word "changes" in your introduction.
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Vocabulary: The word "changes" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "increased" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: Use several vocabularies to present the data in the third paragraph.
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