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The pie graphs below show the result of a survey of children's activities. The first graph shows the cultural and leisure activities that boys participate in, whereas the second graph shows the activities in which the girls participate.

The two pie charts draw the conclusion of a survey of
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' and
girls
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' cultural and leisure activities.
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, equal quantities of both sexes enjoyed listening to music, but a dramatically larger number of
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 liked reading. There were
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 many differences in terms of the children's preferred sports. Turning to the first
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, we can observe that
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 prefer playing computer games (34% participation rate) to taking other activities . Playing basketball comes as the second most popular leisure, practised by almost a third of male children. Basketball is followed by soccer, which is exercised by 17%. Skateboarding and listening to music are less preferable activities, chosen by 11% and 10% of
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 respectively. Reading, the least popular cultural activity among
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, represents only two per. Cent. Taking a closer look at the second
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, we can see that
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' most preferred activity is dancing, being 27% of the total.
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 to the
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' preferences, reading is chosen by more than a fifth.of all
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.
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 the percentage of female children who play computer games is roughly twice SVoLeo less than that of
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 (16%),
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 activity is third most popular on the
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'
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. With a slight difference between computer games and netball, the latter is practised at
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% rate.
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 to skateboarding popularity popular among
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, 11% of
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 go in for gymnastics. Listening to music comes as the least popular leisure, with a proportion of 10%, equal to those on the first
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Vocabulary: Replace the words boys, girls, chart with synonyms.
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Vocabulary: Rephrase the word "undefined" in your introduction.
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Vocabulary: The word "charts" was used 5 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "differences" was used 2 times.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • survey
  • cultural activities
  • leisure activities
  • participate
  • percentage
  • gender difference
  • similar participation rates
  • traditional gender roles
  • trends
  • impact
  • parental influence
  • extracurricular activities
  • accessible
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