WRITING TASK 1 You should spend about 20 minutes on this task. The chart below gives information about how families in one country spent their weekly income in 1968 and in 2018. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant. Write at least 150 words.

The bar chart indicates the percentage of average family cost using

income

during a week in a specific nation between the

year

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years

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in

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apply

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1968 and 2018. Nearly 17% of weekly

income

was spent to buy

food

in 1968

while

the percentage of money spent to buy

food

markedly increased twice to 35% in 2018. There is a similar trend can be seen in the

figure

for purchasing clothing and

footware

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footwear

. 5% of weekly

salary

was spent to buy

this

kind of

things

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thing

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in 1968. After 5 decades, the

figure

grew twice showing 10%.

Moreover

, residents spent around 4% of

salary

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their salary

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per month to buy fuel and power

as well as

personal goods in 1968. The

figure

for spending

income

on these things slightly rose to 6% and 7% respectively in 2018.

By contrast

, the percentage of weekly

income

spent on housing in 1968

is

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was

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10% and rose approximately to 19% in 2018. The spending on transport is similar as 8% of

salary

was spent

in

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on

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purchasing leisure in 1968 and increased to 22% in 2018. The

figure

for weekly

salary

spent on

househould

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household

goods remains steadily unchanged in these two years (7% or so).

Overall

, in 1968, people were willing to spend their money to buy

food

.

However

, people tended to purchase leisure, housing and

food

50 years later in 2018.