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The chart below shows the total number of hours per month from 1980 to 2015 that people in the USA used modern technology divided into four categories. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The chart below shows the total number of hours per month from 1980 to 2015 that people in the USA used modern technology divided into four categories. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
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The given chart illustrates how many
hours
 per month
did
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people
 in the United States of America
spend
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four
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 different categories of electronic devices between 1980 and 2015.
Overall
, it is clearly seen that
people
 used to listen to
a
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the
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 radio
more
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for more
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 than 300
hours
 monthly from 1980 to 1990,
while
people
 spent many
hours
to use
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using
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 their computers and smartphones after 2010. In detail, the figure for
a
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television gradually increased until 2010 from nearly 50
hours
 to 200
hours
 despite there was a slight decrease of 10
hours
 from 2015.
Computer
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 was not popular among
people
 in the past. Until 1900, the figure for a
computer
 stayed constant,
in contrast
, there was a slight increase of 30
hours
 in 1995.
In addition
, it is noteworthy that
hours
 for using a
computer
 increased rapidly, and it reached
to
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more than 350
hours
 in 2010. The largest number of
hours
 per month was a
computer
 both in 2010 and in 2015. Turning to the figure for
a
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radio, there was a sudden reduction from 1990
,
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 and kept decreasing until 2015, which is indicated the lowest number of
hours
 in 2015 among different four categories. Nearly none of
people
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the people
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 in the past between 1985 and 2000 used smartphones.
However
, after 2000,
people
 started to
using
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use
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 smartphones, and it began with 50
hours
 per month.
Following
this
, it grew
up
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abruptly over a
15-years
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 period, eventually
reached at
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reaching
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 350
hours
 monthly.
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Vocabulary: Replace the words hours, people, computer with synonyms.
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Vocabulary: The word "figure" was used 3 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "number of" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "increased" was used 3 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "reached" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "nearly" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "slight" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: Use several vocabularies to present the data in the second paragraph.
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You are not ready for IELTS Speaking, if you

  • Can’t speak smoothly without pauses.
  • Use simple words and lack vocabulary.
  • Feel nervous and anxious when speaking.
Topic Vocabulary:
  • modern technology
  • significant increase
  • notable milestone
  • growth rate
  • usage patterns
  • comparative analysis
  • fluctuations
  • exponential growth
  • steady rise
  • decline
  • peak
  • trend
  • data analysis
  • overall trend
  • compared to
  • demonstrate
  • illustrate
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