The graph below shows the average number of UK commuters travelling each day by car, bus or train between 1970 and 2030.
The given chart compares how many average UK commuters per day travelling by three types of
transports
from 1970 to 2030.
Fix the agreement mistake
transport
Overall
, Linking Words
it is clear that
the number of UK Linking Words
people
Use synonyms
traveling
by car and Change the spelling
travelling
train
both Use synonyms
increase
over Wrong verb form
increased
60-year
period, Add an article
a 60-year
while
Linking Words
people
taking Use synonyms
Use synonyms
train
to travel saw a slight decrease.
It is noticeable that Add an article
the train
a train
car
Correct article usage
the car
is by
the most popular transport in 1970, Verb problem
was
stood
at approximately 5 Wrong verb form
standing
million
Use synonyms
people
and Use synonyms
people
driving Use synonyms
the
car in Correct article usage
a
UK
experienced a significant rise, about 7 Correct article usage
the UK
million
Use synonyms
people
in 2000, and Use synonyms
then
it is expected to reach 9 Linking Words
million
Use synonyms
people
in 2030.
The figure for Use synonyms
people
who Use synonyms
taking
Wrong verb form
take
bus
gradually Correct article usage
the bus
decrease
from 4 Correct subject-verb agreement
decreases
million
in 1970 to just above 3 Use synonyms
million
in 2020, and the prediction of it will Use synonyms
continue
decrease in 2030. Add the particle
continue to
By contrast
, the number of Linking Words
people
taking Use synonyms
Use synonyms
train
was by far the least popular transport in 1970, just under 3 Add an article
the train
a train
million
, and Use synonyms
then
the Linking Words
users
of Correct quantifier usage
number of users
Use synonyms
train
were a slight rise to 3 Add an article
the train
million
in 2000, surpassing the Use synonyms
bus
users after 2010.Correct quantifier usage
number of bus
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Vocabulary: Replace the words people, train, million with synonyms.
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Vocabulary: The word "number of" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "decrease" was used 3 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "rise" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "slight" was used 2 times.
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