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The graph below shows the consumption of 3 spreads from 1981 to 2007.

The graph below shows the consumption of 3 spreads from 1981 to 2007.
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The line graph illustrates the amount of three kinds of spreads
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such
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apply
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margarine
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, Low fat & reduced spreads and
butter
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, which were consumed between 1981 to 2007. Units are measured in
grams
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.
Overall
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, the consumption of
margarine
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 and
butter
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 decreased over the
period
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,
while
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 for low and reduced spreads, it rose. At the start of
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Correct article usage
the period
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period
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period,
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butter
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 was
most
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the most
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 popular spread.
Margarine
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 was widely consumed in
middle
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the middle
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 of the
period
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 but, by the end of
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the period
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period
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period,
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low fat
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low-fat
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 and reduced spreads
was
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were
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most
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the most
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 popular.
To begin
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 with the amount of
butter
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 used, it began at around 140 and peaked at 160
grams
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 in 1986 before falling respectively to about 50
grams
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 in 2007.
However
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, approximately 90
grams
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margarine
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of margarine
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eaten
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was eaten
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 at the beginning of
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period
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the period
a period
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 in 1981 after which
figure
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the figure
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 fluctuated slightly and dropped
at
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to
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 40
grams
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 in 2007.
On the other hand
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, the consumption of
low fat
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low-fat
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 and reduced spreads only started in 1996 at about 10
grams
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.
This
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 figure,
which
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apply
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rose
a
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to a
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high of just over 80
grams
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 five years later. In the final year decreased slightly
approximately
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to approximately
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 70
grams
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 in 2007.
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Vocabulary: Replace the words margarine, butter, grams, period with synonyms.
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Vocabulary: The word "figure" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "amount" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "decreased" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "reduced" was used 4 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "approximately" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "about" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "slightly" was used 2 times.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • consumption
  • spreads
  • increased
  • decreased
  • stable
  • significantly
  • approximately
  • per capita
  • remarkable
  • peaked
  • experienced
  • started
  • remained
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