the graph below shows the number of shops that closed and

the graph below shows the number of shops that closed and
IELTS Writing Task Chart for the graph below shows the number of shops that closed and
The line graph illustrates the number of stores that are being closed and opened between 2011 and 2018.
Overall
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,
it is clear that
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there are only two years that shops open more than close.
However
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, it appears that there is only one year that the
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and openings numbers are almost the same.
To begin
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with, in 2011, the total of shops that were closed was nearly 6500 and it fell to just under 6000 in 2012.It reached a peak at 7200 in 2013
then
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dropped to 6500 in the next period. A noticeable decrease was seen in 2015 to the lowest point, at 800. The
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surged to well over 5000 in 2016 before minimally fluctuating and ended the year 2018 at 5200.
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, in the first year of record, open shops overcame
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by 2000 and they nosedived to 3900 in 2012. The volume of openings continuously increased to 6200 in 2014,
which
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the gap between openings and
closures
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was the smallest, roughly at 300.
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, in 2015, it levelled off around
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4000 until
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2017, when an unnoticeable rise was seen
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declining to 3000 in 2018.

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Vocabulary: Replace the words closures with synonyms.
Vocabulary: Rephrase the word "number of" in your introduction.
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