Task 1: The chart shows how frequently people in the USA ate in fast-food restaurants between 2003 and 2013. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant
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chart illustrates the frequency of eating from fast-food outlets by US citizens between 2003 and 2013 which is divided into six categories from going every day to not going at all.
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Overall
, once a Linking Words
week
and one to two times a month were the predominant categories with the highest percentage of the masses going there once a Use synonyms
week
in 2006 Use synonyms
while
monthly or bimonthly visits became more popular in 2013. The extremes of daily or never going to Linking Words
such
outlets were least common.
In 2003, almost one-third of Americans went to fast-food chains on a weekly basis and similar figures were noted for monthly or twice-monthly visitors.At that time, the lowest proportion of people were those who ate daily at less than 5 per Linking Words
cent
.There was an upward trend for daily goers and those having several visits per Use synonyms
week
in 2006 by three per Use synonyms
cent
.Use synonyms
On the other hand
, monthly figures declined by 5 per Linking Words
cent
.
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On the contrary
, the eating habits changed in 2013 with a drop in weekly or several times per Linking Words
week
dine-outs by 4 per Use synonyms
cent
Use synonyms
whereas
, once or twice monthly fast-food eating rose by 7 per Linking Words
cent
.Use synonyms
However
, there was not much change in the eating plan of those going daily, or non-users of junk food which remained low at less than 5 per Linking Words
cent
.Occasional eating in a year Use synonyms
also
remained static at 15 per Linking Words
cent
over ten years.Use synonyms
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Vocabulary: Replace the words week, cent with synonyms.
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Vocabulary: The word "figures" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "changed" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "remained" was used 2 times.
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