The chart below shows the number of trips made by children in one country in 1990 and 2010 to travel to and from school using different modes of transport. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The chart below shows the number of trips made by children in one country in 1990 and 2010 to travel to and from school using different modes of transport.

Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
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The graph illustrates how many
trips
are made by children in a country commuting to and from school by various modes of
transportation
in 1990 and 2010.
Overall
, there was a major shift in the mode of
transportation
that occupied the most number of
trips
made in a
year
. In 1990, the majority of children went to and from school by foot with over 12
million
trips
,
while
car passenger was shown to be the most commonly used in 2010 with about 11
million
trips
. We can
also
examine that in 1990, all but one
transportation
mode was more popular compared to 2010. Walking, cycling, the combination of walking and bus, and by bus only were all more commonly used by children in 1990 than in 2010. Over the years, all the aforementioned
transportation
modes experienced a decrease in the total number of
trips
per
year
, making car passengers the single most popular mode of
transportation
in 2010 by undergoing a major increase from over 4
million
trips
per
year
to around 11
million
trips
per
year
.
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Vocabulary: Replace the words trips, transportation, year, million with synonyms.
Vocabulary: The word "number of" was used 2 times.
Topic Vocabulary:
  • trips
  • children
  • modes of transport
  • walk
  • cycle
  • public transport
  • drive
  • car
  • trends
  • decrease
  • increase
  • shift
  • convenient
  • comfortable
  • commuting
  • traffic congestion
  • safety concerns
  • significant
  • indicate
  • reasons
  • traffic congestion
  • safety concerns
  • 20-year period
  • doubled
  • considerable margin
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