WRITING TASK 1 You should spend about 20 minutes on this task. The chart below gives information about how families in one country spent their weekly income in 1968 and in 2018. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant. Write at least 150 words.
The bar chart compares how families in one country spent their weekly income on average in 1968 and 2018.
The largest percentage that families used their earnings for in 1968 was for food, which accounted for 35%,
while
they only used about half
that amount around 17% in 2018. The most significant category that people spent their earnings for
in 2018 was Change preposition
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for
leisure, which accounted for a staggering 22%, Change preposition
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while
they utilised less than half
that proportion at only 9% in 1968.
Surprisingly, the percentage for household goods remained the same at 8% for both 1968 and 2018. Other notable costs include housing which doubled from 10% in 1968 to nearly 20% in 2018. On a similar note, the costs for transport jumped from 8% in 1968 to 14% in 2018. Contrastingly, the amount spent on clothing and footware
reduced by Correct your spelling
footwear
half
from 10% in 1968 to 5% in 2018. Likewise
, the 8% of savings spent on personal goods in 1968 reduced to half
at 4% in 2018. The only category with incremental change was fuel and power which decreased slightly from 6% in 1968 to 4% in 2018.
Overall
, it is interesting to observe the changes in quantitative data on various areas Change preposition
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that
families spend their weekly income over the span of 50 years.Correct pronoun usage
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Vocabulary: The word "amount" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "change" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "percentage" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "reduced" was used 2 times.
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