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The bar chart below shows the hours per week that teenagers spend doing certain activities in Chester from 2002 to 2007.

The bar chart below shows the hours per week that teenagers spend doing certain activities in Chester from 2002 to 2007.
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The bar chart illustrates the
teenagers
 spent their
time
on
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doing certain activities by
hours
 each week in Chester between 2002 and 2007.
Overall
, the most preferable activity in the given
time
period
 was watching television
while
 bowling was the least favorite.
Furthermore
, watching television, going to pubs/discos and shopping showed an increase in the
numbers
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number
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 of
hours
 spent on these activities over the
period
whereas
 other activities showed a decrease in
hours
,
exept
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except
 watching DVDs, it
was
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showed a
fluctuate
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 trend.
To begin
with
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 watching television,
teenagers
 spent exactly 25
hours
for
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on
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this
 activity in 2002 which increased to almost 40
hours
 in 2007. In
given
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the given
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time
period
, both going to pubs/discos and shopping dramatically increased more than double, from around 5 to just over 15 and from about 5 to exactly 15 respectively.
On the other hand
,
teenagers
 spent 10
hours
on
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doing homework in 2002,
this
 figure decreased
just
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 over 5
hours
 in 2007. Doing sport dropped significantly from 10
hours
 to about 3
hours
.
Additionally
, bowling was under 5
hours
 in
entire
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the entire
an entire
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time
period
 and it fell slightly
around
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 3
hours
 in the final year.
Furthermore
, watching DVDs showed
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a fluctuated
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fluctuated
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fluctuating
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 trend and the number of
hours
 that
teenagers
 spent on
this
 activity started
with
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at
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 around 10
hours
 and
similarly
 finished with exactly 10
hours
, but it reached a peak of over 15
hours
 in 2004 and 2005.
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Linking words: Don't use the same linking words: "furthermore".
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Vocabulary: Replace the words teenagers, time, hours, period with synonyms.
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Vocabulary: Rephrase the word "undefined" in your introduction.
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Vocabulary: The word "give" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "showed" was used 4 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "numbers of" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "trend" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "decrease" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "increase" was used 3 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "fluctuate" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "about" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "around" was used 3 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "just over" was used 2 times.
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