The chart below shows the total number of minutes (in billions) of telephone calls in the UK, divided into three categories, from 1995-2002. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
The given chart
depincts
the sum of Correct your spelling
depicts
duration
of phone conversations in the UK, represented by Add an article
the duration
billions
of Use synonyms
minutes
, categorised into three types over a period of seven years. As an Use synonyms
overall
trend, local fixed Linking Words
lines
had an Use synonyms
oscilation
in terms of duration, Correct your spelling
oscillation
while
mobiles and national and international fixed line conversations increased.
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Firstly
, at the beginning of the presented period, there were significantly more calls using local fixed Linking Words
lines
than any other. In 1995 they started to rise from 70 billion Use synonyms
minutes
per Use synonyms
year
. The upward trend continued, in 1996 being almost 80 Use synonyms
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billions
, Change to singular
billion
then
with 5 Linking Words
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billions
in the next Change to singular
billion
year
. In 1998 local fixed Use synonyms
lines
were used Use synonyms
to
almost 90 billion Change preposition
for
minutes
, only to reach Use synonyms
its
peak in 1999 with approximately 90 Correct pronoun usage
their
Use synonyms
billions
. After that, it decreased Change to singular
billion
steadilly
Correct your spelling
steadily
with
5 Change preposition
to
Use synonyms
billions
per Change to singular
billion
year
until 2002.
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Secondly
, national and international fixed Linking Words
lines
climbed up from a little less than 40 billion Use synonyms
minutes
per Use synonyms
year
in 1995 to nearly 60 Use synonyms
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billions
in 2002. Change to singular
billion
Mobiles
calls followed the same upward trend, increasing Replace the word
Mobile
steadilly
from more or less 2 Correct your spelling
steadily
Use synonyms
billions
in 1995 until 1999, Change to singular
billion
then
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rockted
to roughly 45 Correct your spelling
rocketed
rocked
Use synonyms
billions
in 2002, touching the highest point.
From 1995 to 2002, modern times had Change to singular
billion
footprinting
Correct your spelling
footprinted
its
technology, changing the usage of fixed Correct pronoun usage
their
lines
. Over time, mobile conversations increased progressively. Calls from local fixed Use synonyms
lines
are still the most used, but Use synonyms
them
and national and international fixed Change the pronoun
they
lines
sequentially decreased.Use synonyms
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Vocabulary: Replace the words billions, minutes, lines, year with synonyms.
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Vocabulary: The word "trend" was used 3 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "decreased" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "increased" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "almost" was used 2 times.
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