The graph below shows the amounts of waste produced by three companies over a period of 15 years. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant. Write at least 150 words.

The graph below shows the amounts of waste produced by three companies over a period of 15 years.

Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant.

Write at least 150 words.
The line graph compares three
companies
in terms of how much
waste
they produced, in
tonnes
, from 2000 to 2015.
Overall
,
companies
A and B declined over
this
period,
whereas
company
A increased in the production of
waste
over the years.
Company
A emitted the most amount of
waste
material in 2000, which was 12
tonnes
.
This
figure gradually fell to about 8
tonnes
in the next 15 years.
In addition
, at the onset of the period,
company
B made about 8
tonnes
of
waste
, and by 2005
this
figure rose approximately to 10
tonnes
;
however
in the next decade
waste
production dropped to 3
tonnes
, which was the lowest in 2015 when comparing the other two
companies
. Moving on to
company
C,
although
it had the lowest amount of
waste
as
by-product
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a by-product
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in 2000, at 4
tonnes
, the figure climbed by 6
tonnes
, overtaking
companies
A and B as the highest producer of
waste
in 2015.
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Vocabulary: Replace the words companies, waste, tonnes, company with synonyms.
Vocabulary: The word "figure" was used 3 times.
Vocabulary: The word "amount" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "about" was used 2 times.

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Topic Vocabulary:
  • trend
  • fluctuation
  • significant changes
  • increase
  • decrease
  • waste production
  • period
  • compare
  • analyze
  • main features
  • highlight
  • decline
  • rise
  • steady
  • variations
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