The chart below shows the number of adults participating in different major sports in one area, in 1997 and 2017. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The chart below shows the number of adults participating in different major sports in one area, in 1997 and 2017. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
IELTS Writing Task Chart for The chart below shows the number of adults participating in different major sports in one area, in 1997 and 2017. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
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The double bar histogram above represents the amount of adults competing in mainstream sports in one area, in 1997 and 2017.
Overall
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, the trend in most of these sports is the recent rise in participants, with the exceptions being
cricket
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- which lost thousands of
players
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- and swimming, which saw no fluctuations over time. Taking a closer look at the graph, it can be seen that tennis is the most popular sport in both time periods, with 50
thousand
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players
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in 1997 and about 55
thousand
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in 2017.
On the other hand
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, basketball
has
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the smallest
playerbase
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player base
in 1997 with less than 10
thousand
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players
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.
However
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, in 2017,
cricket
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was the least popular sport, having only about 6 to 7
thousand
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players
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. Turning to the other statistics, golf, football, and rugby all
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a
playerbase
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player base
player-base
of about 31 to 35
thousand
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players
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in 1997 and had an increase in numbers by various amounts, with golf only having about 1000 more
players
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while
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football and rugby saw rises of up to 15
thousand
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players
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. Swimming and
cricket
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are the odd ones out as the number of swimmers remained static,
while
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cricket
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lost more than 15
thousand
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players
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between the two time periods.

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Linking words: Don't use the same linking words: "while".
Introduction: The introduction is missing.
Introduction: The chart intro is missing.
Introduction: The chart intro is missing.
Vocabulary: Replace the words cricket, players, thousand with synonyms.
Vocabulary: The word "amount" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "rise" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "about" was used 4 times.
Topic Vocabulary:
  • participation rate
  • increase/decrease in numbers
  • trend
  • decade
  • relatively stable
  • major sports
  • potential reasons
  • contributing factors
  • public interest
  • comparison
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