You should spend about 20 minutes on this task. 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. You should write at least 150 words.

You should spend about 20 minutes on this task.

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.

You should write at least 150 words.
The line graph illustrates
waste
production
by A,
B
and
C
companies between the years 2000 to 2015.
Overall
,
Waste
production
increased over the years in
C
company
,
while
A and
B
companies showed a reduction in
waste
material by the
year
2015. In the
year
2000 the highest
waste
production
was marked in A
company
which is around 12
tons
and by the
year
2015, it had significantly reduced to end up in second position with a little less than 9
tons
of
production
.
B
company
had an elevation of
production
in the
year
2005 and had a dramatic decrease of the
waste
material in 2015, which decreased nearly by 6
tons
.
B
company
achieved the least
waste
production
by the
year
2015.
C
company
showed a gradual increase in
waste
production
from 2000 to 2015, starting up from a bit more than 3
tons
to reaching more than 9
tons
and it marked the highest amount of
waste
produced by a
company
. In 2010 the amount of
waste
production
of
B
and
C
company
was equal to nearly 7
tons
.
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Vocabulary: Replace the words waste, production, b, c, company, year, tons with synonyms.
Vocabulary: The word "showed" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "amount" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "decrease" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "increased" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "nearly" was used 2 times.

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Topic Vocabulary:
  • fluctuate
  • trend
  • decline
  • increase
  • peak
  • decrease
  • gradual
  • significant
  • intersect
  • consistent
  • tonnes
  • measurement
  • compare
  • contrast
  • period
  • analytical
  • overview
  • summarize
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