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The graph below shows the quatities of goods transported in the UK between 1974 and 2002 by four different modes of transport. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The line graph illustrates the quantities of goods transported in the UK by
road
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, rail, water, and pipeline from 1974 to 2002.
Overall
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,
road
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transport
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 consistently carried the highest amount of goods throughout the period,
while
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 pipeline
transport
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 remained the least utilized. Both
road
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 and water
transport
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 showed an upward trend,
whereas
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 rail
transport
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 experienced fluctuations but ended at a similar level as in 1974. In 1974,
road
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transport
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 began at approximately 75
million
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tonnes
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 and steadily increased to just under 100
million
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tonnes
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 by 2002, maintaining its position as the most popular mode of
transport
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. Water
transport
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also
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 saw growth, starting at around 40
million
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tonnes
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 and rising to nearly 65
million
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tonnes
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 by the end of the period. Pipeline
transport
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,
although
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 the least used, showed a gradual increase from about 5
million
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tonnes
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 in 1974 to nearly 25
million
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tonnes
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 in 2002. Rail
transport
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,
on the other hand
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, exhibited fluctuations, starting at around 40
million
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tonnes
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, experiencing ups and downs throughout the period, and ending at the same level in 2002.

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Vocabulary: Replace the words road, transport, million, tonnes with synonyms.
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Vocabulary: The word "showed" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "increased" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "fluctuations" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "nearly" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "around" was used 2 times.
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