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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.
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The chart given showed the participation
number
 of adults in
thousands
 in two years: 1997 and 2017 from various major sports in an area. It can be seen that Tennis has
a
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the
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 highest percentage both in 1997 and 2017
while
 Basketball showed the lowest percentage. Tennis has shown a 50
thousands
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thousand
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number
 of
participant
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participants
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 in 1997 and its
number
 rose in 2017 to 55
thousands
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thousand
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. Following the data
of
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for
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 Tennis, there is Football and Rugby
that
Correct pronoun usage
apply
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shown
Wrong verb form
show
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 almost similar
number
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numbers
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.
While
 Footbal
has
Wrong verb form
had
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 around 30
thousands
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thousand
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 in 1997, Rubgy
also
shown
Wrong verb form
showed
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 more than 30
thousands
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thousand
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, approximately 32
thousands
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thousand
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 in that year. Meanwhile, in 2017 Football
shown
Wrong verb form
was shot
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 to 48
thousands
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thousand
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 and Rugby almost reached 50
thousands
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thousand
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 which was 49. Some major sports
also
 have similar patterns
are
Verb problem
such as
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 Swimming and Golf. Swimming
shown
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showed
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 the same
number
 both in 1997 and 2017
while
 Golf has minor differentiation, in 1997 reached 30
thousands
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thousand
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 and in 2017 32
thousands
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thousand
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. The other sport is Cricket,
it
Correct pronoun usage
which
show examples
Add a missing verb
has shown
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shown
Wrong verb form
showed
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decline
Correct article usage
a decline
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during
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between
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 20 years which was 1997 and 2017. In 1997 the
number
 of Cricket
participant
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participants
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shown
Verb problem
was
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 25
thousands
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thousand
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 and declined to below 10
thousands
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thousand
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 in 2017.
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Linking words: Don't use the same linking words: "also, while".
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Vocabulary: Replace the words number, thousands with synonyms.
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Vocabulary: Rephrase the word "number of" in your introduction.
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Vocabulary: The word "showed" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "number of" was used 3 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "percentage" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "decline" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "reached" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "almost" was used 2 times.
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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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