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Writing Samples
Band 6.5

The chart below gives information about hoe families in one country spent their weekly income in 1968 and in 2019. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The chart below gives information about hoe families in one country spent their weekly income in 1968 and in 2019. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
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The bar chart given illustrates data about families and their weekly
wages
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 and
in
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on
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 what various goods and services they
choose
Wrong verb form
chose
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 to spend their money
between
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on between
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 1968 and 2018. It can be seen that in 1968, people have
spend
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spent
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 most of their income on food,
while
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 in 2018 the proportion of
wages
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spend
Wrong verb form
spent
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 on food has decreased over the years.
Whereas
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, the housing category showed a significant
risen
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rise
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 in 2018.
Meanwhile
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 the proportion of salary
spend
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spent
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 on household goods remained the same over the period given. The food section was ranked first in the class hitting its peak in 1968 with 35% of
wages
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spend
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spent
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 on it, over time the proportion has fluctuated over 15% in 2018.
In contrast
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, the housing category displayed an upward trend from
having
Unnecessary verb
apply
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10% in 1968 to almost 20% in 2018. In 2018, families
spend
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spent
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the
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apply
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less of their
wages
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 on personal goods hitting almost 5%,
while
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 in 1968, families
spend
Wrong verb form
spent
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the
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apply
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less on fuel and power section hitting over 5%.

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Linking words: Don't use the same linking words: "while".
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Vocabulary: Replace the words wages with synonyms.
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Vocabulary: The word "give" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "proportion" was used 3 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "almost" was used 2 times.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • expenditure
  • disposable income
  • percentage of income
  • weekly income
  • significant change
  • notable decline
  • substantial increase
  • shift in lifestyle preferences
  • cultural attitudes
  • rising costs
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