The chart below shows the total number of minutes (in billions) of telephone calls in the UK, divided into three categories, from 1995-2002.

The chart below shows the total number of minutes (in billions) of telephone calls in the UK, divided into three categories, from 1995-2002.
IELTS Writing Task Chart for The chart below shows the total number of minutes (in billions) of telephone calls in the UK, divided into three categories, from 1995-2002.
The bar chart below shows three types of calls in the UK from 1995 to 2002, and the measures are given in
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minutes
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.
Overall
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, local calls made by the UK people have experienced fluctuation,
while
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international calls increased over the period. Even though mobile calls started from the lowest point, the gap between them narrowed in the
last
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year. In 1995, 70
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minutes
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were spent on local calls, which was two times longer than international calls(35
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minutes
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),
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it was about 3
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minutes
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in mobile calls. All figures increased till 1998, except local calls, which were at that time 90
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minutes
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long, the highest category in all years. National calls were about nearly 50
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minutes
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, which was way longer than mobile calls. Before remaining still in 1999, local calls started to decrease, plummeting to approximately 70
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minutes
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in 2002.
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, mobile and international calls skyrocketed, with 60
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minutes
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of calls internationally and roughly 46
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in mobile calls.

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Linking words: Don't use the same linking words: "while".
Vocabulary: Replace the words billion, minutes with synonyms.
Vocabulary: Rephrase the word "shows" in your introduction.
Vocabulary: The word "increased" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "about" was used 2 times.
Topic Vocabulary:
  • total number
  • minutes
  • telephone calls
  • UK
  • divided into
  • categories
  • from
  • to
  • overall
  • increased significantly
  • local fixed-line calls
  • accounted for
  • largest proportion
  • throughout
  • period
  • international calls
  • highest rate of growth
  • experiencing
  • sharp increase
  • national long-distance calls
  • remained relatively stable
  • slight decline
  • towards
  • end
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