The charts below shows the annual number of rentals and sales (in various formats) of films from a particular store between 2002 and 2011. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
The bar chart illustrates the number of
sales
and rentals
per year of movies from an individual shop from 2002 to 2011. There are four different formats including rentals
, VHS
sales
, DVD
sales
, and Blu-ray
sales
. Units are measured in sales
.
Overview, in 2002, rentals
were the highest format with around 185,000 sales
, followed by VHS
, which ranked second,
with about 85,000 sales
, and the third was DVD
with only 45,000 sales
, respectively. Moreover
, there was still no sign of Blu-ray
's play.
However
, in the past ten years, there has been a downward trend for rentals
. It decreased continuously from 185,000 sales
in 2002 to just 55,000 rentals
in 2011. Similarly
, the number of VHS
rentals
also
dropped significantly from 2002 to 2005 and began to disappear after 2006. On the other hand
, there was a new type of film known as Blu-ray
. It started rising in 2007 and increased to about 12,000 sales
in 2011. Lastly
, the number of DVD
sales
was the only group with an upward trend. It went up massively from 2002 and peaked in 2007 with 215,000 rentals
. After that, it dropped a little to 180,000 in the latest year.
In conclusion, in 2011, There were only three categories: DVD
, rentals
, and Blu-ray
. Furthermore
, VHS
was no longer sold in a particular store.Submitted by matty10
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Vocabulary: Replace the words sales, rentals, vhs, dvd, blu-ray with synonyms.
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Vocabulary: Rephrase the word "number of" in your introduction.
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Vocabulary: The word "trend" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "about" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: Use several vocabularies to present the data in the fourth paragraph.
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