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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 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.
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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.
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Basic structure: Change the fourth paragraph.
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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 "number of" was used 3 times.
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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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