The bar chart below shows the number of students who studied three different subjects in 2001, 2002 and 2003. Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and making comparisons where relevant.

The bar chart below shows the number of students who studied three different subjects in 2001, 2002 and 2003.

Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and making comparisons where relevant.
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The bar graph gives information about the subjects chosen by
boys
and girls in the university, in 2005.
Overall
, we observe that most of the females preferred to study Social Science.
Whereas
in the case of
boys
, it was Science.
Moreover
, the number of candidates who opted for
Humanities
was the same for both genders.
In addition
to
this
, the number of girls and
boys
registered for the
Humanities
and Mathematics class respectively is similar. On closer examination, it can be seen that almost 35,000 students registered for Social Sciences classes, of which 25,000 were female. In the case of Science,
this
figure was more than 30,000, of which approximately 22,000 were men.
Apart from
this
, the gender distribution in the
Humanities
class was equal, resulting in a total strength of close to 24,000. More than 15000
boys
and girls were admitted to
Humanities
and Maths classes respectively.
However
, less than 5000 men had selected Language or Arts as an optional subject.
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Vocabulary: Replace the words boys, humanities with synonyms.
Vocabulary: The word "number of" was used 2 times.
Topic Vocabulary:
  • Bar chart, illustrates, number of students, academic years
  • Trends, increased, decreased, remained stable
  • Popularity, more students, consistently, annually
  • Highest figure, lowest figure, peaked at, hit a low of
  • Reasons for trends, job market demand, curriculum changes
  • Summarize, key points, shifts in preferences, data overview
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