The table below gives information about the average annual distance travelled by adults and the types of travel in 1977 and 2007.
The table illustrates how the average number of
miles
travelled by adults per year varied in 1977 and 2007, broken down into seven modes of travel.
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Overall
, the average Linking Words
miles
recorded annually by walking, bicycle, motorcycle, and bus saw a decline, meanwhile, the figure for Use synonyms
cars
, trains, and Use synonyms
taxis
showed an upward trend. Remarkably, Use synonyms
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were the most popular vehicle with the highest travelled Use synonyms
distance
by adults throughout the surveyed period.
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distance
travelled a year was witnessed in the use of Use synonyms
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doubled from 3.500 Unnecessary verb
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miles
in 1977 to 7.100 Use synonyms
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in 2007, maintaining its position as the dominant mode of transport. A modest increase of 100 Use synonyms
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the distance
taxis
experienced the most significant rise of fourfold to 800 Use synonyms
miles
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, it remained less common than Linking Words
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In contrast
, bus travel Linking Words
distance
was 800 Use synonyms
miles
in 1977, prior to a drop of 300 Use synonyms
miles
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2007
. Bicycles and motorcycles were the least common among others, both starting with 100 Change preposition
in 2007
miles
annually travelled before experiencing a minor decline in 2007, ending with 80 Use synonyms
miles
and 90 Use synonyms
miles
, respectively. Adults walked an average of 400 Use synonyms
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in 1977 and saw a decrease to 300 Use synonyms
miles
in 2007.Use synonyms
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Vocabulary: Replace the words miles, cars, taxis, distance with synonyms.
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