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The propotion of income adults and children spent on 4 common items in the UK in 1998.

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Introduction
The chart compares the amount of British people's income spent on 4
type
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types
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 of tools in 1998.
Body paragraph 1
Overall
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,
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while
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apply
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adults
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 were
spend
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spent
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 on
food
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 in the highest proportion.
Children
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 were
spend
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spending
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 their income on
music
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.
Body paragraph 2
The
adults
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 especially
men
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were
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spend
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spent
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 on
food
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 about 14%
and
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on and
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 women
used to
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spent
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 around 39 per
cent
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 on
food
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. In total
adults
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 were used 25% for
food
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.
Children
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boys
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were spend
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spent
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 9% on
food
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 and
girls
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were used to
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spent
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 11 per
cent
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 on nutrition. Generally,
children
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 were spent 10%.
Body paragraph 3
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Men's
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 category there 10%
expenditure
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 on electronic devices.
Woman
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Women
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 used to only 1% on electronic
equipments
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equipment
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. In total,
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adults
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adults'
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expenditure
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 is 5 per
cent
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.
Boys
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 were spent on electronic devices about 18% and
girls
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 were used to 5% on electronic
equipments
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equipment
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.
Body paragraph 4
In the category of
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music
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music,
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children
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 were used to 39 per
cent
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in
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apply
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overall
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.
Boys
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expenditure
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were
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was
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 38% and
girls
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 were used to 40% on
music
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.
Adults
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 in general
were
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apply
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spent only 5%
for
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on
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music
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.
Men
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 were used to 5% and women's
expenditure
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were
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 5% respectively on
music
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.
Conclusion
Children
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's
overall
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expenditure
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 was 12 per
cent
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 on
videos
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.
Boys
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 were used to 18% and
girls
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were spend
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spent
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 19% on
videos
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.
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Adults
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Adults'
Adult's
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 total
expenditure
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 was only 1 per
cent
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 for
videos
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.
Men
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 were used to 2% and women
were spend
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were spending
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 about 0,5% on
videos
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.

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clarity
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structure
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task achievement
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task achievement
The essay addresses the task and describes the expenditure on different items clearly.
supported main points
The main points are supported with specific data, which strengthens the response.
logical structure
A good effort has been made to separate the comparisons into different categories.
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    • Sentence 1 - Topic sentence
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