Task 1: The chart below shows the total number of minutes (in billions) of telephone calls in the UK, divided into three categories, from 1995-2002. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
The
given
bar chart depicts the quantity of time in Verb problem
apply
minutes
spent on telephone
calls in local, national and international, and mobile types between 1995 and 2002.
Overall
, while
mobile and national and international calls rose over this
period, local calls peaked at some event
and decreased steadily on the other half of the graph.
Mobile phones, including all calls, started Fix the agreement mistake
events
its
growth from almost zero Correct pronoun usage
their
levls
in 1995 and moved upwards steadily until 1999, reaching 14 Correct your spelling
levels
billion
calls. Subsequently
, it jumped dramaticaly
in Correct your spelling
dramatically
minutes
of calls in remaining
part of the given time, striking its highest point at 45 Add an article
the remaining
billion
calls in 2002. In comparison, although
fixed lines of national and internatioanl
Correct your spelling
international
telephone
calls started at greater
number of Add an article
a greater
minutes
(near
40 Change the word
nearly
billions
) at the beginning of the period, Change to singular
billion
it
did not grow as intensely as mobile Correct pronoun usage
they
telephone
calls did: it
increased steadily and peaked at over 60 Correct pronoun usage
they
billion
calls in the end.
Local calls, comprised of fixed lines, distinguished from others by showing negative
trend and Add an article
a negative
to be
the most frequently used Change the verb form
being
telephone
call type even at the end
of the given time. It climbed to 90 billion
minutes
in 1999 steadily, and it fell dramatically until the end, reaching its lowest point 70
Change preposition
of 70
billions
in 2002.Change to singular
billion
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