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 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.
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bar chart depicts the quantity of time in
minutes
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spent on
telephone
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calls in local, national and international, and mobile types between 1995 and 2002.
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,
while
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mobile and national and international calls rose over
this
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period, local calls peaked at some
event
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and decreased steadily on the other half of the graph. Mobile phones, including all calls, started
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growth from almost zero
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levels
in 1995 and moved upwards steadily until 1999, reaching 14
billion
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calls.
Subsequently
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, it jumped
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dramatically
in
minutes
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of calls in
remaining
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part of the given time, striking its highest point at 45
billion
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calls in 2002. In comparison,
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fixed lines of national and
internatioanl
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international
telephone
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calls started at
greater
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a greater
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number of
minutes
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(
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40
billions
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billion
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) at the beginning of the period,
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did not grow as intensely as mobile
telephone
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calls did:
it
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they
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increased steadily and peaked at over 60
billion
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calls in the end. Local calls, comprised of fixed lines, distinguished from others by showing
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a negative
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trend and
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the most frequently used
telephone
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call type even
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of the given time. It climbed to 90
billion
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minutes
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in 1999 steadily, and it fell dramatically until the end, reaching its lowest point
70
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of 70
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billions
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billion
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in 2002.
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Sentences: Add more complex sentences.
Vocabulary: Replace the words minutes, telephone, billion with synonyms.
Vocabulary: The word "give" was used 3 times.
Topic Vocabulary:
  • total number of minutes
  • telephone calls
  • categories
  • local – fixed line
  • national and international – fixed line
  • mobiles
  • general trend
  • yearly totals
  • significant changes
  • milestones
  • data
  • rise significantly
  • decline
  • steady increase
  • fluctuate
  • peak
  • exponential growth
  • over the period
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