The graph below shows the quantities of goods transported in the UK between 1974 and 2002 by four different modes of transport. summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The graph below shows the quantities of goods transported in the UK between 1974 and 2002 by four different modes of transport. summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
The line chart provides data about the number of
goods
transferred using
road
,
water
,
rail
and
pipeline
in the UK from 1974 to 2002.
Overall
, there were significant upward trends in the amount of
goods
transported using
road
,
water
and
pipeline
,
while
the quantities of
goods
for
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rail
saw
a decrease trends
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a decrease trend
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and ended with a marginal increase in 2002. The quantities of
goods
transported using
road
witnessed the highest amount compared to
pipeline
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the pipeline
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which was the lowest. The
goods
travelled by
road
started at 70
million
tonnes
in 1974,
then
there was fluctuation over the period, at which it reached just under 100
million
tonnes
in 2002.
On the other hand
,
pipeline
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pipelines
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started
around
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5million
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5 million
tonnes
in 1974 and gradually increased to just over
20million
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20 million
tonnes
in 2002. Looking
further
down, both
water
and
rail
modes had a close start at around 40
million
tonnes
in 1974 and remained steady in the next four years.
However
, both had
a different trends
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a different trend
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beginning
1978
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in 1978
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.
Water
increased extra 20
million
tonnes
reaching
to
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60
million
from 1978 to 1982 and it remained stable until 1990.
Then
it went down to about 50
million
tonnes
in 1998 and jumped to around 63
million
tonnes
in 2002.
In contrast
,
rail
had fluctuations which considerably dropped to around 25
million
tonnes
in 1994 and it rose to just above 40
million
tonnes
in 2002.
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Vocabulary: Replace the words goods, road, water, rail, pipeline, million, tonnes with synonyms.
Vocabulary: The word "amount" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "trends" was used 3 times.
Vocabulary: The word "increase" was used 3 times.
Vocabulary: The word "remained" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "about" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "around" was used 4 times.

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Topic Vocabulary:
  • Overview
  • Trend
  • Fluctuation
  • Peak
  • Trough
  • Increase
  • Decrease
  • Stability
  • Mode of transport
  • Quantity
  • Comparison
  • Goods
  • Transported
  • Significant
  • Noticeable
  • General trend
  • Time span
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