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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by
rail
saw a decrease trends
and ended with a marginal increase in 2002. The quantities of Correct the article-noun agreement
a decrease trend
decrease trends
goods
transported using road
witnessed the highest amount compared to pipeline
which was the lowest.
The Add an article
the pipeline
a pipeline
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
started Fix the agreement mistake
pipelines
around
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at around
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
beginning Correct the article-noun agreement
a different trend
different trends
1978
. Change preposition
in 1978
Water
increased extra 20 million
tonnes
reaching to
60 Change preposition
apply
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.Submitted by yw_lh on
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Vocabulary: Replace the words goods, road, water, rail, pipeline, million, tonnes with synonyms.
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Vocabulary: The word "amount" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "trends" was used 3 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "increase" was used 3 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "remained" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "about" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "around" was used 4 times.
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