The chart below shows the number of households in the US by their annual ’ income in 2007, 2011 and 2015. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The chart below shows the number of households in the US by their annual ’ income in 2007, 2011 and 2015.

Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
The chart illustrates
yearly
Correct article usage
the yearly
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earning
Fix the agreement mistake
earnings
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of citizens of the United States in 2007, 2011 and 2015 based on different categories.
Overall
, all the categories of household did not change much except for
$
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the $
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100,000 or more earning family.
People
earning less than $25,000 were 25
million
in 2007.
However
,
this
number rose by 4
million
for
next
Correct article usage
the next
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4 years before dropping slightly in 2011.
Similarly
, citizens scaling from $25,000 to $49,999 income
also
started with slightly more than
first
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the first
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category with 27
million
people
in
this
range. Their number
also
increased to 30
million
in 2007 but again dropped to 28
million
in 2011.
However
,
$
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the $
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50,000 to $74,999 earning category remained constant in all the years with 21
million
people
.
People
who
earns
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earn
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$75,000 to $99,999 were less than 15
million
in 2007 and 2011 but touched that mark by 2011.
Last
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The last
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category that earns more than $100,000 has shown significant growth from 28
million
in 2007 to 33
million
in 2011 before going to a low of 27
million
in 2007.
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Sentences: Add more complex sentences.
Linking words: Don't use the same linking words: "also, however".
Vocabulary: Replace the words people, million with synonyms.
Vocabulary: The word "slightly" was used 2 times.

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Topic Vocabulary:
  • household distribution
  • income brackets
  • annual income
  • percentage change
  • trend analysis
  • income group
  • significant increase/decrease
  • steady growth/decline
  • fluctuations
  • compared to
  • in contrast
  • notably
  • median income
  • poverty line
  • economic factors
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