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 bar chart describes a trend
of
the duration of telephone calls in the UK based on different three categories from 1995 to 2002. Change preposition
in
Overall
, all categories had the
growing trends in Correct article usage
apply
years
, except Correct article usage
the years
local
Correct article usage
the local
calls'
category.
Change noun form
calls
Firstly
, most of
people chose local calls to communicate Change preposition
apply
each
other, as the local calls had the longest duration among other categories. The Change preposition
with each
local
calls had Correct quantifier usage
number of local
been
increased Unnecessary verb
apply
from
1995 and reached Change preposition
since
its
peak with 90 Correct pronoun usage
their
billion
minutes
in 1999,
before it started to decrease until it reached around 70 Remove the comma
apply
billion
minutes
in 2002.
Meanwhile, national and international calls had a positive demand, as it started from not more than 40 billion
minutes
in calls until it grew 1.5 times more with approximately 60 billion
minutes
in 2002. Furthermore
, mobile calls had a massive demand increment as the duration of mobile calls was not more than 10 billion
minutes
in 1995 but it increased significantly by reaching almost 50 billion
minutes
of calls in 2002.Submitted by bhaswarawira on
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Vocabulary: Replace the words billion, minutes with synonyms.
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Vocabulary: The word "trend" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "increased" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "reached" was used 2 times.
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