The line chart below illustrates the change in shop closures and openings from 2011 to 2018, in a particular country.

The line chart below illustrates the change in shop closures and openings from 2011 to 2018, in a particular country.
IELTS Writing Task Chart for The line chart below illustrates the change in shop closures and openings from 2011 to 2018, in a particular country.
The aim of
this
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report is to discuss the division in the figures of
shops
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that closed and new
shops
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that opened in one country between 2011 and 2018.
Overall
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, there is a clear division between
shop
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closures
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and
openings
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during the period of 8 years. The graph indicates that until the year
2014
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2014,
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the figures
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closures
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were steady with
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average of 6,500
shops
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closed each year
whereas
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in 2012
shop
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openings
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plummeted by 50% to 4,000, reaching identical numbers as
shop
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closures
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in 2014.
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, a marked contrast appeared in 2015 when the
closures
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reached their lowest point declining drastically by 6,000. During the same period the figure
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newly opened
shops
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declined by a third to 4,000. What concerns
closures
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, in 2015 the numbers were 4 times smaller than
shop
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openings
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,
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, they sharply rose in the period of one year and were larger than
openings
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by 20%.
This
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tendency remained steady for three years until a minimal decrease in the
openings
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in 2018. Generally, the figures of
shop
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openings
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declined between 2011 and 2018 and there were more
shops
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closed.

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Vocabulary: Replace the words shops, shop, closures, openings with synonyms.
Vocabulary: The word "figures" was used 4 times.
Vocabulary: The word "figures" was used 4 times.
Vocabulary: The word "declined" was used 2 times.
Topic Vocabulary:
  • fluctuation
  • trend
  • peak
  • trough
  • stability
  • significant change
  • economic impact
  • recession
  • policy influence
  • sector-specific
  • consumer behavior
  • online shopping
  • geographical distribution
  • notable increase/decrease
  • period of stability
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