The chart below gives information on the percentage of British people giving money to charity by age range for the years 1990 and 2010. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant.

The chart below gives information on the percentage of British people giving money to charity by age range for the years 1990 and 2010.

Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant.
The bar chart illustrates the amount of money that people in the UK
donating
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to charity by different
age
range
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ranges
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in
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the year
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year
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years
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1990 and 2010.The data is presented in percentages.
Overall
,it can be seen that the majority of donations came from people
in
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of
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working
age
and the minority came from teenagers. In 1990,The proportion of money
giving
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given
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to charity increased steadily from
age
18-50 until reached
the
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its
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peak at
age
36-50 which was around 42%.After
that
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that,
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the percentage dropped to 35% at
age
51-65 and decreased to just above 30%
at
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in
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age
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the age
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group >65. In 2010,The percentage of money followed the same pattern as
year
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the year
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1990,which
was
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apply
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increased continuously from
age
18 until peaking at
age
51-65 occupying 41%.
Lastly
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the proportion
in
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of
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people at
age
>65 slightly dropped to 35%.
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Common mistake: Your writing should be 150-250 words.
Basic structure: Change the second paragraph.
Vocabulary: Replace the words age with synonyms.
Vocabulary: The word "percentages" was used 3 times.
Vocabulary: The word "proportion" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "increased" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: Use several vocabularies to present the data in the second paragraph.

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Topic Vocabulary:
  • charitable donations
  • age range/bracket/group
  • percentage (%)
  • 20-year period
  • British people
  • trends
  • increase/decrease
  • significant change
  • donation patterns
  • remained stable
  • highest/lowest
  • observe
  • compare
  • summarize
  • comment on
  • relevant features
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