You should spend about 20 minutes on this task. Write at least 150 words. The chart below shows the number of adults participating in different major sports in one area, in 1997 and 2017.

You should spend about 20 minutes on this task. Write at least 150 words.

The chart below shows the number of adults participating in different major sports in one area, in 1997 and 2017.
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The given bar chart illustrates the change in the number of participants in seven different sports, namely
tennis
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, basketball, cricket, golf, swimming, football and rugby from 1997 to 2017.
Overall
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, more people were involved in the majority of the sports in 2017, and the most popular type was
tennis
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in both years. The first point to note is that there was a rise in the figure of adults participating in most of the listed events except for cricket and swimming. Particularly, cricket experienced a significant drop in its participants from 25,000 to less than 10,000 approximately.
On the other hand
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, swimming maintained its figure at about 35,000 in 1997 and 2017.
Moreover
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,
tennis
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accounted for the top of the chart with a slight increase
while
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a surge in the number of
peolple
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people
involved in football and rugby was recorded. In more detail, the change in
tennis
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was only about half a thousand,
whereas
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that in football and rugby was nearly
quadruple
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quadrupled
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,
2000
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in 2000
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.
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Vocabulary: Replace the words tennis with synonyms.
Vocabulary: The word "chart" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "figure" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "figure" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "change" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "number of" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "about" was used 2 times.
Topic Vocabulary:
  • Participation levels
  • Major sports
  • Noticeable changes
  • General trend
  • Increase/Decrease
  • Stable
  • Sport-specific
  • Popularity
  • Speculate
  • Societal changes
  • Technological impact
  • Growth in sports culture
  • Influential events
  • Prediction
  • Future trends
  • Data analysis
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