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.
The bar chart compares the
number
of participants
in seven different sports in 1997 and 2017. Overall
, all sports had an increase over the period given except for cricket, which
Correct pronoun usage
whose
number
declined, and swimming, which remained the same.
Tennis had the highest number
of participants
in both years accounting for 50.000 and 60.000 respectively. The number
of adults involved in football and rugby shared similar
Add an article
a similar
the similar
number
with just above 30.000 in 1997 and rose to almost half in 2017. Likewise
, golf and swimming allocated around one-third of the whole
Correct word choice
apply
participants
over the period.
Basketball had the least participants
in 1997 which only stood around 9.000 people. This
number
then
doubled in 2017 reaching around 21.000 participants
. In contrast
, cricket started with around one-fourth and dropped to 5.000 in 2017.Submitted by ameliahanakaru01 on
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Common mistake: Your writing should be 150-250 words.
Vocabulary: Replace the words number, participants with synonyms.
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Vocabulary: Rephrase the word "number of" in your introduction.
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Vocabulary: The word "number of" was used 3 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "around" was used 4 times.
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