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The chart below shows the number of adults participating in different major sports in one area, in 1997 and 2017. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The chart below shows the number of adults participating in different major sports in one area, in 1997 and 2017. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
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The bar graph illustrates the number of individuals participating in six different
sport
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sports
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 in 1997 and 2017. The unit is measured in thousands.
Overall
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, it is
evidant
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evident
 that the majority of students prefer to play tennis,
whereas
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, basketball
was
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is
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 the least preferred sport.
To begin
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 with, more than 50
thousand
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of
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apply
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adults participated in Tennis in both given years, meanwhile, Football and Rugby were the second favoured
game
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games
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, the slightly less
50
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than 50
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thousand
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were participated
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participating
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 in 1997, and, more than 30
thousand
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 in 2017. Meanwhile, in
case
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the case
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 of swimming same number of
student
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students
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participate
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participated
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 in both given years around 35
thousand
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.
Furthermore
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, In Basketball and
cricket
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cricket,
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 a very small of individuals participated. In 1997,
a
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apply
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less than 10
thousand
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 played Basketball, and
almost
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the almost
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same
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the same
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 number of adults participated in cricket in 2017,
whereas
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, 25
thousand
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 played cricket in 1997.
However
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, in
case
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the case
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 of golf around 30
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thousand
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30,000
of
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apply
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participated in
given
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a given
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years
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year
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.

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Linking words: Don't use the same linking words: "whereas".
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Vocabulary: Replace the words thousand with synonyms.
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Vocabulary: Rephrase the word "number of" in your introduction.
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Vocabulary: The word "give" was used 3 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "number of" was used 3 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "around" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: Use several vocabularies to present the data in the second paragraph.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • participation rate
  • increase/decrease in numbers
  • trend
  • decade
  • relatively stable
  • major sports
  • potential reasons
  • contributing factors
  • public interest
  • comparison
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