The chart below shows the expenditure of two countries on consumer goods in 2010.

The chart below shows the expenditure of two countries on consumer goods in 2010.
The bar chart illustrates the amount of
money
spent on five consumer products including cars, computers, books, perfume and
cameras
in two different
countries
(
France
and the
UK
) in the year 2010. Units are measured in
pounds
sterling.
Overall
, the
UK
spent most of the
money
on consumer goods than
France
in the period of time. Both
countries
spent most of their
money
on Cars
whereas
the least spent
of
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money
was on perfume in the
UK
compared to
cameras
in
France
.
Furthermore
, the significant difference in expenditure between the two
countries
was on
cameras
. In terms of cars, the people of
UK
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spent around 450,000
pounds
on them as opposed to the French at 350,000
pounds
.
Similarly
, The British
was
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higher on books than the French (around 400,000
pounds
and 300,000
pounds
respectively). In the
UK
, expenditure on
cameras
was double (350,000
pounds
) than the amount spent in
France
(150,000
pounds
)
On the other hand
, the amount of
money
paid for the remaining products was higher in
France
. Above 350,000
pounds
was spent by the French on computers which was slightly more than the British who spent exactly 350,000
pounds
. Neither of the
countries
spent much on perfume which accounted for 200,000
pounds
of expenditure in French but under 150,000
pounds
in the
UK
.
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Vocabulary: Replace the words money, cameras, countries, france, uk, pounds with synonyms.
Vocabulary: The word "amount" was used 3 times.
Vocabulary: The word "around" was used 2 times.

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  • expenditure
  • consumer goods
  • chart
  • countries
  • overall
  • compare
  • analyze
  • categories
  • consumer spending
  • trends
  • proportions
  • statistics
  • increase
  • decrease
  • significant
  • notable
  • remarkable
  • substantial
  • considerable
  • determine
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