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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 chart illustrates the information about how many
people
participate
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participated
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 in seven types of
sports
 in 1997 and 2017
Overall
 it can be seen that Tennis was the most interesting
sports
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sport
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 in both years ,
whereas
 In 1997, Around 50,000
people
 showed interest in Tennis,which is the highest
number
 of all
sports
.The other
sports
 ,which were swimming,golf, rugby and football had approximately the same
number
 of adults at around
above
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apply
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30,000.Followed closely by Cricket which was 25,000 and the least participated sport was basketball at below 10,000. In 2017,Tennis had more
people
 participating than in 1997 and still had the highest
number
 of
people
 which was 55,000.
Although
Football
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in Football
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 and Rugby the
number
 of adults increased to below 50,000,Golf and swimming had the same
number
 of adults at above 30,000.The rest were Cricket
which
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apply
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the
number
was
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apply
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significantly decreased to 8,000
whereas
 basketball seemed to
had
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have
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 more
people
 at 22,000.
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Linking words: Don't use the same linking words: "whereas".
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Common mistake: Your writing should be 150-250 words.
Vocabulary: Replace the words people, sports, number with synonyms.
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Vocabulary: The word "number of" was used 5 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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