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The table below shows how the UK unemployed spent their time last year. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The table below shows how the UK unemployed spent their time last year. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
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ìThe table shows how British
men
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 and
women
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 who were not working spent their time in the morning and
afternoon
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last
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 year.
Overall
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 we can see that there is
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a lots
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lots
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lot
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 of difference in how
men
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 and
women
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 spend their time but with
greater
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a greater
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 percentage
people
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of people
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 doing more production tasks in the morning. Activities
such
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 as housework, shopping and looking for employment were about two times more popular in the morning than
the
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in the
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afternoon
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.
However
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,
both
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men
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 and
women
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 prefer leisure
activity
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activities
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 in the
afternoon
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such
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 as reading, watching TV, visiting friends or simply sitting around. It is
also
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 interesting to note that
women
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 were more likely to do housework and
do
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shopping than
men
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 in
both
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 the morning and the
afternoon
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,
while
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men
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 were seven times more likely to spend time being active with activities
such
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 as decorating and gardening,
do
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doing
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sport
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sports
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 and go walking. Numbers were fairly similar for the other activities with 8% of
both
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men
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 and
women
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with
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apply
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staying in bed and 5% and 7% respectively visiting town in the morning.
Finally
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, the
percent
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percentage
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 of people drinking was fairly small in
both
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 the morning and
afternoon
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 with slightly more
men
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.

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Sentences: Add more complex sentences.
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Linking words: Don't use the same linking words: "such".
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Vocabulary: Rephrase your introduction. Words match: 75%.
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Vocabulary: Replace the words men, women, afternoon, both with synonyms.
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Vocabulary: Rephrase the word "shows" in your introduction.
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