The graph below shows changes in global food and oil prices between 2000 and 2011. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant.
The line chart gives information about the difference in worldwide
food
and Use synonyms
oil
prices from 2000 to 2011. The data are given two categories which are Use synonyms
food
Use synonyms
price
index and average Use synonyms
oil
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price
.
Use synonyms
Overall
, it can be clearly seen that both Linking Words
oil
and Use synonyms
food
prices had a similar upward trend from 2000 to around 2008. After that, it dramatically decreased in 2009 Use synonyms
then
rose sharply from 2009 to 2011. Linking Words
Moreover
, the correlation between them is 93.6 per cent.
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To begin
with the average Linking Words
oil
Use synonyms
price
, the average Use synonyms
oil
Use synonyms
price
started from around 40 Use synonyms
dollars
per Use synonyms
barrel
in 2000 Use synonyms
then
gradually increased to about 130 Linking Words
dollars
per Use synonyms
barrel
in 2006 and slightly decreased in 2007. After that, there was Use synonyms
a
continued growth and reached its peak at 130 Remove the article
apply
dollars
per Use synonyms
barrel
in 2008 before dropping to approximately 50 Use synonyms
dollars
per Use synonyms
barrel
in 2009 and climbing progressively to 100 Use synonyms
dollars
per Use synonyms
barrel
Use synonyms
at
2011.
Moving on to the Change preposition
in
food
Use synonyms
price
index, the Use synonyms
food
Use synonyms
price
index slowly increased from 90 points in 2000 to 220 points in 2008 Use synonyms
then
dropped to 140 points in 2009 and showed an upward trend between 2009 and 2011.Linking Words
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Vocabulary: Replace the words food, oil, price, dollars, barrel with synonyms.
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