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The bar chart below shows the number of houses built per year in two cities, Derby and Nottingham, Between 2000 and 2009. Write a report for a university lecturer describing the information shown below.

The bar chart below shows the number of houses built per year in two cities, Derby and Nottingham, Between 2000 and 2009. Write a report for a university lecturer describing the information shown below.
The bar chart provides key information about the
unit
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units
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 of
houses
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 built annually in
Derby
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 and
Nottingham
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. The
units
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 are measured in the number of
houses
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.
Overall
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, it is clear from the chart that there
are
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is
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 a significant increase
of
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in
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 housing
among
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during
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 the period of 2000 to 2009.
In addition
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,
Derby
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's
houses
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 were
in
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at
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the
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their
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 peak in 2009,
whereas
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 the number of homes built in
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Nottingham's
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Nottingham
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 was high in 2008.
According to
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 what is shown from the chart,
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initially
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initially,
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houses
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 in
Derby
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 were less than 50 for two years. In 2002 it faced a slight increase to roughly 70,
while
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 in the next year it passed 100
units
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. For the next 4
years
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years,
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 it
grown
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has grown
grew
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 to more than 100 and remained constant. During 2008, the number of homes in
Derby
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 jumped to more than 250
as well
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as
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and
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 in 2009 it increased by 100
units
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. In terms of
Nottingham
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, it started with 50 residences with a slight increase in 2001 to more than 50. In 2002 it plunged nearly to 20. Throughout the interval of 2003 to 2005 it increased gradually until it reached roughly 80 villas. Building of accommodations in 2006 dropped to less than 50,
on the other hand
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 in 2007 it faced a significant growth to around 200
units
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. In 2008
Nottingham
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's
houses
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decrease
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decreased
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 sharply nearly to 20 villas,
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however
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however,
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 in
2009
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2009,
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 it reached 250.

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Vocabulary: Replace the words houses, derby, nottingham, units with synonyms.
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Vocabulary: The word "chart" was used 3 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "number of" was used 3 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "increase" was used 5 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "reached" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "nearly" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "roughly" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "significant" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "slight" was used 2 times.
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