The chart below shows the total number of minutes (in billions) of telephone calls in the UK, divided into three categories, from 1995-2002. Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
The bar chart illustrates the total amount of time of
phone
calls by local fixed Use synonyms
line
, national and international fixed Use synonyms
line
and mobiles in England over a period of 8 years.
Generally, there was an increasing trend in the Use synonyms
number
of Use synonyms
minutes
of telephone calls in the United Kingdom. Use synonyms
Although
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phone
calls made by local fixed Use synonyms
line
was the highest throughout the years, its Use synonyms
figure
remained the same in the initial year and the final year.
In 1995, English people made 70 Use synonyms
billion
Use synonyms
minutes
of Use synonyms
phone
calls by local Use synonyms
fixed
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fixed-line
line
. Use synonyms
By contrast
, the Linking Words
figure
Use synonyms
of
national and international fixed Change preposition
for
Use synonyms
line
was only slightly above half of Fix the agreement mistake
lines
this
Linking Words
figure
, which was just under 40 Use synonyms
billion
Use synonyms
minutes
. Only Use synonyms
Correct article usage
a little
little
people used mobiles to make Correct quantifier usage
few
phone
calls, where the total Use synonyms
number
of Use synonyms
minutes
was about about 3 Use synonyms
billion
.
From 1995 to 1999, the data for local fixed Use synonyms
Use synonyms
line
increased slightly by 20 Fix the agreement mistake
lines
billion
Use synonyms
minutes
, Use synonyms
while
that for national and international fixed Linking Words
Use synonyms
line
and mobiles increased even more slightly by 5 Fix the agreement mistake
lines
billion
Use synonyms
minutes
respectively. Use synonyms
However
, in 2002, the Linking Words
figure
Use synonyms
of
local fixed Change preposition
for
line
fell steadily to its original level, at around 70 Use synonyms
billion
Use synonyms
minutes
. On Use synonyms
a
contrary, the total Correct article usage
the
number
of Use synonyms
minutes
of mobile Use synonyms
phone
calls rose more than threefold from 12 Use synonyms
billion
Use synonyms
minutes
to 45 Use synonyms
billion
Use synonyms
minutes
, Use synonyms
while
more people Linking Words
also
made national and international Linking Words
fixed
Add a hyphen
fixed-line
line
calls, with the Use synonyms
number
reaching 60 Use synonyms
billion
Use synonyms
minutes
in 2002.Use synonyms
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