The chart below gives information about how families in one country spent their weekly income in 1968 and 2018. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The chart below gives information about how families in one country spent their weekly income in 1968 and 2018. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
IELTS Writing Task Chart for The chart below gives information about how families in one country spent their weekly income in 1968 and 2018. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
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The graph illustrates how families spend their weekly earnings in one particular country in 1968 and 2018.
Overall
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, spending on food was the most popular choice in 1968.
However
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, in 2018 leisure spending took the first place and household spending remained the same in both years.
To begin
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spending weekly income on food resources was in the first place in 1968 but it had a significant decrease by 17 per
cent
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. The leisure time spending had a steep increase by 10 per
cent
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and took the lead in 2018.
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, there were notable changes over time in housing and transport. They both rose by 10 and 5 per
cent
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respectively throughout the periods. Following that, there were some slight declines in personal fuel and clothing spending by close to 5 per
cent
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each.
While
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there weren’t any changes in household spending it remained the same by slightly over 10 per
cent
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in both 1968 and 2018.

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Vocabulary: Replace the words cent with synonyms.
Vocabulary: The word "changes" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "remained" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "slight" was used 2 times.
Topic Vocabulary:
  • compare
  • spending patterns
  • allocated
  • weekly income
  • significant changes
  • essential items
  • food
  • housing
  • clothing
  • leisure
  • communication
  • increase
  • decrease
  • twofold rise
  • substantial increase
  • quadrupling
  • declined
  • food and drink
  • slight increase
  • prioritizing
  • necessities
  • transitioned
  • portio
  • non-essential items
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