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The graph below shows the quantities of goods transported in the UK between 1974 and 2002 by four different modes of transport. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The graph below shows the quantities of goods transported in the UK between 1974 and 2002 by four different modes of transport. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
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The chart describes
goods
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 transported in the UK from 1974 to 2002 by road,
water
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, rail and pipeline transport. It can be seen that
goods
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 transported increased but decreased in certain years.
According to
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 the graph,
goods
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 transported by pipeline always increased from 1974 up to more than 20
million
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tonnes
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 in 1994. By rail, the quantities of
goods
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 transported were 40
million
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tonnes
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 in 1974 and decreased in 1994 with the total up to 20
million
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tonnes
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then
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 increased in 2002 up to 40
million
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tonnes
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 again. Different from pipeline and rail, the total of
goods
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 transported by road and
water
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 in 1974 up to 70
million
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tonnes
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 and increased slowly, but between 1990 and 1994 the total decreased more by 80
million
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tonnes
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 and the total of
goods
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 transported in 2002 up to 100
million
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tonnes
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. The
last
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 one, the total of
goods
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 transported by
water
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were
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was
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 40
million
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tonnes
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 in 1974, but from 1982 to 1992 the total increased
up
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apply
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to 60
million
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tonnes
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 and decreased
less
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to less
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 than 10
million
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tonnes
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 in 1994, but
2002
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in 2002
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goods
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 transported by
water
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 were more than 60
millions
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million
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tonnes
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.

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Basic structure: Write more paragraphs.
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Basic structure: Add more body paragraphs.
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Basic structure: Write more paragraphs.
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Vocabulary: Replace the words goods, water, million, tonnes with synonyms.
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Vocabulary: Only 6 basic words for charts were used.
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Vocabulary: The word "decreased" was used 4 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "increased" was used 5 times.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • Overview
  • Trend
  • Fluctuation
  • Peak
  • Trough
  • Increase
  • Decrease
  • Stability
  • Mode of transport
  • Quantity
  • Comparison
  • Goods
  • Transported
  • Significant
  • Noticeable
  • General trend
  • Time span
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