The graph below shows the average monthly change in the prices of three metals during 2014. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

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The graph illustrates the three metals that changed monthly in the
price
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of copper,
nickel
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, and
zinc
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throughout the year 2014.
Overall
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, it can be seen that all the metals fluctuated during the period.
Initially
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, the highest amount was
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nickel
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compared to
zinc
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, but by the end of the year, the reverse was true. In January,
nickel
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showed the highest amount, with a 6% change in
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compared with previous months,
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copper was the second. Afterwards,
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experienced a drawback, where it declined from 6% to 1% in March.
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, it remained steady till April and dropped dramatically to -3% change in May, making it the lowest value at that time. For
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, it experienced a fluctuation between January and June, at 1% and -1%, respectively.
Zinc
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had the highest
price
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in December, at 2%, as opposed to
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, at 1%, which is the lowest one. In more detail, copper had stayed slightly constant throughout the given timeframe, reaching 3% from 1% at the beginning and declining slightly from February (3%) to June (-1%).
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, it
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leveled
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off at around -1%
as well as
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increased to almost 2% change in
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at the end
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of
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the months
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months
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month
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Vocabulary: Replace the words price, nickel, zinc with synonyms.
Vocabulary: The word "compared" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "amount" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "changed" was used 4 times.
Vocabulary: The word "slightly" was used 2 times.
Topic Vocabulary:
  • fluctuate
  • volatile
  • stability
  • peak
  • trough
  • increment
  • decrement
  • steady
  • gradual
  • sharp
  • increase
  • decrease
  • month-on-month
  • average monthly change
  • commodity
  • benchmark
  • trend
  • precipitous
  • plateau
  • significant
  • marginal
  • surge
  • dip
  • plummet
  • soar
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