The chart below gives information about how families in one country spent their weekly income in 1968 and in 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 in 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 in 2018. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
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The data above illustrates how families spent their weekly income in one country in two years (1968 and 2018).
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it is clear that
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the primary thing that families spend their money on is food in 1968.
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in 2018 leisure purposes saw the highest spending
amount
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among the rest. On the one hand, food reached
to be
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the highest percentage for spending in 1968 with 35% but in 2018 it lost about the half
amount
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of the spending. Housing items started with 10% in 1968 and it doubled in 2018. Fuel and power saw the
lawest
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largest
amount
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of spending in both two years with almost 6% in 1968 and it declined
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about 2% in 2018. Clothing and
footware
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footwear
began with 10% in 1968 but lost half
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amount
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in 2018.
On the other hand
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, household goods spending remained steady in the two years by 8%. Personal items and transport got almost 8%
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their spending percentage in 1968 but in 2018 personal goods decreased to the half
amount
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and transport increased to reach 18%. Leisure purposes got 9% in 1968 and it rose to
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22% in 2018.

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Vocabulary: Replace the words amount with synonyms.
Vocabulary: The word "amount" was used 5 times.
Vocabulary: The word "percentage" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "reached" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "almost" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "about" 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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