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 chart in the picture provides some details
how
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the
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families in a nation
spent
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their weekly salary in 1968 and in 2018. In fact, the money was allocated into 8 parts in
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different amounts which have changed over
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time. First of all, 4 of the expenses have decreased since 1968 including food, fuel and power, clothing and footwear, personal goods.
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the bar charts, the food budget significantly decreased from 35% in 1968 to 17% in 2018.
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, the number of
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spent money
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the remaining 3 slightly decreased
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2% to 5%.
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, 3 of the expenses contain housing, transport and leisure has undoubtedly increased through
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time. Absolutely, all of them extremely increased, especially leisure which went up from 9% in 1968
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22% 60 years later.
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, the only one which remained in the same number was household goods which stably remained at 8% in both times. In summary, most of the money spent
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changed over 60 years.
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, the budget should
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in the different
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Basic structure: Use less body paragraphs.
Basic structure: Change the fifth paragraph.
Basic structure: Change the eighth paragraph.
Vocabulary: The word "chart" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "changed" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "decreased" was used 3 times.
Vocabulary: The word "increased" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "remained" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: Use several vocabularies to present the data in the fifth paragraph.
Vocabulary: Use several vocabularies to present the data in the eighth paragraph.
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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