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The chart shows student expenditure over a three-year period in the United Kingdom. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The chart shows student expenditure over a three-year period in the United Kingdom. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
The bar chart compares student expenses in the United Kingdom from 1996 to 1999. In summary, essential expenses exhibited a downward trend during
this
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 period, except for essential
travel
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.
Conversely
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, non-essential
costs
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 went up over the same timeframe, except for non-essential
travel
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. Entertainment was the top spending
category
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 for students in the United Kingdom, surpassing essential expenditures
such
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 as accommodation, food, bills, and household goods. In both 1996 and 1999, accommodation ranked
second,
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while
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 food, bills, and household goods held third place. These
costs
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 were roughly 23 and 20, respectively,
then
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 fell to 20 and 18 in 1999. Course
costs
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also
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 dropped by around three, from 10 in 1996 to 7 in 1999. Children's expenditures were the lowest
costs
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 for students in both years.
This
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 spending fell from only 1 to zero cost.
However
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, essential
travel
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 expenses increased by about 3, from just 3 to 6.
On the other hand
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, the non-essential spending
category
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 showed a rise among students in the UK, excluding non-essential
travel
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. Entertainment was the top
category
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 pupils spent within the given period, with spending rising from 26 to 31. The other
category
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also
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 saw a rise, increasing from around 12 to over 15.
In contrast
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, non-essential
travel
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 expenditure decreased by about 1.

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Linking words: Don't use the same linking words: "also".
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Vocabulary: Replace the words travel, costs, category with synonyms.
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Vocabulary: The word "fell" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "rise" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "about" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "around" was used 2 times.
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