The two pie charts compare how working adults spent their day on diverse activities in a specific nation in 1958 and 2008.
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in 1958 and in 2008, adults preferred to spend their Use synonyms
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time
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working and sleeping. It was clear that travelling to work took the least Change preposition
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time
in 1950, but many people spent less Use synonyms
than others
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time than others
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on going out with intimate people in 2008.
In 1958, 65% of a day was spent on sleeping and working, consisting of 33% working Use synonyms
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and the remaining 32% sleeping, and the figure for Use synonyms
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of the two items was similar in Use synonyms
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years (65% vs 67%). But working took more than Use synonyms
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half of that, and sleeping dropped to just 25%. Obviously, 19% of the Correct article usage
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, allocated Use synonyms
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going out, ranked third in 1958, Change preposition
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it decreased to 6% in 2008.
In terms of other interests or playing sports and relaxing at home, Linking Words
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of them saw a slight growth over the period of fifty years. The figure for spending on interests or playing sports increased from 6% to 8%, and that for relaxing at home rose from 8% to 13% in 2008. Use synonyms
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, travelling to work, the smallest portion in 1958, rose from 2% to 8%.Linking Words