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The bar chart below shows the number of houses built per year in two cities, Derby and Nottingham, Between 2000 and 2009. Write a report for a university lecturer describing the information shown below.

The diagram below illustrates the
quantity
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number
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 of
houses
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 built per year in two cities,
Derby
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 and
Nottingham
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, over a period of 9 years.
Overall
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, we can say
,
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apply
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 that
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number
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the number
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 of buildings in
Nottingham
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were
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was
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 more than in
Derby
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 only 2 first
years
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two years
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, after
what
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which
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 we can see a sharp increase
of
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in
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houses
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 in other
city
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cities
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. So we can mention
,
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apply
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 that from 2003 until 2007, the
number
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 of
houses
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 in
Derby
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were remain
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remained
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 stable
after
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, after
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what
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which
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 there
were
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was
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 a dramatic growth
and
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, and
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 in 2009 it reached a peak.
Compeared
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Compared
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 to
Derby
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,
Nottingham
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 had a steep
decreased
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decrease
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 in
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number
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the number
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 of buildings in 2002. In one
year
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year,
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 we can notice a gradual rise until 2006, after
it
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which it
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was
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fell dramatically again. But in 2007 there were around 50
houses
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 more than in
Derby
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 after
what
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which
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 is was a sharp fall in 2008. But in 2009 we can see the
bigges
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biggest
number
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 of buildings in
Nottingham
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compeared
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compared
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 to previous years.

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Sentences: Add more complex sentences.
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Linking words: Add more linking words.
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Vocabulary: Replace the words houses, derby, nottingham, number with synonyms.
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Vocabulary: The word "number of" was used 4 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "fell" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "dramatic" was used 2 times.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • chart
  • bar
  • year
  • years
  • period
  • city
  • Derby
  • Nottingham
  • number
  • houses
  • built
  • go up
  • rise
  • go down
  • fall
  • higher
  • lower
  • more
  • less
  • same
  • different
  • overall
  • generally
  • in general
  • in contrast
  • whereas
  • while
  • during
  • from
  • to
  • between
  • the chart shows
  • it shows
  • notable
  • peaks
  • troughs
  • comparison
  • data
  • report
  • paragraph
  • sentence
  • linking words
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