The graph below shows information about the kinds of food that teenagers in Australia enjoyed eating. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant.

The line graph presents data about the types of food that teenagers in Australia really loved eating from 1975 to 2000. All numbers in the essay are measured as times eaten per year.
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, the number of people who ate fish and chips dropped significantly by the end of the period,
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the proportion of those who ate pizza and hamburgers
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followed a noticeable upward trend. At the beginning of the time, consumption of hamburgers started at 5 in 1975 , and
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was followed by an abrupt rise to 83 in 1985.
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increasing trend continued until 1995,
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figure was 100
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, and then
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remained stable.
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pizza started with the proportion of 3 and witnessed a noticeable increase up to 83 in 1996, but
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growth was less significant than that of hamburgers.
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, at the beginning , teenagers enjoyed eating fish and chips , and the figure was 100, the dominant position from the start.
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, it decreased to 82 in 1980. Despite a slight increase to 90 in 1985, consumption of fish and chips dropped significantly to 40 in 2000.

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Linking words: Don't use the same linking words: "however".
Vocabulary: The word "figure" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "figure" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "proportion" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "trend" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "increase" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "significantly" was used 3 times.
Topic Vocabulary:
  • percentage
  • preference
  • frequency
  • trend
  • popularity
  • notably
  • anomaly
  • dominant
  • contrast
  • exhibit
  • proportion
  • category
  • significant
  • rate
  • margin
  • predominant
  • marginally
  • substantial
  • consistent
  • overall
  • variety
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