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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This
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bar chart gives us information about the average weekly spending on eight
categories
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by families in 1968 and 2018.
Overall
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, the patterns of change in the average weekly spending on all
categories
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, from food to clothing and footwear, and from household
goods
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to leisure, varied differently between 1968 and 2018. Notably, only the household
goods
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remained steady at around 6% of the weekly outcome. In the first four
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, food accounted for the highest average weekly spending in 1968, at 35%,
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clothing and footwear were the lowest in both 1968 and 2018, at 10% and 5% separately.
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, families' outcome for fuel and power in both 1968 and 2018 had similar figures, at around 5%.
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the weekly spending on food, fuel & power, and clothing & footwear experienced various decreases from 1968 to 2018, the spending on housing had a nearly 10% climb. In the latter four
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, the highest weekly outcome in both 1968 and 2018 was seen in leisure, at around 8% and 22% respectively,
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personal
goods
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witnessed the lowest in 2018, at around 4%. More to
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, only the money spent on personal
goods
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experienced a 6% tumble from 1968 to 2018.

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Linking words: Don't use the same linking words: "while".
Vocabulary: Replace the words categories, goods with synonyms.
Vocabulary: Rephrase the word "gives" in your introduction.
Vocabulary: Rephrase the word "information" in your introduction.
Vocabulary: The word "around" was used 4 times.
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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