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The charts below show the percentages of food and goods bought in supermarkets in European countries in 1998 and 2008.

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The charts below show the percentages of food and goods bought in supermarkets in European countries in 1998 and 2008.
The bar chart
compare
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compares
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 the percentages of
food
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 and
good
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goods
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 bought in supermarkets in three European countries in 1998 and 2008.
Overall
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, the proportions of
food
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 and
goods
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 purchased in supermarkets increased in three countries over the period.
Country
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 1 experienced the most significant growth,
while
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country
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 3 had the lowest figures in both years.
Country
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 2 had the highest
percentage
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 in 1998 for
goods
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 and the second highest
percentage
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 for
food
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. In
term
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 of
food
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,
country
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 1 saw a considerable increase from 10% in 1998 to 40% in 2008. In
country
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 2, the figure rose slightly from approximately of 25% to 30%. The
percentage
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 of
food
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 bought in
supermarket
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supermarkets
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 in county 3
double
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doubled
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, increasing from 5% to 10%. Regarding
goods
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,
county
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country
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 1
recored
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recorded
 a substantial rise from around 20% in 1998 to 60% in 2008, which was the largest increase among
three
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the three
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 countries.
Country
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 2
also
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 experienced growth, with the figure going up from 40% to 50%. In
country
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 3, the
percentage
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 of
goods
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 purchased in supermarkets increased from approximately 5% to 10%.

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Vocabulary: Replace the words food, goods, country, percentage with synonyms.
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Vocabulary: Rephrase the word "percentages" in your introduction.
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Vocabulary: The word "figures" was used 3 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "figures" was used 3 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "percentages" was used 5 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "growth" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "increased" was used 4 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "approximately" was used 2 times.
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