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task 1The chart presents some data regarding how Britons spend their time at the telephone in the period 1995-2002. There are three different groups used to categorize the types of calls and at each one is assigned a different colour in the bar chart.National and international calls, as well as the mobile ones, follow an increasing trend. In particular, mobile calls are growing exponentially in the last years, moving from 2 to 45 billion minutes.Local calls, instead, do not follow any clear trend. In fact, in the first period, the minutes in national calls increase until they reach the peak which is roughly 90 billion. From that point on, the overall number of minutes started shrinking to 72 billion in 2002, which was the same amount recorded in 1995.Overall, Britons still preferer local calls, albeit the differences between this type of call and the other ones has been greatly narrowed in the last period due to the growth of mobile, national and international calls and the decrease of the local ones.thank you in advance!

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The (what kind of chart?) chart presents some data regarding how Britons spend their time at the telephone (That is not what is on the chart. How they spend their time would be in bed, at home, at work, playing golf, and other activities. Write exactly what is plotted. and the units of measurement.) in the period 1995-2002. There are three different groups (So what are these groups, specifically?) used to categorize the types of calls ~~and at each one is assigned a different colour in the bar chart~~.(That is unimportant. Do not write about dotted or dashed lines, stipple patterns, colours or the legend, as these are incidental to the information. Write about the content, not the form. )

Example opening:

The bar chart compares the amounts of time, in billions of minutes, that people spent on three different types of telephone calls in the UK for each year between 1995 and 2002. The types represent the different services available, local (fixed line), long distance (fixed line), and mobile (all distances).

(Your "overall" main features are not very clear. The paragraph structure needs adjustment.)

National and international calls, as well as the mobile ones, follow an increasing trend. In particular, mobile calls are growing exponentially in the last years, moving from 2 to 45 billion minutes.

Local calls, instead, do not follow any clear trend. (Inaccurate. There were clearly two trends, increasing from 1995 to 1998 and decreasing between 1999 and 2002. "No trend" would be the absence of any pattern, just random data points.) In fact, in the first period, the minutes in national calls increase until they reach a ~~the~~ peak which is roughly 90 billion. From that point on, the overall number of minutes started shrinking to 72 billion in 2002, which was the same amount recorded in 1995.

Overall, Britons (Incorrect term. The UK also includes Northern Ireland.) still preferer (wrong word. This is a conclusion. The users' preferences are not shown in the chart. Maybe it was the cost that made the difference, or maybe the local availability of the service, or maybe their preferences. You don't know.) local calls, albeit the differences between this type of call and the other ones has ~~been~~ greatly narrowed in the last period (What is that?) due to the growth of mobile, national and international calls and the decrease of the local fixed line ones.

Sample:

Paragraph 1: Describe the figure:

The time series bar chart compares the total minutes of telephone calls each year in the UK over the eight-year period from 1995 to 2002. The totals are separated out by the type of call: Local (from a fixed line), International / national (from a fixed line) and mobile calls to all destinations.

Paragraph 2: Point out two or three significant points without going into details:

Overall, the total time that people spent on all telephone calls increased over the period by nearly 60%. Local fixed lines always accounted for the largest proportion, with international/national fixed line calls being second and mobile calls third.

Paragraph 3: Focus on some details with particular data values.

The total number of minutes started at 112 billion in 1995, going up to 150 billion in 1999, and ending at 175 billion in 2002. However, the increase was not equally proportioned across all three services; in particular, mobile phones represented less than 5% percent in 1995 and substantially increased their share of the total. The use of local fixed lines for calls peaked in 1998-1999 with close to 90 billion minutes in each of these years. After 1999, the decline in these calls of approximately 20 billion minutes was more than compensated by an increase of 30 billion minutes in mobile calls. Fixed-line national / international calls increased linearly at a rate of about 3.2 billion minutes annually throughout this time, starting at 38 and ending at 62 billion minutes.

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