The graphs show changes in spending habits of people in the UK between 1971 and 2001.
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The pie charts provide a statistical comparison on the difference in spending by the UK residents in 1971 and 2001. According to the illustration, the largest proportion of spending by Brits in 1971 was on petrol, 36% o be exact, which was 4 times higher than their cost in this item in 2001.
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The pie charts compare the proportion of expenditure of British citizens in different categories in 1971 with that of 2001. Overall, fuel, furniture and outside meals drained the highest proportion of British expenditure in 1971, but personal cars cost them the highest after three decades.
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- Task Achievement
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The provided pie charts give information on the spending habits of UK citizens in 1971 and 2001. As is observed from the charts, the expenditure on petrol & furniture reduced significantly while the amount spent on computers increased in the UK.
- Band 7.0View annotated correction →
- Task Achievement
- Band 8.0
- Coherence and Cohesion
- Band 7.0
- Lexical Resource
- Band 6.5
- Grammatical Range and Accuracy
- Band 6.5
The pie charts illustrate the changes in household spending in the UK between 1971 and 2001. It is clear that the cost of petrol made up the largest proportion of the household spending in 1971 while expenditure on cars was the greatest share of the household spending in 2001.