Bar Chart

The diagram below shows the number of houses built per year in two cities, Derby and Nottingham, Between 2000 and 2009.

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    The chart outlines the number of houses built annually in Derby and Nottingham cities from 2000 to 2009. Overall, more houses were built in Derby than Nottingham each year except in 2000, 2001 and 2007.

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  2. Band 6.5
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    Band 6.0
    Coherence and Cohesion
    Band 6.5
    Lexical Resource
    Band 6.5
    Grammatical Range and Accuracy
    Band 7.0

    The bar chart compares the construction of new houses in two cities - Derby and Nottingham, from 2000 to 2009. Generally speaking, the number of new homes in these two cities increased steadily through the years and inhabitants of Derby end up building more abodes in the final year despite a considerable gap in the previous year.

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