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Bar Chart

The chart below shows the total number of minutes (in billions) of telephone calls in the UK, divided into three categories, from 1995–2002.

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  1. Band 9.0
    Task Achievement
    Band 9.0
    Coherence and Cohesion
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    Lexical Resource
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    Grammatical Range and Accuracy
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    The bar chart compares the amount of time spent by people in the UK on three different types of phone call between 1995 and 2002. It is clear that calls made via local, fixed lines were the most popular type, in terms of overall usage, throughout the period shown.

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  2. Band 9.0
    Task Achievement
    Band 9.0
    Coherence and Cohesion
    Band 9.0
    Lexical Resource
    Band 9.0
    Grammatical Range and Accuracy
    Band 9.0

    The bar chart compares the amount of time spent by people in the UK on three different types of phone call between 1995 and 2002. It is clear that calls made via local, fixed lines were the most popular type, in terms of overall usage, throughout the period shown.

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