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

Task Achievement

Band 6.5

Coherence and Cohesion

Band 6.5

Lexical Resource

Band 6.0

Grammatical Range and Accuracy

Band 6.0

The bar chart outlines the duration of local, national & international and mobile phone calls in the UK between 1995 and 2002. Overall, British citizens talked over the local land-lines the most; and mobile phone gained a huge popularity over the time, especailly after the year 2000.