Exercise # 7 - IELTS
Hello everybody! Could someone help me with this writing checking for grammar and spelling, please? Any suggestion you would like to add or comment, feel free to do it. Thanks in advance! PS: I've attached the graph I've based my essay on.
The bar chart displays how the patterns of transport use (or 'usage'?) in an European city were changing along (or over?) the period from 1960 to 2000. Overall, the use of car dramatically increased in comparison to the rest of the means of transport during the time frame considered.
To start off, the car use was the least transport mode used by 1960 with only around 7% of total travellers. Interestingly though, car use steadily and strongly grew to finally reach about 37% of the population by 2000. Therefore, there was more than a fivefold increase during a 40-year period.
In clear contrast to the car use, biking and walking followed a decreasing pattern throughout time. On the side of bike use, it rose a peak of approximately 25% by 1960, but then it steeply fell to its lowest rate at 7% in 2000. Meanwhile, walking also dropped from a peak of about 35% in 1960 to just under 7% by the end of the time frame. It represented a fall of nearly five times in only 40 years time.
To wrap up, the pattern of bus use exhibited an uneven (or erratic?) behavior by beginning at around 18%, gradually rising to 26%, and finally plunging to stand at only 16%, that is, a slightly less than its original figure at the start of the period.
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Exercise # 7 - IELTS
Hello everybody! Could someone help me with this writing checking for grammar and spelling, please? Any suggestion you would like to add or comment, feel free to do it. Thanks in advance! PS: I've attached the graph I've based my essay on.The bar chart displays how the patterns of transport usage in an European city have changed over the period from 1960 to 2000. Overall, the use of cars increased dramatically in comparison other means of transport during this time frame.
To begin with, cars were the least used in 1960 with only around 7% of total travelers. Interestingly though, car use steadily and strongly increased to about 37% of the population by 2000. Therefore, there was more than a five-fold increase during a 40 year period.
In clear contrast to the car use, biking and walking followed a decreasing pattern of use throughout that time. Concerning bike use, it rose a peak of approximately 25% by 1960, but then it steeply fell to its lowest rate at 7% in 2000. Meanwhile, walking also dropped from a peak of about 35% in 1960 to just under 7% by the end of the time frame. It represented a nearly five-fold drop in only 40 years time.
To wrap up, the pattern of bus use exhibited an uneven behavior by beginning at around 18%, gradually rising to 26%, and finally plunging to stand at only 16%, that is, a slightly less than its original figure at the start of the period.
Matías, I corrected your paragraph to remove some redundant phrases such as "the period from 1960 to 2000" (removing "the period from" shortens the sentence and does not take away its meaning). I also tried to use more formal vocabulary "to begin with" instead of "to start off" to give your paragraphs a more professional style. I might also suggest, optionally, that you might use the word "automobile" for "car" and "bicycle" for "bike" for the same reason both in your paragraphs and your bar chart. Grammatically, you are writing very well. I hope this helps. Richard
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Could anybody help me with checking for grammar and spelling on this writing, please? That would be very helpful to me with the aim of sitting an English exam in the short-term. Many thanks!
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