The chart below show family expenditure in the UK between 1980 and 2010.
The graph gives information about the family outlay in the UK over a 30-year timespan.
Overall, what stands out from the chart is that whilst the proportion of utility bills was the highest, the reverse was true for others. Another noteworthy point is there were several differences in the spending on food items, vehicles, and leisure activities.
In 1980, the money earmarked for utility bills and leisure activities was roughly the same, around 27%. The money channeled into spare time activities was significantly lower, registering 18% in 1990. Starting at 23% in the year 1980, the outlay on leisure grew minimally to 29% in the next 10 years. The amount allocated to bills and vehicles was 15% and 26% but later rose gradually to 17% and 27% over a decade.
Ten years later, recreational activities made up the largest proportion of the family's expenditure. Starting from the point 17% in the year 1980, the spending then doubled to 34% in 2000. The money used for food and beverage jumped substantially, from 13% in the year 2000 to 25% in the next 10 years. During this period, transport costs and service costs took roughly a minority and almost a third of household expenditure respectively, which increased marginally from the year 2000. The figure for other spending remained stable through a 30-year timescale. Utility bills were half as popular as other outlay for families.
- Some people believe that nowadays we have too many choices To what extent do you agree or disagree with this statement 73
- Nowadays people waste a lot of food that was bought from shops and restaurants Why do you think people waste food What can be done to reduce the amount of food they throw away 78
- some people think that hosting and international sports event is good for the country while some people think it is bad Discuss both views and state your opinion 84
- Some people think that strict punishments for driving offences are the key to reducing traffic accidents Others however believe that other measures would be more effective in improving road safety Discuss both these views and give your own opinion 78
- Some people argue that if children behave badly their parents should accept responsibility and also be punished for the behaviour of their children Do you agree or disagree 67
Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, if, then, third
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 9.0 7.0 129% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 0.0 1.00243902439 0% => OK
Conjunction : 9.0 6.8 132% => OK
Relative clauses : 2.0 3.15609756098 63% => OK
Pronoun: 2.0 5.60731707317 36% => OK
Preposition: 34.0 33.7804878049 101% => OK
Nominalization: 3.0 3.97073170732 76% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1174.0 965.302439024 122% => OK
No of words: 232.0 196.424390244 118% => OK
Chars per words: 5.06034482759 4.92477711251 103% => OK
Fourth root words length: 3.90276135726 3.73543355544 104% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.68129780279 2.65546596893 101% => OK
Unique words: 133.0 106.607317073 125% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.573275862069 0.547539520022 105% => OK
syllable_count: 341.1 283.868780488 120% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.45097560976 103% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 0.0 1.53170731707 0% => OK
Article: 9.0 4.33902439024 207% => Less articles wanted as sentence beginning.
Subordination: 0.0 1.07073170732 0% => More adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 1.0 0.482926829268 207% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 4.0 3.36585365854 119% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 13.0 8.94146341463 145% => OK
Sentence length: 17.0 22.4926829268 76% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 28.8474871487 43.030603864 67% => OK
Chars per sentence: 90.3076923077 112.824112599 80% => OK
Words per sentence: 17.8461538462 22.9334400587 78% => OK
Discourse Markers: 1.53846153846 5.23603664747 29% => More transition words/phrases wanted.
Paragraphs: 4.0 3.83414634146 104% => OK
Language errors: 0.0 1.69756097561 0% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 4.0 3.70975609756 108% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 1.0 1.13902439024 88% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 8.0 4.09268292683 195% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.0848160092844 0.215688989381 39% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0304034500395 0.103423049105 29% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0331450701998 0.0843802449381 39% => Sentences are similar to each other.
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.0593052684659 0.15604864568 38% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0317638058609 0.0819641961636 39% => Paragraphs are similar to each other. Some content may get duplicated or it is not exactly right on the topic.
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 11.3 13.2329268293 85% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 62.68 61.2550243902 102% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 6.51609756098 135% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 8.7 10.3012195122 84% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 11.77 11.4140731707 103% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.22 8.06136585366 102% => OK
difficult_words: 55.0 40.7170731707 135% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 9.0 11.4329268293 79% => OK
gunning_fog: 8.8 10.9970731707 80% => OK
text_standard: 9.0 11.0658536585 81% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 56.1797752809 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 5.0 Out of 9
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Note: the e-grader does NOT examine the meaning of words and ideas. VIP users will receive further evaluations by advanced module of e-grader and human graders.