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The chart illustrates changes in student spending in the UK during the three-year period from 1996 to 1999. Notably, there was a decrease in accommodation and food spending, while entertainment and non-essential items saw growth. Overall, spending trends varied across categories, with entertainment experiencing the most significant increase.

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Using Prepositions

The chart illustrates changes in student spending in the UK during the three-year period from 1996 to 1999. Notably, there was a decrease in accommodation and food spending, while entertainment and non-essential items saw growth. Overall, spending trends varied across categories, with entertainment experiencing the most significant increase.

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Using prepositions:

The chart shows the changes which took place (1) student spending in the United Kingdom
(2) … … …. the three-year period from 1996 to 1999.

Students spent 3% less on accommodation, which fell (3) … …. 23% (4) …… ...…... 20% of
their expenditure. Similarly, there was a 2% decrease (5) … …...... spending on food, bills and
household goods, which fell from 20% to 18%. At the same time, course expenditure went
down 6……by...…… 3% from 10% to 7%. Children, who constituted 1% (7) … …….….
students’ expenditure in 1996, are not represented in 1999.

On the other hand, there was a 5% growth (8) ……….… ………spending on entertainment,
which stood (9) … ….…26% of total expenditure in 1996 but rose (10) ……… ….………31%
in 1999. Spending on other non- essential items and credit payments also grew (11) ……. …
………… 4%, making (12) …… …16% of total expenditure. Likewise, spending on essential
travel went up (13) …… … …….3%

Overall, there was an upward trend in expenditure (14) ……… ………………. four
categories, including entertainment, non-essential items, credit payments and essential travel,
while there was an opposite pattern in spending on the others. The most significant general
change was recorded in spending on entertainment.

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