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You should spend about 20 minutes on this task. The graph below shows the number of enquiries received by the Tourist Information Office in one city over a six-month period in 2011. Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant. You should write at least 150 words.

You should spend about 20 minutes on this task. The graph below shows the number of enquiries received by the Tourist Information Office in one city over a six-month period in 2011. Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant. You should write at least 150 words.
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The line graph illustrates how many
enquiries
 were made to a Tourist Information office in one city by phone, letter and in
person
 from January to June
in
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2011. In January 2011, more than 800
enquiries
 were received by letters or emails
while
enquiries
 by telephone were less than 800.
In contrast
, in January, the least amount of
enquiries
was
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 received in
person
, the
number
 of
enquiries
 in
person
 soared significantly over the
next
 six
months
 and in June, the highest
number
 of
enquiries
 was in
person
 accounting for more than 1800. Surprisingly, the
number
 of
enquiries
 by letter and email dropped gradually over the
next
 two
months
 which was followed by a sharp decrease in
next
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 three
months
 becoming the lowest in June, reducing to less than 400. The
number
 of
enquiries
 by telephone slightly slipped in February which was followed by a marginal rise in the
next
 couple of
months
. Over the
next
 three
months
, there was a significant increase in telephone
enquiries
 which rose to 1600. (157 words)
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Vocabulary: Replace the words enquiries, person, number, months with synonyms.
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Vocabulary: The word "number of" was used 4 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "significantly" was used 2 times.
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