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favourite activity in 1982 to 12% in 2002, a significant decrease of 9%. 
In a similar trend, going out to eat declined from 14% of the
population’s preferred leisure activity to 8% in 2002. 
Note: 
Remember that you are NOT being asked to give your opinion about WHY
statistics in the Task One diagrams have changed. In a Task One essay, you are only
required t0 describe and summarise the data.

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Exercise:
Fill in the blanks with the best word or phrase from the table below to
accurately report the information illustrated in the pie chart diagram in
Question 5. Use each word only once. You will not use all of the words in the
table.
According to
friends
family
playing
29%
increased
compare
watching
television
highest
25%
Similarly
8%
In contrast
9%
popularity
The two pie charts 
(1)_________________ 
the favourite leisure activities in Britain
in two different years, 1982 and 2002. In 1982, the favourite activity was
(2)_______________
, while in 2002, the favourite leisure activity was shown to be
(3)______________________ 
computer games, an activity not listed in the 1982
pie chart.
(4)________________
the first pie chart, in 1982 the favourite leisure activity of 31
percent of the population of Britain was watching television. This was the
(5)_____________
percentage in either of the pie charts. Watching television
dropped 
in
 
(6)_____________
between 
1982 
and 
2002,