IELTS writing - Graphs and data

  

The graphs below give information about commuting inside and outside London in 2009.

Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The graphs show_________________________________________________________________

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Commuting inside and outside London in 2009

The g_____s show the t____e it t_____s employees __ commute to their w____places , and the m___e of transport they use . F____s are g____n for b___h inside and outside London.

For the m_______y of the UK , the number of commuters d_______s as commuting time i_______s . Almost h___f of the commuters take l___ than 15 minutes to get to their place o__ work , while only around 3 p______t s_____d over an hour commuting . Indeed , three quarters of commuters o______e London reach work within half an h___r . In London , the trend is very d_______t . The figures s___w that it takes m___h longer to get to work . Less than half of the commuters have reached work within half an hour , with the p________e reaching work in less than fifteen minutes s_________y lower than the p________e reaching work in thirty m_______s . M_______r , forty percent of people spend up to an hour commuting , with an e______l proportion in the 30-45 minute bracket and the 45-60 minute bracket , and a further sixteen p_______t commute for over an hour – over five times the proportion outside London .

Regarding the m___e of transport , the car is dominant b___h inside and outside London , significantly so outside London , where other m____s of transport account for less than a quarter of j_______s . Of the other modes of transport , w_____g and taking the bus are more c_______n than cycling , taking the train and using the u________d . Inside London , the car accounts for a_____t one third of commuting journeys . However , public transport is used for a_____t half of the journeys , the train and underground being more p________r than the bus .

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