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Welcome to our class

Country GNP per head
(1982: US
dollars)
Daily calorie
supply per
head
Life
expectancy
at birth
(years)
Infant
mortality (per
1000 live births
Bangladesh
Bolivia
Egypt
Indonesia
USA
140
570
690
580
13160
1877
2086
2950
2296
3653
40
50
56
49
74
132
124
97
87
12
Table
Bar chart Pie chart Line graph
Write the name for each item below
WRITING THE INTRODUCTION AND
OVERVIEW IN DESCRIBING GRAPHS
Paragraph1: Introduction
1. Paragraph 2: Overview (general trend)
Paragraph 3,4 : Body

2. Paragraph 1: Introduction + general trend
Paragraph 2: body
Paragraph 3: conclusion
Approaches to writing graphs
You should state what the graph shows.
I/ AN INTRODUCTION:
The line graph below gives information about the number of
visitors to three London museums between June and September 2013.

Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main
features, and make comparisons where relevant.
Write at least 150 words.
The pie charts show the main reasons for migration
to and from the UK in 2007.Summarize the information
by selecting and reporting the main features and make
comparisons where relevant.
Write at least 150 words.

Country GNP per
head
(1982: US
dollars)
Daily
calorie
supply per
head
Life
expectancy
at birth
(years)
Infant
mortality (per
1000 live births
Bangladesh
Bolivia
Egypt
Indonesia
USA
140
570
690
580
13160
1877
2086
2950
2296
3653
40
50
56
49
74
132
124
97
87
12


The following table gives statistic showing the aspects of quantity of life in
5 countries.
Write a report for a university lecturer describing the information in the
table below
PARAPHRASE
1. Use the derivatives of a word (changing the form of the word)
Eg: contribute (v) -> contribution (n)
-Young people contributed to the plan significantly.
-The contribution of young people to the plan was significantly.
2. Use synonyms and antonyms.
Eg: The graph provides information on the number of cars
bought per head of population in China.
-> The graph provides information on the number of car
purchased per head of population in China.

3. Using how much , How many, and How+ ...
Eg1: The bar shows the number of students who visited the museum in
the past month.
-> The bar graph shows how many students visited the museum in
the past month.
Eg2: The pie charts show the amount of water used for domestic
purposes.
->The pie charts shows how much water was used for domestic
purposes.
Eg3: The table shows different devices which were used to access the
Internet by university students in a dormitory over the last year.
-> The table shows how the Internet was accessed by university
students in a dormitory over the last year.


4. Convert active sentences into passive ones and vice versa:

Eg: Children used the books more eagerly when they were illustrated.
The books were used more eagerly(by children ) when they were
illustrated.

Substitutes of show

Show present
provide
compare (more than one object)
indicate
illustrate
reveal
Other elements:
Graph = line/ bar graph
Chart = line/ bar
Diagram= figure
Shows= illustrates
Proportion= percentage
Information= data
The number of = the figure for
People in the USA = Americans
From 1999 to 2009 = between 1999 and 2009.
= over a period of 10 years
How to produce = the process of producing
In three countries = in the UK, France and Spain.



Introduction:

Eg: The graph shows life expectancy for males and females in the UK
from 1901 to 2002.

-> The line graph gives average lengths of life for men and women in
the UK between 1901 to 2002.

For each question below, write a possible introduction.
Question 1: The chart shows the chocolate production process.

Question 2: The chart illustrates the worlds mobile phone
subscribers in 2006, showing their distribution between six
geographical regions.

Question 3: The table shows the percentage attendance figures for
seven types of cultural event in Great Britain between 1986 and
2001 .

Question 4: The table and the chart show regional and global
population changes between 1950 and 200 as well as the increase
in urban populations in the same period with a projection for 2050.




1/ - The chart shows the process for the making of chocolate.
-The chart shows the stages/ steps of how chocolate is
made/produced.
2/ The chart illustrates how the global mobile phone users were
distributed among 6 regions in 2006.
3/ Given is the proportion of people attending 7 types of cultural
event in the UK within 15years.
4/ The chart and the table compare the changes of the population
locally and globally within 50 years. They also reveal how the
population in urban areas grew in the same period.

Basic
The graph shows
More advanced
-The graph provided/
reveals/illustrates/ represents/ gives.
-A glance at the graph provided
reveals.
Given is the chart concerning +
Noun.
B. OVERVIEW
You have to look at the charts, bars, or tables to see
what is happening from the beginning to the end, what the
general trend is.



It is evident that S + V:
As can be seen from the graph, S +V...
It is interesting to note that S + V ...
The most striking feature that can be seen is that ......
It is apparently from the information supplied that S + V ...
Overwhelmingly, S +V ...
Overall, what stands out from the graph is that S +V ...
Overall, it is also clear that A is the highest and whereas B is the
lowest.


The pie charts compare the proportions of people falling
into three distinct age groups in Yemen and Italy in two different
years.
It is clear that Italy had the older population in the year
2000, and the same is predicted for the year 2050. The
populations of both countries are expected to age/become older
over the fifty-year period.

The line graph below gives information about the number of
visitors to three London museums between June and September 2013.

Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main
features, and make comparisons where relevant.
Write at least 150 words.
The graph shows the figures for tourists visiting three
museums in London within six months of 2013.
Overall, three museums witness
variations/fluctuations in the number of visitors. It is also
clear that the highest number of tourists belongs to British
Museum whereas Science Museum is the least favoured.
Country GNP per
head
(1982: US
dollars)
Daily
calorie
supply per
head
Life
expectancy
at birth
(years)
Infant
mortality (per
1000 live births
Bangladesh
Bolivia
Egypt
Indonesia
USA
140
570
690
580
13160
1877
2086
2950
2296
3653
40
50
56
49
74
132
124
97
87
12


The following table gives statistic showing the aspects of quantity of life in
5 countries.
Write a report for a university lecturer describing the information in the
table below
The table uses four economic indicators to show the standard
of living in five selected countries in 1982.
Generally, countries with high income hold better quality of life.
It is also clear that the USA ranks top in every sing category whereas
Bangladesh is at the bottom of the table.