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7 Graphs and Charts
7 Graphs and Charts
Objectives
After learning this unit, you are expected to be able to:
1. interpret graphs and charts;
2. write a graph or chart narration;
3. use present and past participles in sentences.
Reading Selection
Text 1
Figure 2
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From "Graphs and Charts." Microsoft Encarta 2006
1. What is a graph?
2. What is a graph used for?
3. Look at figure 1, what happens in the first day of
lemonade sale?
4. What is the tendency of lemonade sale during the first
three-day sale?
5. What kind of visual indication is shown in figure 1?
6. What are x- axis and y-axis?
Text 2
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Figure 4 Column Chart Showing the Relationship between TV
Watching and History Test Scores
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270 urs of
265 TV
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250
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5 hours 6 or more
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Total average history score Female
average history score Male average
history score
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Total
average
literature
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Read average
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History Proficiency Scores
average
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Never
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Literature Proficiency Scores
Based on text 2, say whether the following statements are
True or False.
Vocabulary
: pie chart
: column chart
5
: line chart
: bar chart
: area chart
: scatter chart
: doughnut chart
SUBJECT
THERE + BE
There was
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Notify the different words and phrases which are
used to express the data changes. Look at these
examples
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7 Participles
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The underlined words above are nonfinite verbs
which are used to modify the sentences. The
form of verbs in the sentences are V-ing and V-
3. These forms of verb are called participles.
Based on the example, the participle is divided
into present participle and past participle .
Exercise
In the sentences below, fill in the correct participles of the
verbs in parentheses.
1. People who constantly complain are very __________
(annoy) to me.
2. Whenever Adrian gets __________ (bore), he goes fishing.
3. The students were __________ (confuse) by the Professors
lecture.
4. Most of the news on television is __________ (depress).
5. The Ruttles were very ________ (excite) to learn that their
concert was sold out.
6. Babysitting young children can be __________ (exhaust) for
many people.
7. Steve was so __________ (fascinate) by the book that he
finished it in one evening.
8. Would you be __________ (frighten) if you saw a vampire?
9. After eating a __________ (satisfy) meal, the cat washed
her face.
10. When Dagmar looked in the mirror, she was
__________ (surprise) to see that she had a leaf in
her hair.
Source:
http://www.sdc.uwo.ca/writing
Writing Practice
Look at Figure 6: The Chart Displaying the
Number of Foreign Tourists in Bali above. To
practice the vocabularies stated above, write a
narration based on Figure 6.
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Summary
1. Charts and graphs are used to describe some graphic
data.
2. In reading a graph, you should notice whether the
information is fixed or changed over time.
3. Data in a graph can increase, decrease, fluctuate or stay
the same.
4. Present participle is
the nonfinite verb in
the form of V-ing.
Example: It was a
worrying situation.
5. Past participle
is the nonfinite
verb in the form of
V-3. Example: We
were all very
worried.
Reflection
In this unit, you have learned how to interpret
graphs and charts, write a graph or chart
narration, and use present and past participles.
Put a check on the column based on your self-
assessment.
Objectives
To interpret graphs/charts
To write a graph or chart
narration
To use present and past
participles
For more practice, you can go to the following site on how to
interpret a graph or a chart:
http://openlearn.open.ac.uk/mod/oucontent/view.php?
id=399402