ENGLISH 11 th - Writing Practice

Level: intermediate. Teacher: Lorena G., Kellys D.

Function: to understand and write bar charts.
Student’s Name: ___________________ Date: _________________

Introduction to Bar charts

A. Look at this Bar Chart and complete the table below.

How Students in Bahrain Spend their free time in 2016

70%

60%
Percentage (label (1)

50%

40%

30%

20%

10%

Activi Watching TV Doing Homework Playing Online Games Using Mobiles

ties
(label
Primary Students Intermediate Students Secondary Studens
(2)

Type of chart Bar Chart

Title of chart How Students in Bahrain Spend their time in 2016

Label (1) percentages

Label (2) Activities

Primary Students
Legends
Intermediate Students

Secondary Students

B. Look at this Bar Chart and answer the questions below.
 How Students in Bahrain Spend their free time in 2016
70%

60%

50%

40%

30%

20%

10%

Watching TV Doing Homework Playing Online Games Using Mobiles

Primary Students Intermediate Students Secondary Studens

1. What activity does the primary students like the most? 

__Do Homework______________________________
2. What activity does the primary students choose the least?
__Play Online Games____________________________________________
3. Which activity does the primary student like the same?
__play online games and use mobiles___________________________________
4. What is the percentage of playing online games for secondary students? %
____30%____________________________________________________________

5. Who likes using mobiles among students? 

____The intermediate Students ____________________________________

C. Look at this Bar Chart and complete the report below.
 How Students in Bahrain Spend their free time in 2016
70%

60%

50%

40%

30%

20%

10%
Watching TV Doing Homework Playing Online Games Using Mobiles

Primary Students Intermediate Students Secondary Studens

The bar chart gives information about (1) …how students in bahrain spend their free time in 2016.__in four
different activities: (2)……whatch TV………, (3)…………do …homework………………………………….,
(3) …………play online games…………………………… and (4) …………use
mobiles……………………………………. It shows the percentage of each activity for primary, (5) ………
intermediate…………. and (6)……………secondary…………………. Students.

It is clear from the chart that primary students spend most of their free time (7)…doing homework….…
compared to secondary and intermediate students. About (8)…55…% of intermediate students mostly prefer to
use their mobile phones among other activities. Intermediate Students show nearly equal interest in (9)…do
homework……….and (10)……play online games………… . (11) ……40…..% of secondary students like
watching TV at their free time, but they show the least interest in (12) ……do homework………………

Overall, students in the three levels of education like to spend their free time differently. The majority of
primary students like (13)………do the homework……………………………. but they like (14) ………
play…online games.…………………. least. Most of intermediate students like (15)……watch TV…. and
(16) …play online games………..equally but (18) ……use mobiles………………. mostly. For the secondary
students (19) …Watch TV…….. is their major interest but (20) ………play online games………… is the least
they do in their free time.