Pie Chart (Household expenses in Hong Kong and Britain)

The table below shows average household expenditure in Hong Kong and Britain in the year 2000.

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Other goods and Housing Food Transport Clothing
services
Britain 36% first 18% 22% second 17% 7% last
Hong Kong 28% second 32% first 27% 9% 4% last

Stage One: Write your introduction here

THE TYPE OF CHART VERB the amount/percentage/proportion of Noun + V- 3 CATEGORIES PLACE TIME

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Vocabulary range

average household expenditure in Hong Kong and sectors: housing;food;other goods and
Britain services;transport;clothing
senpeex ________________ housing/food /transport/clothing budget
household dutbeg ________________ ac_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ / m_ _ _ _ / t_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ /
endispng _______________ c_ _ _ _ _ _
 the ……………… British/Hong Kong household general terms
 the average household …….. Britain/Hong Kong scetro _ _ _ _ _ _
 ……………………….. in Britain/Hong Kong coatergy _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
………………………………………….. households time _ _ _ _

* sense 1= money spent in doing a particular job or for

u/ government organization person a particular purpose (usu plural)
c *sense 2= sth that makes you spend
money( cn/usually singular)
spending In Hong Kong, the greatest proportion of expenditure
expenditur was on/_ housing.
e In Britain, the largest single expense was on/_ other
goods and services.
*expense

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Other goods and Housing Food Transport Clothing
services
Britain 36% 18% 22% 17% 7%
Percentage
fraction

Hong 28% 32% 27% 9% 4%

Kong
Percentage
fraction

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Sentence writing

food 22 % (of the total budget) households in Britain in Britain

spend on _________________________________________________________________________________

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be spent on _______________________________________________________________________________

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be on ___________________________________________________________________________________

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be distributed to __________________________________________________________________________

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account for _______________________________________________________________________________

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make up go to be allocated to be allowed for
amount to take up go for represent
be allotted to go towards

sector figure figure sector person figure sector

FIGURE POSITION

Pattern 1 bracket ( X )
Pattern 2 preposition with/at X
Pattern 3 V-ing ,amounting to/accounting for/taking up/making up/representing X,
Pattern 4 comma ,X
Pattern 5 absolute phrase , (with)Subj + V-ing + X
Pattern 6 subject/object X + verb……………………… ………………….+ verb + X
1) 22% of total expenditure was spent on food in Britain.
2) In Britain 22% of total expenditure went to food.
3) In Britain food accounted for 22% of total expenditure.
4) Food in Britain accounted for nearly a quarter of household budget,22%.
5) Nearly a quarter of household budget (22%) was spent on food in Britain.
6) Nearly a quarter of household budget was spent on food in Britain, amounting to 22%.
7) Nearly a quarter was spent on food in Britain, the average household allocating 22% of their
budget to this sector.
8) Food comes in second place in Britain, at 22%.
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 VERB FIGURE

be on other goods and services 36 % (the highest proportion of budget) in Britain bracket

go to other goods and services only 28 % in Hong Kong subject

be spent on housing 32 % (the largest proportion of the total expenditure) in Hong Kong participle

rank second food 22 % in Britain preposition

make up food 27 % in Hong Kong object

score lowest clothing 4% in Hong Kong absolute phrase

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_____________________ .By contrast/In contrast/ But/However, _________.

__________________________________ but _____________________________ .
Although _____________________________, ____________________________ .
___________________________, while/whereas/whilst ___________________. differences
___________________compared to/compared with + figure+ in/for + Noun.
___________________in contrast to/as opposed to + figure + in/for + Noun.

both ….and similarities

food 22 % in Britain
food 27 % in Hong Kong

Eg. 22% of total expenditure was spent on food in Britain, while In Hong Kong, 27% went to this sector.

22% of total expenditure was spent on food in Britain, compared to 27% in Hong Kong.
Choose any one of these sectors and write a sentence comparing the expenditure in the two countries, using any of the links above.
Housing/ Other goods and services/ Transport/ Clothing

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Stage three: Linking sentences Britain Hong Kong

Paragraph 2 be /figure in bracket go to

Other goods and services figure as subject
Britain 36%
the greatest single
expense ,while
Hong Kong 28%
only
By contrast,

Hong Kong Britain

Paragraph 2 be spent on +figure + in + place
Housing figure amounting to
Hong Kong 32%
the largest percentage of
the total expenditure in contrast to
Britain 18%
a mere

Britain Hong Kong

Paragraph 2 rank second account for
Food at+ figure figure in bracket
Britain 22% rank second
Hong Kong 27% a higher percentage but

Britain Hong Kong

Paragraph 3 take up be distributed to
Transport figure: subj + V-ing figure as subject
Britain 17%nearly a fifth the average household/spend
Hong Kong 9% just
.However,

Paragraph 3 be both
Clothing figure with a comma
Britain 7% the smallest expense
Hong Kong 4% the smallest expense

Paragraph 4 major expenses transport and clothing

Conclusion housing, food, other goods and services travelling and clothes (only a fraction)
Britain &Hong Kong be/major expenses be allocated to
It is clear from the ,whereas
charts that overall,

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 MAKING COMPARAISONS

number of ………

amount of ……..

quantity of …….

proportion of…

percentage of ….

the majority of ….

the minority of ….

as ……..many …… as

as ……..much …… as

considerably/significantly/substantially/a great deal/ a good deal/fur/much/slightly

twice/three times …..

double +

by far

over / just over/ well over/under/ just under/ well under/approximately/ roughly/ around/
about/nearly/ almost +

half +

a third/ a quarter +

Sample answer

The table compares the proportion of money spent on five different household expenses in Britain and Hong Kong in 2000.

In Britain, the greatest single expense was other goods and services (36%) ,while in Hong Kong only 28 per cent went to this

sector. By contrast, in Hong Kong the largest percentage of the total expenditure was spent on housing, amounting to 32%, in

contrast to a mere 18% in Britain. Food ranked second in Britain, at 22% but this accounted for a higher percentage in Hong

Kong (27%).

In Britain transport took up nearly a fifth of their household budget, the average British household spending 17% on this.

However, in Hong Kong, Just 9% was distributed to this sector. Clothing was the smallest expense in both Britain and Hong

Kong, 7% and 4% respectively.

It is clear from the data that overall, in both countries, accommodation, food and other goods and services were the major

expenses, whereas only a fraction of their total expenditure was allocated to travelling and clothes. (170 words)

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