PRACTICE OF “PARAPHRASING” AND “IDENTIFYING TRENDS IN OVERVIEW”

1) The graphs below show the children’s participation in different sports in the UK from 2008 to
2014.
Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons
where relevant.

+ INTRODUCTION:
_ The line chart above illustrates the participation of children in different/ distinc sports in the
UK between 2008 and 2014.
The childern number joined sports that witnessed a upward trend from 2008 to 2014. Besides,
the line chart also shows that football had the highest in 3 kinds of sports which children chosen
to participate.
2) The line graphs below show the production and demand for steel in million tonnes and the
number of workers employed in the steel industry in the UK in 2010.
Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make
comparisons where relevant.

+ INTRODUCTION:
_ The line chart above presents manufacture and demand/requirement for steel in million tonnes
Besides, it shows the employed worker numbers in steel industry in the UK in 2010.
Based on the chart, Amount produced underwent a downward trend while Actual Demand was
reported with a fluctuating pattern from January to December in the UK in 2010. It also showed
that the Amount produced was higher than Actual Demand.
3) The graph below shows the changes in food consumption by Chinese people between 1985
and 2010.

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

+ INTRODUCTION:
_ The line chart above illustrates the changing trends in the amount of food used by consumers in
Chinese from 1985 to 2010.
The changes of consumption about Meat and fish experienced a upward trend but Salt underwent
a decreasing pattern from 1985 to 2010 in China. It can also be seen that the Fish was chosen by
people so it got the highest in 3 categories.
4) The graph below shows the unemployment rates in the US and Japan between March 1993
and March 1999.

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

+ INTRODUCTION:
_ The line chart above illustrates the percentage of joblessness in two countries: the US and
Japan from March 1993 to March 1999.
The unemployment data witnessed an increasing trend in Japan while in the US was reported
with a decrease from March 1993 to March 1999. Besides, the chart also presented that The US
had a higher unemployment rate than Japan.