IJII In Writing Task 1, you may be asked to describe facts or figures presented in a chart or graph.

Describe the following bar chart. Make sure you include an introduction, overview and all the
most noticeable trends. You will have to include all the age groups, all the weight categories, the
percentage figures and main trends.

Weight assessment of inhabitants of Newtown 2010

100%

90%
80%
■ obese
70%
overweight
60%

50% ■ ideal
40% underweight
30%

20%
10%
0%
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Age range

llfl Now look at the bar chart for 1950 and think about l\ow
you might describe it.
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Weight assessment of inhabitants of enors when describing mimbers.
Newtown 1950 amount and number: amount is used
100% with uncountab1e nouns; number is
underweight used with countable notms, e.g. The
80%

60%
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chart shows tile amount of traffic in
the city between 1950 and 2000. NOT
111m1ber of ti<ajfie
40% o·,erweight per tent and percentage: per cent
is always used with a number;
20%
■ ic:eal percentage is used on its own without
0% a number, e.g. The chart shows the
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percentage offemales enrolled in tertiary
education. NOT tl,e J'er cent offemales.
Age range According to the graph, fiue per cent of all
government spending was on edllcation.
NOT fi�e pe:ree11tage
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