15 Paraphrasing Exercises

Exercise 1: The Pie chart below shows the average household expenditure in Japan and
Malaysia in the year 2010.

Exercise 2: The chart below shows the percentage of adults of different age groups in the
UK who used the Internet everyday from 2003-2006.

Exercise 3: The chart below shows the percentage of the whole world population in four
countries from 1950 to 2000, with projections till 2050.

Exercise 4: The graph below shows the sales of children’s books, adult fiction and
educational books between 2002 and 2006 in one countries.

Exercise 5: The line graph below shows the population size, birth rate and the death rate
of England and Wales from 1700 to 2000.

Exercise 6: The line graph and bar chart give the information and forecast about the
vehicle numbers and CO2 emission in England and Wales between 2000 and 2020.

Exercise 7: The charts below show the proportion of the energy produced from different
sources in a country between 1985 and 2003.

Exercise 8: The graph below shows the proportion of the population aged 65 and over
between 1940 and 2040 in three different countries.

Exercise 9: The chart below gives information on the percentage of British people giving
money to charity by age range for the years 1990 and 2010

Exercise 10: The graph and table below show the average monthly temperatures and this
average number of hours of sunshine per year in three major cities.
Paraphrased Introduction: The data provides information on average temperatures
and annual hours of sunshine in London, New York and Sydney.

Exercise 11: The diagrams below show the changes that have taken place at the West Part
Secondary School since its construction in 1950.
Paraphrased Introduction: The diagrams show West Part School at three different
stages in its development: 1950, 1980 and 2010.

Exercise 12: The chart below gives information about Southland’s main exports in 2000,
*20…, and future projections for 2025.
Paraphrased Introduction: The given bar chart illustrates the performance of
Southland’s primary exports in 2000 and 2013. It also indicates the future projections
for 2025.

Paraphrasing  Exercise 13: The pie charts below show the online shopping sales for retail
sectors in New Zealand in 2003 and 2013.
Paraphrased Introduction: The two pie charts compare the percentages of online
sales across different retail sectors in New Zealand in the years 2003 and 2013.

Paraphrasing  Exercise 14: The chart below shows the changes that took place in three
different areas of crime in Newport city center from 2003-2012.
Paraphrased Introduction: The given graph illustrates how crime rates altered in
Newport inner city during the period 2003-2012.

Paraphrasing  Exercise 15:  The maps below show the village of Stokeford in 1930 and in
2010.
Paraphrased Introduction: A glance at the given maps reveals information about
the changes took place in the village of Stokeford in 1930 and 2010.