WRITING - Task 1 - Noticing and Analysing Trends

1. What kind of graph is it?

- Line chart

2. What basic information does the graph provide?

- The line graph below shows the production of paper, wood pulp and sawn-wood in the
UK from 1980 to 2000.

3. How many lines/ types of bars are there in the graph?

- There are three lines in the graph

4. What does each line/ bar on the graph indicate?

- The blue line indicates Paper and Packahing

- The red line indicates Sawn-wood

- The green line indicates Wood pulp

5. What is measured on the vertical axis? What unit of measurement is used?

- Productions is meausred on the vertical axis

- The unit of measurement is used is million tonnes

6. What is measured on the horizontal axis?

- Years is measured on the horizontal axis

7. What major trends do you see in the graph?

- The overall trend of Paper and Packaging is rapid increase

- The overall trend of Sawn – wood is significant decrease

- The overall trend of Wood pulp is decrease and then increase

8. What are some of the most important features of this graph (highest point, lowest
point, etc.)?

- The highest point in the graph is Paper and Packaging at 350 million tonnes in 2000

- The lowest point in the graph is Sawn – Wood at under 150 milion tonnes in 2000

9. How will the details be organized in the body paragraph?

- From 1980 to 1990, Paper and Packaging productions increase to 250 million tonnes

- After that, Paper and Packaging productions rapid increase to 350 million tonnes in
2000

- Sawn – wood productions dramatic decrease by 50 million tonnes (200-150) from 1980
to 1990

- After that, Sawn – wood productions decrease steadily under 150 million tonnes in 2000

- From 1980 to 1990, Wood pulp decline steadily to 150 million tonnes

- After that, increase back to original

1. It’s bar chart
2. The chart below shows the number of passengers who used public
transportation in Somewhere town from 2012 to 2015
3. There are three bars in the graph
4. – The blue bar indicates tram
- The green bar indicates bus
- The yellow bar indicates train
5. – Time is measured on the vertical axis
- The unit of measurement is used is year

6. Number of passengers is measured on the horizontal axis

7. - The overall trend of Tram is increase

- The overall trend of Bus is levelled off

- The overall trend of Train is decrease and then imcrease

8. - The highest point in the graph is Tram at just under 100 thousand passengers
in 2015
 - The lowest point in the graph is Train at under 25 thousand passengers in
2013

9. - The number of Bus passengers fluetuated around 50 thousand

- The number of Tram passengers rise sharply from under 25 thousand

passengere to under 100 thousand passengers between 2012 and 2015

- From 2012 to 2013, Train passengers decline sharply to under 25 thousand.

After that, Train passengers rise significantly to over 50 thousand in 2015