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Unit 06 - Graphs and Charts
Unit 06 - Graphs and Charts
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Describing Graphs and Charts
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Functions of graphs and charts in business
writing
• Describing trends
• Interpret graphs and charts
• Make comparison with adjectives
• What is happening / what happened
• The main change over time
• The most noticeable thing about the graph
• The pattern over time
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Different types of graphs and charts
4.5
4.3
3.5
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4.3 4.4 4.5
3.5
3 2.8
Multiple line graph 2.4
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2.5
2 1.8
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Cont:
Category 4 4.5 2.8 5
Bubble diagram
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Cont:
Category 4 4.5
Category 2 2.5
Category 1 4.3
Flow chart
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Vocabulary- Describing Trends
Describing changes and trends generally consists of three
parts:
To climb To increase
To rise To surge
To go up To boom
To improve To reach a peak
To pick up
To recover
To bounce back
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Downward Movement
To fall To drop
To decline To plummet
To bottom out To hit a low
To decrease To dip
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Horizontal Movement
To even out
To remain stable
To stabilize
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Describing speed of change and size
Speed of Change Size of Change
Rapid-rapidly Noticeable-noticeably
Slow-slowly Substantial-substantially
Sudden-suddenly Considerable-considerably
Sharp-sharply Slight-slightly
Steady-steadily Significant-significantly
Gradual-gradually Dramatic-dramatically
Fast-quickly Negligible-negligibly
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Sentence patterns
• Company’s sales increased significantly due to the launch of
new electric car.
(verb + adverb construction)
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Comparison and Adjectives
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Cont:
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Thank You !!!!
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