Synchronic chart

• Nước Anh chi nhiều tiền nhất cho ô tô

• Số tiền nước Anh chi cho ô tô là cao nhất
• Số tiền cao nhất được chi mua ô tô ở Anh
The chart shows the expenditures of two
countries on the consumers goods in 2010
Change the verb
• The chart provides information about the
expenditures of UK and France on some
consumer goods in 2010
Change: NOUN => NOUN + RELATIVE
CLAUSE
• The chart provides information about the
amount of money that UK and France spent on
some consumer goods in 2010
Change: NOUN => ANOTHER NOUN
• The chart provides information about the
spending of UK and France on some consumer
goods in 2010
Change: NOUN => NOUN CLAUSE
• The chart provides information about how much UK
and France spent on five different consumer goods in
2010
• Amount => How much
• Number => How many
• Things => What
• Reason => Why
• Manner => How
• To begin with UK, the spending on cars came top
with £450 which was followed by the amount of
money spent on books with £50 less.
• On the other hand, perfume expenditure was
the smallest with only more than £150.
• Computers and cameras received the same
spending which was £350.
• To begin with UK, the spending on cars came top
with £450 which was nearly three times as much
as the expenditure on perfume.
• The second biggest amount of money was spent
on books with £400.
• Computers and cameras received the same
spending which was £350.
• Turning to France, this country also spent the
most money on cars.
• The second and the third biggest spending
went for computers and books with £350 and
£300 respectively. The expenditure on
cameras bottomed out at £150
Version 2:
Language of comparison and
contrast
 RANKING
• A captured the first position
• A occupied the biggest proportion/number of …
• A came out first
• A came top
• The percentage of A was biggest
 RANKING
• A was the most popular/most widely used …
• B ranked second/Second came B/which was followed
by B
• B was the 2nd most popular/most widely used …
• B occupied/constituted the 2nd biggest
proportion/number of …
• E bottomed out/ E occupied/constituted the
smallest/lowest + Noun
• At the other end of the scale was E which occupied …
%/number
Writing introduction
• The chart shows the percentage of male and female teachers in
six different types of educational setting in the UK in 2010.
ÞThe chart provides information about the proportion of
teachers who worked in six different types of educational setting
in the UK in 2010.
ÞThe chart provides information about how many teachers
worked in six different types of educational setting in the UK in
2010.
• The chart below shows the average amount of
money spent by students per week while studying
abroad in 4 countries.
=> The chart provides information about the
spending of students per week while studying
abroad in 4 countries.
=> The chart provides information about how much
students spent per week while studying abroad in 4
countries.
• The bar chart shows the percentage of people going
to cinemas in one European country on different days.
ÞThe bar chart provides information about the
proportion of cinema goers in one European country
on different days.
ÞThe bar chart provides information about how many
people went to cinema in one European country on
different days.
Practice 1 (page 35)
• The chart compares the weekly spending on accommodation, tuition,
and living cost of students who studied in four different countries in
2010.
• The chart shows how much students studying in four different
countries spent on accommodation, tuition, and living cost on a
weekly basis in 2010.
• Overall, living cost required the biggest expenditure while
accommodation was the least paid. Additionally, the students in
country A needed more money to spend than those in other nations
Grouping the information practice 1
• Paragraph 1: Tuition < Living cost ; but similar
pattern; the biggest and the second biggest
spending
• Paragraph 2: Accommodation; the smallest
spending; country B: most
Practice 2 (page 36)
• The chart illustrates changes in the rate of movie attendance in a
specific European country on a weekly basis in the two year intervals
from 2003 to 2007.
• The chart shows how the weekly rate of movie attendance in a
specific European country changed in the two year intervals from
2003 to 2007.
• Overall, more residents went to the cinema on Fridays and at the
weekends and there were moderate changes in the rate over the
period shown.
Grouping the information practice 2
• Paragraph 1: Monday to Thu
• Paragraph 2: Fri to Sun