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1.writing Skill Bar Graph

The bar chart shows modes of transportation used to travel to and from work in a European city over three time periods: 1960, 1980, and 2000. Over the four decades, there was a shift from private vehicle use to public transportation. In 1960, the majority used private vehicles to commute, but by 2000 public transportation was the most popular mode, overtaking private vehicle use. Walking and cycling also increased somewhat between 1960 and 2000.

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1.writing Skill Bar Graph

The bar chart shows modes of transportation used to travel to and from work in a European city over three time periods: 1960, 1980, and 2000. Over the four decades, there was a shift from private vehicle use to public transportation. In 1960, the majority used private vehicles to commute, but by 2000 public transportation was the most popular mode, overtaking private vehicle use. Walking and cycling also increased somewhat between 1960 and 2000.

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Writing Skill

Bar graph/Line Graph

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Structure
You will be given one or
more bar graphs/line
graphs.

Your task is to describe the


information given in the
graph by writing a 150 word
report.

You are not asked to give


your opinion.

You should spend around


20 minutes on the task.
Skills tested
Your ability to:
• Objectively describe some graphic
information
• Compare and contrast
• Report on an impersonal topic without the
use of opinion
• Use the language of graph description
Challenges Faced
• Including a range of appropriate
vocabulary.
• Meeting the word limit requirements.
• Describe the whole graph adequately.
• Focusing on the important trends
presented in the graphic information.
Strategies
Step 1: Selecting Information
• In completing this task, it is important that
you fully describe all of the graphic
information given.
• However, this does not mean that you
should note every detail.
• You will need to summarize the graph in
meaningful segments.
• In other words, you will describe the
significant trends in your report.
Look at the following question and the graph.

You should spend about 20


minutes on this task.

The line graph below shows


changes in the amount and
type of fast food consumed by
Australian teenagers from
1975 to 2000.

Summarize the information by


selecting and reporting the
main features and make
comparisons where relevant.

Write at least 150 words.


Let us select the Information we
need
• The line graph illustrates the amount of
fast food consumed by teenagers in
Australia.
• The fast foods mentioned are pizza,
hamburgers and fish and chips.
• Between 1975 and 2000, a period of 25
years.

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Step 2: Introduce the graph
• You need to begin with one or two sentences that state
what the task shows. To do this, paraphrase the title of the
graph, making sure you put in a time frame if there is one.

-Here is an example for the above line graph:

‘The line graph illustrates the amount of fast food


consumed by teenagers in Australia between 1975
and 2000, a period of 25 years.’

• You can see this says the same thing as the title, but in a
different way.
Step 3: Give an outline
• You also need to state what the main trend or trends in the graph are. Don’t
give detail such as data here – you are just looking for something that
describes what is happening overall.

• One thing that stands out in this graph is that one type of fast food fell over
the period, whilst the other two increased, so this would be a good outline.

-Here is an example:

‘Overall, the consumption of fish and chips declined over the period,
whereas the amount of pizza and hamburgers that were eaten increased.’

This covers the main changes that took place over the whole period.

• You may sometimes see this outline as a conclusion. It does not matter if
you put it in the conclusion or the introduction, but you should provide an
outline in one of these places.
Step 4: Provide details
• You can now give more specific detail in the
body paragraphs.
• When you provide details in your body
paragraphs, you must make reference to the
data.
• The key to organizing your body paragraphs
is to group data together where there
are patterns.
• To do this you need to identify
any similarities and differences.
Look at the graph – what things are
similar and what things are different?
• The consumption of fish and
chips declined over the
period, whereas the amount
of pizza and hamburgers
that were eaten increased.
• So it is clear that pizza and
hamburgers were following a
similar pattern, but fish and
chips were different.
• On this basis, you can use
these as your ‘groups’, and
focus one paragraph on fish
and chip and the other one
on pizza and hamburgers.
Here is an example of the first paragraph:

• In 1975, the most popular fast food with Australian


teenagers was fish and chips, being eaten 100 times a
year. This was far higher than pizza and hamburgers,
which were consumed approximately 5 times a year.
However, apart from a brief rise again from 1980 to
1985, the consumption of fish and chips gradually
declined over the 25 year timescale to finish at just
under 40 times per year.

-As you can see, the focus is on fish and chips. This
does not mean you should not mention the other two
foods, as you should still make comparisons of the data
as the questions asks.

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Example of the second
paragraph
• In sharp contrast to this, teenagers ate the other
two fast foods at much higher levels. Pizza
consumption increased gradually until it overtook
the consumption of fish and chips in 1990. It then
leveled off from 1995 to 2000. The biggest rise
was seen in hamburgers, increasing sharply
throughout the 1970’s and 1980’s, exceeding fish
and chips consumption in 1985. It finished at the
same level that fish and chips began, with
consumption at 100 times a year.

-The second paragraph focuses on other foods.


Lets go super slow and solve a question
You should spend about
20 minutes on this task.

The bar chart shows the


scores of teams A, B and
C over four different
seasons.

Summarize the
information by selecting
and reporting the main
features and make
comparisons where
relevant.

Write at least 150 words.


Step 1: Select the information
you need
• The bar chart shows the scores of three
teams, A, B and C.
• The scores are for four consecutive
seasons from 2002 to 2005

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Step 2: Introduce the graph
• Remember, begin with one or two
sentences that state what the graph
shows.

‘The bar chart shows the scores of three


teams, A, B and C, in four consecutive
seasons.’
Step 3: Give an outline
• State what the main trend or trends in the
graph are.
‘It is evident from the chart that team B
scored far higher than the other two teams
over the seasons, though their score
decreased as a whole over the period.’
Step 4: Provide Details
• Provide details in the body paragraphs and make reference to
the data.

‘In 2002, the score of team B far exceeded that of the other two
teams, standing at a massive 82 points compared to only 10 for
team C and a very low 5 for team A. Over the next two years, the
points for team B decreased quite considerably, dropping by
around half to 43 by 2004. In contrast, team A’s points had
increased by a massive 600% to reach 35 points, nearly equal to
team B. Team C, meanwhile, had managed only a small
increase over this time. In the final year, team B remained ahead
of the others as their points increased again to 55, while team A
and C saw their points drop to 8 and 5 respectively.’
Your chance to solve
You should spend about 20
minutes on this task.

The following bar chart


shows the different
modes of transport used
to travel to and from work
in one European city in
1960, 1980 and 2000.

Summarize the information


by selecting and reporting
the main features and
make comparisons where
relevant.

Write at least 150 words


Great Job !!!

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