BAR CHART (TREND)

*Structure for Writing Task 1 – Bar Graph

INTRODUCTION
OVERVIEW
BODY PARAGRAPH 1
BODY PARAGRAPH 2

1. INTRODUCTION
+ Structure for the introduction:
The bar chart illustrates the changes in WHAT + WHERE + WHEN

+ Example
The bar chart below shows the percentage growth in average property prices in three different
countries between 2007 and 2010.
è The bar chart illustrates the changes in the
real estate values in three different nations,
namely Algeria, China and Argentina from
2007 to 2010.

Analyze:
• shows → illustrates
• the percentage growth in average property prices → the real estate values
• three different countries → three different nations, namely Algeria, China and Argentina
• between 2007 and 2010 → over a period of four years from 2007 to 2010
2. OVERVIEW
Try to write two sentences for overview (two main points or trends)
+ Striking features (highest data/ lowest data/ saw the biggest change)
+ which bar (or bars) increased, which bar (or bars) decreased
Overall, …. decreased while the figures for ……saw an increase
Overall, …. decreased while the figures for ……saw an opposite trend.
A witnessed an increase whereas the opposite was true for ...B
There was an increase in ... except...

+ Example
The bar chart below shows the percentage growth in average property prices in three
different countries between 2007 and 2010.

Overall, the prices of property in China

experienced an enormous growth over the
period shown. While Algeria showed a
steady decline in its figures, the opposite
trend can be seen when we look at
Argentina’s property prices.
3. BODY: (Group the data by similar trend)

Trends Verbs Nouns

rise (rose) a rise
increase (increased) an increase
grow (grew) a growth
surge (surged) a surge
soar (soared)

fall down (fell) a fall

decline (declined) a decline
decrease (decreased) a decrease
drop (dropped) a drop

remained + stable/ steady/ unchanged

at + số liệu
stayed + stable/ steady/ unchanged at + saw a levelling off at + số liệu
số liệu
levelled off at + số liệu

fluctuate (fluctuated) (between.. and…..)

saw a fluctuation/ some fluctuations
to be erratic (was/ were erratic)

Reach a high/ a peak of (reached)

Stand at (stood at)
Hit a high/ a peak of (hit)
Position Peak at (peaked at)
Reach a low of
Reach (reached)
Hit a low of
1. #Adjectives and adverbs for degree + speed of change:

Degree Verb + Adverb Adjective + Noun

increase dramatically saw a dramatic increase

Very extensive change
increase enormously saw an enormous increase
increase considerably saw a considerable increase
Extensive change
increase remarkably saw a remarkable increase
increase slightly saw a slight increase
Small change
increase minimally saw a minimal increase

increase gradually saw a gradual increase

Slow change
increase slowly saw a slow increase
increase suddenly saw a sudden increase
Unexpected change
increase unexpectedly saw an unexpected increase
DETAILED PARAGRAPH 1:
+ Bắt đầu Body 1 bằng 1 trong các câu sau:
It can be seen from the graph that ....
As can be seen from the graph.....
A closer/ more detailed look at the .... reveals that.....
It is striking that .. most popular / the highest/attracted most people…
+ Viết về đường có số liệu cao nhất trong năm đầu tiên (dùng so sánh nhất) và đưa số liệu.
+ Cách đưa số liệu:
S + V(so sánh nhất), at + data S + V(so sánh nhất) , standing at + data
S + V(so sánh nhất), with the figure being + data
S + V (cho data vào dấu ngoặc đơn)
+ Viết về xu hướng cho đường cao nhất (tăng/ giảm) và đưa ra số liệu trong những năm giữa nếu
quan trọng (chạm đỉnh, chạm đáy), và đưa số liệu năm cuối.
+ Viết về đường tiếp theo cùng xu hướng, sử dụng liên từ Likewise hoặc Similarly
+ Tương tự, cần nêu rõ số liệu năm đầu tiên, xu hương tăng giảm, những số liệu quan trọng ở
những năm giữa và số liệu năm cuối.

DETAILED PARAGRAPH 2: (The opposite trend)

+ Viết về các đường còn lại , cần nêu rõ số liệu năm đầu tiên, xu hương tăng giảm, những số liệu
quan trọng ở những năm giữa và số liệu năm cuối.

Useful Structure:
- According to the line graph, … / As can be seen from the line graph, …
- In terms of..., / As for…, / With respect to …., / Regarding …, / Turning to …, / Considering …,
- Similarly,…./ Likewise,… >< In contrast,…/ By contrast,…/ Conversely,…./ On the other
hand,…
+ Example
The bar chart below shows the percentage growth in average property prices in three
different countries between 2007 and 2010.

Body 1: It is striking that the property

price in Algeria was the highest at the
beginning (over 6%). After falling twofold
in 2009, the figure for this country stayed
stable at 3% till the end of the period.

On the other hand, the price of property

in China was the lowest in 2007, standing
at 2%. During the whole period, it
became considerably more expensive.
To be more specific, the price here
witnessed a remarkable increase to over
4% in 2008 and then rose further to over
6%. Furthermore, the price in Argentina was erratic during the whole period. Property price in this
nation was only over 3% in the first year, half the figure in Algeria. In 2008, it grew to under 5%
before experiencing a downward trend to around 2.3% in the last year given.
PRACTICE 1
The bar chart details the amount of waste that was disposed via landfill, burning and
dumping at sea, in a particular European country between 2005 and 2008.

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PRACTICE 1
The bar chart details the amount of waste that was disposed via landfill, burning and
dumping at sea, in a particular European country between 2005 and 2008.

The bar chart illustrates the changes in the amount of waste that was processed by three distint
ways namely landfill, burning and dumping at sea, in a certain European nation over a period of 4
years.

Overall, it can be seen that while landfills initially were the main method of waste disposal and
burning the least used method, the trend slowly reversed over the four-year period.

In 2005, It is striking that disposing of waste via landfill was significantly the most preferred method
of disposal with 1800 million tonnes of trash being buried. However, the amount of waste buried in
landfills then experienced a substantial downturn to just 600 million tonnes in 2008, a third of the
figure from four years earlier.

On the other hand, the amounts of trash dumped at sea or burnt were around 600 and 500 million
tonnes respectively, which were roughly three times less than that of landfills. These figures then
increased to 600 million tonnes in 2006. While the amount of waste burned continued to increase
and hit a peak of around 900 million tonnes in 2008, the figure for the amount of waste dumped at
sea dropped to about 600 million tonnes in the final year.
EXTRA PRACTICE
The graph below shows the proportion of types of magazines sold by the company in 1975,
1995 and 2015.

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EXTRA PRACTICE
The graph below shows the proportion of types of magazines sold by the company in 1975,
1995 and 2015. (1/7/2023)

The bar chart illustrates the changes in the percentage of different kinds of magazines sold by a
particular company in three separate years, namely 1975, 1995 and 2015.

Looking from an overall perspective, it is readily apparent that there was an increase in the sales
of sports magazines, whereas the opposite was true for fashion and health magazines.
Additionally, the sales figures for food and other types of magazines remained unchanged, with
their peaks recorded in 1995. It is also noteworthy that sports magazines were consistently the
company’s best-selling publications.

Considering the statistics for sports magazines first of all, it outsold other types of magazines
throughout the period, commencing at about 32% before rising steadily to end the period at over
40%. In contrast, the proportion of fashion magazines sold started at just above 20% in 1995. It
then slumped dramatically to just 5% by the end of the timeframe. Health magazines also
witnessed a drop from approximately 26% initially to exactly 20% two decades later, followed by a
leveling off in the final year.
Regardings food and other unspecified types of magazines, they followed the same pattern with
their figures standing at 10% and slightly above 25% in 1975, reaching their highest points of
around 23% and 33% after 20 years, then returning to their initial levels at the end of the period
respectively.