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OVERVIEW OF TASK 1

HOW TO WRITE THE INTRODUCTION

A. Complete the sentences a-g using the phrases below

that respectively for example how but


which meanwhile whereas and

a. The three pie charts illustrate .......... many articles from academic journals are read
weekly by PhD students .......................junior lectures compared to other students at
an Autralian university.
b. .........................the overwhelming majority of those studying doctorats read at least
twelve articles per week in comparison with the average student.
c. The figures were 80 percent and twelve percent ................................. .
d. Futhermore, only five percent of PhD level students read between one and five article,
...................... the average for all students in this category is a helty 67 percent.
e. ......................, for junior lectures the parttenrn appears to be slightly different.
f. Most read six or more artilces per week (99 percent), .............. out of this total 24
percent read twelve or more, ................................... is almost a third of the
corresponding figure for PhD level students.
g. It is clear ......................... those students who are researching for a PhD read more
articles than either junior lectures or other students.

The above sentences form a model text. Group the sentences into four paragraphs.

1
Paragraph 1: ..................................... Paragraph 2: .....................................

Paragraph 3: ..................................... Paragraph 4: .....................................

B.

4. Complete this table.

Topic How much/how many The number of/ amount of


1. Unemployment rates, India The graph shows information The graph shows data about
and Brazil (1995-2000) about how many people the number of people who
were unemployed in ... were unemployed in ...

2. DVD sales, UK and USA


(2005 – 2008)

2
3. Chocolate production,
Colombia (1997 – 2007)

5. Write an introduction for these two topics.

a. Gas production in Russia (2003 – 2008)

......................................................................................................................................................

......................................................................................................................................................

b. Employment rates in the public sector, UK (2006 – 2010)

......................................................................................................................................................

......................................................................................................................................................

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