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Interpreting Charts & Graphs

Basics

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Skills for Success

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Verbs (past tense)

Going up• increased• rose• raised

Going down• decreased• fell• declined• dropped• reduced

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Nouns Going up• an increase• a rise• a raise

(US= salary increase)

Going down• a decrease• a fall• a decline• a drop• a reduction

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Adjectives

For small changesslight

For regular movementsgradualsteady

For big, sudden or unexpected changes

sharpdramatic

sudden

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Describing Trends

Adjective Adverb NounPhrase

VerbPhrase

For a small change slight slightly a slight

riseto rise slightly

For a regular movement

gradualsteady

___?______?___

a __?__ rise

to rise __?__

For big, sudden or unexpected changes

sharpdramaticsudden

___?______?______?___

a __?__ rise

to rise __?__

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Inflation fell _______ in 2006-2007, before beginning its _______ descent in 2010.

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Inflation

Inflation

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March saw a _______ rise in production, followed by a _______ _______ in April, May and June.

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Production

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Rewrite the sentence

• I / profits / will / for / next two months / think / drop / the

• I think profits will drop for the next two months.

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Rewrite the sentence

• In / slightly / costs / decrease / next / few years / will / the

• In the next few years costs will decrease slightly.

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Rewrite the sentence

• Profits / have / for / remained / last / six months / steady

• Profits have remained steady for the last six months.

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Graph 1

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Prices

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Graph 2

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Graph 3

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Graph 4

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Sales

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More ways to describe Graphs and Charts

• go up• reach• reach a peak• rapid rise• sharp increase• rises

• fluctuate• the fluctuation• stand at• remain stable• the reduction

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Study the graph and complete Exercise 7

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Paper Exports

Paper Exports

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Using PrepositionsPrepositions

• from• to • during• between• at • of• by

Examples• From 2004 to 2008 imports rose.• Between March and July inflation

decreased sharply.• By 4:00 pm 90% of the stations are

crowded.• During the peak hours the

connection speed falls.

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Exercise 9

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Sales

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Exercise 10

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