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Level 3 Writing
Pie Charts
Final Exam Task 1 Preparation Your final exam is in Week 14, on Wednesday May 29. Get ready! For the exam, you will have to write an essay and a report. These notes are only about the report. For the report, you will have to write about a pie chart and a bar chart or a pie chart and a table in just 20 minutes. These notes are just about how to write about a pie chart. Next week, we will study how to write about a pie chart and table together and a pie chart and bar graph together. You will have to write at least 150 words. Name: ______________________________ ID: __________________ Section: ________________ Teacher: ___________________________
1. Starting with the amount:
The highest
The greatest
The largest
A significant
The smallest
The lowest
percentage of
proportion of
number of
women
books read
tourists
attended university.
were Arabic.
came from Russia
2. Starting with the subject:
Pizza was the
largest
second largest
smallest
percentage
of the total.
Pizza was the
Law was the
Fords were the
most
second/third most
least
popular
common
food.
major.
cars.
WRITING ABOUT PIE CHARTS
Tips for writing about pie charts Name the largest section first
Compare other sections to the largest section or to each other.
Look for ways to compare the different sections of the chart
Use comparative adjectives (adjective + er)
Use superlative adjectives (adjective + est)
Use “more than” or “less than”
Describing One Part of a Pie Chart
1. Starting with the amount
As many
Twice as many
Three times as many
Not as many
Landcruisers
students
shopping malls
were sold
came from Oman
were in Dubai
as…
More/ far more
Much/Many more
A lot/A few more
Considerably more
Significantly more
Slightly more
Fractionally more
Landcruisers
students
shopping malls
were sold
came from Oman
were in Dubai
than…
2. Starting with the subject
Drinking coffee was
Nokia phones were
Swiss watches were
as
just as
nearly as
almost as
not as
common
popular
as…
more
much more
far more
considerably more
slightly more
less
slightly less
fractionally less
far less
than…
Describing Two Parts of a Pie Chart
Vocabulary to describe Common Fractions
20% A fifth (1/5)
25% A quarter (1/4)
33% A third (1/3)
50% A half (1/2)
66% Two thirds (2/3)
75% Three quarters (3/4)
Percent Another way to say it
Comparatives are used to show the differences between two things.
Superlatives are used to show how one thing is different from two or more things.
For short adjectives, we usually add -er to the word and use than to compare two things.
If the word ends in y, change y to i and add -er or -est.
For the superlative, add -est. Don’t forget the!
Base Word
Comparative Superlative
high
higher The percentage of tourists for Al Ain was higher than for Doha.
the highest Beirut had the highest percentage of tourists.
low
lower Level Three classes had a lower number of students than Level Two classes.
the lowest Level One classes had the lowest number of students.
For longer adjectives, we cannot use –er and –est. More and less are used to make the comparative and the most/the least are used for the superlative.
Base Word Comparative Superlative
popular
more/less popular than Pepsi was a more popular drink than Sprite.
the most/the least popular The least popular drink was Red Bull.
common
more/ less common than Cancer was less common than heart disease.
the most/ the least common The most common disease was diabetes.
PIE CHART: GRAMMAR FOCUS
Revisiting Comparative and Superlative Adjectives
PIE CHART: GRAMMAR FOCUS 1. Most students thought a graph report was the _______________ (easy) kind of writing.
2. Playing computer games was _______________ (popular) than reading books.
3. Chatting online was ________________ (popular) activity amongst teenagers in Al Ain. 4. The production of oil was ______________ (high) in the UAE than in Kuwait.
5. The USA was the ___________ (high) producer of Carbon Dioxide. 6. Students from Al Ain were _______________ (great) in number than those from RAK. 7. The ______________ (low) percentage of international students at Cambridge
university came from the Middle East. 8. Mobile phone calls were _______________ (expensive) than landline phones. 1. people/ working in jobs /studying at university
___________________________________________________________________ 2. women/ work part-time/ men ___________________________________________________________________ 3. English/ difficult / Arabic ___________________________________________________________________ 4. swimming pools/clean/ the sea
___________________________________________________________________
5. Writing Class/ easy/ Integrated Class
___________________________________________________________________
Fill in the blanks with the comparative OR the superlative form of the adjective
Write a sentence to compare the two things given.
Example: gold/silver Gold was more expensive than silver.
Complete the sentences.
1. The _________________ percentage of _____________________ come
from Al Ain.
2. ________________ is the second most ______________________
home city.
3. RAK is the second _______________________ percentage of the total.
4. _____________________ times _____ many students come from RAK as Fujairah.
5. ______________ students come from Abu Dhabi than from other cities.
6. Students from RAK are considerably ____________ common ________________
students from Fujairah.
7. Students from Abu Dhabi are ________________ ____________ common than
students from Fujairah.
8. Students from Al Ain make up just under ______________[use a fraction] of the total.
9. Students from RAK account for exactly __________________[use a fraction]
of the total.
PIE CHART VOCABULARY PRACTICE
The Home Cities of UAE University Students in 2011
Home Cities of UAEU Students
Other
2%
Al Ain
65%
RAK
25%
Abu Dhabi
3%Fujairah
5%
Put the words of the introduction sentences in the correct order: The at 20 Arab pie came the from that students the United chart Emirates various University in shows cities.
The _____________________________________________________________________ Overall, the students Al Ain largest of by came from far percentage,
Overall, _________________________________________________________________, while percentage was from students the Abu Dhabi smallest of.
while ____________________________________________________________________ Put the fractions and numbers in the box into the right gaps in the body paragraph:
just under one tenth 5 percent exactly one quarter 2 percent less than half nearly two thirds 3 percent
From the pie chart, we can see that 1) _______________________________________ of all UAEU
students were Al Ain residents. The next most common home city was RAK, which accounted for
2) _________________________________ of students in 2011. However, this was still
3) _________________________________________ of the percentage of students from Al Ain.
Together, Fujairah and Abu Dhabi made up 4) _________________________________________
of students, at 5) _____________________________ and 6) _____________________________
respectively. Finally, the lowest percentage of students came from other different cities in the UAE,
with only 7) ________________________ of the total. (134 words)
PIE CHART: MODEL ANSWER
PIE CHART: MODEL ANSWER
The pie graph _____________ oil exports in _____________ for 6 Arabian Gulf
countries (Saudi Arabia, Iran, UAE, Kuwait, Qatar and Iraq) in 2010. Overall, Saudi Arabia
had the ___________ percentage of exports while Iraq and Qatar had the ___________
percentages of oil exports.
The highest exporter of oil was Saudi Arabia which made almost _____________ of
the oil exports at 49%. Iran and the UAE together made just over one __________ of the
exports at 15% and 14% respectively. Over ___________ as much oil was exported by
Kuwait (12%) as was exported by Qatar or Iraq, which were the ___________ at 5% each.
Saudi Arabia 49%
Iran 15%
UAE 14%
Kuwait 12%
Qatar 5%
Iraq 5%
Arabian Gulf Oil Exports- 2010
Fill in the blanks to complete the report.
Answers
PIE CHART: GRAMMAR FOCUS 1. Most students thought a graph report was the _______________ (easy) kind of writing.
2. Playing computer games was _______________ (popular) than reading books.
3. Chatting online was ________________ (popular) activity amongst teenagers in Al Ain. 4. The production of oil was ______________ (high) in the UAE than in Kuwait.
5. The USA was the ___________ (high) producer of Carbon Dioxide. 6. Students from Al Ain were _______________ (great) in number than those from RAK. 7. The ______________ (low) percentage of international students at Cambridge
university came from the Middle East. 8. Mobile phone calls were _______________ (expensive) than landline phones. 6. people/ working in jobs /studying at university
___________________________________________________________________ 7. women/ work part-time/ men ___________________________________________________________________ 8. English/ difficult / Arabic ___________________________________________________________________ 9. swimming pools/clean/ the sea
___________________________________________________________________
10. Writing Class/ easy/ Integrated Class
___________________________________________________________________
Fill in the blanks with the comparative OR the superlative form of the adjective
Write a sentence to compare the two things given.
Example: gold/silver Gold was more expensive than silver.
easiest
more popular
the most popular
higher
highest
greater
lowest
more expensive
There are more people working in jobs than studying at university.
More women work part-time than men.
English is more difficult than Arabic.
Swimming pools are cleaner than the sea.
Writing class is easier than Integrated class.
Complete the sentences.
10. The _________________ percentage of _____________________ come
from Al Ain.
11. ________________ is the second most ______________________
home city.
12. RAK is the second _______________________ percentage of the total.
13. _____________________ times _____ many students come from RAK as Fujairah.
14. ______________ students come from Abu Dhabi than from other cities.
15. Students from RAK are considerably ____________ common ________________
students from Fujairah.
16. Students from Abu Dhabi are ________________ ____________ common than
students from Fujairah.
17. Students from Al Ain make up just under ______________[use a fraction] of the total.
18. Students from RAK account for exactly __________________[use a fraction]
of the total.
PIE CHART VOCABULARY PRACTICE
The Home Cities of UAE University Students in 2011
highest / largest students
RAK common
Five
highest / largest
more
More
as
one quarter
two thirds
less slightly
than
Home Cities of UAEU Students
Other
2%
Al Ain
65%
RAK
25%
Abu Dhabi
3%Fujairah
5%
Put the words of the introduction sentences in the correct order: The at 2011 Arab pie came the from that students the United chart Emirates various University in shows cities.
The _____________________________________________________________________ Overall, the students Al Ain largest of by came from far percentage,
Overall, _________________________________________________________________, while percentage was from students the Abu Dhabi smallest of.
while ____________________________________________________________________ Put the fractions and numbers in the box into the right gaps in the body paragraph:
just under one tenth 5 percent exactly one quarter 2 percent less than half nearly two thirds 3 percent
From the pie chart, we can see that 1) _______________________________________ of all UAEU
students were Al Ain residents. The next most common home city was RAK, which accounted for
2) _________________________________ of students in 2011. However, this was still
3) _________________________________________ of the percentage of students from Al Ain.
Together, Fujairah and Abu Dhabi made up 4) _________________________________________
of students, at 5) _____________________________ and 6) _____________________________
respectively. Finally, the lowest percentage of students came from other different cities in the UAE,
with only 7) ________________________ of the total. (134 words)
PIE CHART: MODEL ANSWER
nearly two thirds
exactly one quarter
less than half
just under one tenth
3% 5%
2%
pie chart shows the various cities at the United Arab Emirates University students
came from in 2011.
the largest percentage of students by far came from Al Ain
the smallest percentage of students was from Abu Dhabi.
PIE CHART: MODEL ANSWER
The pie graph _____________ oil exports in _____________ for 6 Arabian Gulf
countries (Saudi Arabia, Iran, UAE, Kuwait, Qatar and Iraq) in 2010. Overall, Saudi Arabia
had the ___________ percentage of exports while Iraq and Qatar had the ___________
percentages of oil exports.
The highest exporter of oil was Saudi Arabia which made almost _____________ of
the oil exports at 49%. Iran and the UAE together made just over one __________ of the
exports at 15% and 14% respectively. Over ___________ as much oil was exported by
Kuwait (12%) as was exported by Qatar or Iraq, which were the ___________ at 5% each.
Saudi Arabia 49%
Iran 15%
UAE 14%
Kuwait 12%
Qatar 5%
Iraq 5%
Arabian Gulf Oil Exports- 2010
Fill in the blanks to complete the report.
shows percentages
highest lowest
quarter
half
twice
same
