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Describing Graphs 2

The document describes how to summarize and interpret graphs. It provides examples of matching graphs to descriptions, analyzing line graphs that compare three products over time, and constructing a graph based on a description of television viewing hours in the US from 1976 to 1995. It also gives expressions to use in commenting on graphs and examples of sentences to make about a chart using the present perfect tense.

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Describing Graphs 2

The document describes how to summarize and interpret graphs. It provides examples of matching graphs to descriptions, analyzing line graphs that compare three products over time, and constructing a graph based on a description of television viewing hours in the US from 1976 to 1995. It also gives expressions to use in commenting on graphs and examples of sentences to make about a chart using the present perfect tense.

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Describing Graphs

1.Match each sentence below with one of the following graphs

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The investment level rose suddenly.


The sales of our products fell slightly in the final quarter.
The Research and Development budget has stabilized over the past few years.
At the end of the first year, sales stood at 50 per cent of the present level.
The price reached a peak before falling a little and then maintaining the same level.
There has been a steady increase in costs over several years.
The sudden collapse in share prices has surprised everyone.
The value of the shares has shown a steady decline.

2. Look at the graph below, then complete the sentences.

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The ............................................... compares three products : A, B and C.


The ............. shows time over ten years while the ............. shows sales in number of units.
As you can see, product A is represented by the ...............................................
The performance of Product B is shown by the ..............................................
And a . has been used to show the results of Product C.
Clearly, ................................... is the most successful product ....................................
Sales of Product B .......................... in recent years while sales of Product C ......................
On the contrary, product A has shown a ..................................................

3. Read the following text and draw the corresponding graph on the right.

The graph opposite covers the years


1976 to 1995. It shows that the
number of television viewing hours
rose steadily and steeply during that
period in the US, starting at just
under 5 hours a day to reach more
than 7 hours in 1995. There was a
slight increase in 1982 and sharper
falls in 1986 and 1991. The next
decrease, in 1994, is hardly
(apenas) significant. Though we do
not have the latest figures, it is
unlikely that the trend will have
reversed.

4. Comment on the graph below using the following expressions :


Sales rose / went up /increased / climbed ...
+ adverb (slowly / steadily /
rapidly / gradually ...)
Sales stood at ...
Sales peaked
Sales levelled out / flattened out
Sales bottomed out
This was due to ...
This was the result of ...
(something) caused ...
(something) led to ...

Make sentences based on the following chart using the present perfect:

Sales in Europe ________________ from 2005 to 2010.


Sales in Asia __________________ by _____________ from 1995 to 2005.

Sales in Africa _______________________ since 1995.


Sales in Europe _____________ from _______ in 2000 to _______ this year.

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