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The graph shows the distribution of a family's household expenditure. Overall, food accounts for the largest portion at 26% of spending, followed by education at 23%. Clothing and transport each account for around 12-14% of expenditures. Only a small percentage of 1% is spent on power, while 16% is allocated to savings. In conclusion, the majority of funds are spent on necessities like food, clothing, and education, with a minority going towards other expenses and savings.

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Graphs and Charts Sheet

The graph shows the distribution of a family's household expenditure. Overall, food accounts for the largest portion at 26% of spending, followed by education at 23%. Clothing and transport each account for around 12-14% of expenditures. Only a small percentage of 1% is spent on power, while 16% is allocated to savings. In conclusion, the majority of funds are spent on necessities like food, clothing, and education, with a minority going towards other expenses and savings.

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Graphs and Charts (Made by Shadman Chayan, English Dept.

CU)
Introduction

 First sentence: Describe the graph. You can use some slightly different words or word forms from
those on the question paper, but be careful to give the full information. Start "The graph shows"
 Second sentence: This gives the trend or trends. You can put two trends in this sentence or only one
- you could keep the other one for the conclusion. Start "Overall, ..."

Body:

 Give further details- describe other features, significant differences and make comparisons where
relevant. Support with figures from the diagram. Don’t attempt to describe every detail.

Conclusion:

 Finish by repeating the main trends, or identify a second trend. Use different vocabulary.
 Don't have any numbers in the conclusion (you could use words like "most", "the majority" "a minority",
"a small number").
 Don’t give an opinion.

Remember the things mentioned below:

 Don’t write about everything on the graph. Pick the biggest, the smallest, the main points, the main
trends. Group similar things together
 Don’t write about the line or the bar: “The line went up,” “The bar went down. ”Instead, write about
the idea. “The number of people going to work by train increased gradually.” “Oil production shot up in
1965”
 Make sure you write about the idea. Don’t use shorthand: “Men went up.” “Women went down.”
Instead, write about the real data: “The number of men at university fell dramatically,” “The percentage
of female students getting a degree rose suddenly.”
 Don’t use “I feel”, “as I have written,” “as you can see,” etc. Keep it academic.
 Don’t start sentences with But, So, Also, And, For, Since, Because, Although

Vocabulary for describing graphs


Going up Going Down No Change Constant Change Abrupt Increase or
Decrease
At the top:
- Verbs rise, – Verbs fall, decrease, – Verbs remain - Verb fluctuate, – Verbs reach a
increase, grow, go up, drop, decline, go down, stable/constant zig-zagged, peak, peak., reach
improve, jump, surge, slump, plummet , stay at the flutter its/their highest
shoot up , soar, – Nouns a fall, a same level, – Noun point
rocket decrease, a decline, a stabilize fluctuation, zig-
- Nouns a rise, an downward/falling/decre zag At the bottom:
increase, growth, an asing trend, a slump – Verbs reach/hit a
upward/rising/increas low (point),
ing trend, an hit/reach its/their
improvement, a jump, lowest point
a surge
CHANGE in P.O.S
Adjectives Adverbs Prepositions
Big changes: dramatic, considerable, Big changes: dramatically,  a rise from Tk. 725 to
sharp, significant, rapid, sudden considerably, sharply, Tk. 825
Small changes: moderate, slight, steady, significantly, rapidly, suddenly  to increase by 2.1 %
gradual, slow, gentle Small changes: moderately,  an increase of 2.1 % in
slightly, steadily, gradually, the crime rate
slowly, gently
Useful Phrases: 6. ... is bigger than ...
1. The chart is divided into ... parts. 7. more than ... per cent ...
2. It highlights ... 8. The number ... increases/goes up/grows by ...
3. ... has the largest (number of) ... 9. The number ... decreases/goes down/sinks by ...
4. ... has the second largest (number of) ... 10. The number ... does not change/remains stable
5. ... is twice as big as ... 11. I was really surprised/shocked by the ...

Example of a Pic Chart:


Write a paragraph on how a family household is distributed into different categories describing the
information of the following pie chart.

A Family Household Expenditure


Saving
16%
Food
26%

Others
8%

Transport
12%
Clothes
14%
Power
1%
Education
23%

The pic chart shows the rate of different categories of the distribution of the family’s income. As day
progresses, people are exploring numerous fields to spend their money.

According to the chart, people use majority of their income for food which is well expected, as it 26%
of the total expenditure. Education falls in second major field of expenditure where they use 23% of
their income. Later, it comes clothes, one of the basic needs of human beings, where they use 14% which
is 12% less than food. Power and transport come next, they use here 5% and 12% respectively. In other
fields, people tend to use 8 percent of their income whereas they seem to use 15 percent of their
income as savings. So, the largest portion the family’s income (60%) is expensed for essentially needed
things e.g. food, clothes and education. Other relevant necessities like power and transport cost them
17% of the income. Rest goes for fulfilling other stuffs and more particularly 15 percent of the money is
saved too.
The situation highlights the total income of the family is not too much to have beyond an average life
standard.

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