UNIT 3 | TASK 1

3 Static chart
After this lesson, you can:
✓ Select the key features in a static chart
✓ Write the overview paragraph
✓ Use a variety of language to compare features

Static charts 1 Look at the chart below. Answer the questions

The chart below shows the percentage of male and female teachers in six different types of
educational setting in the UK in 2010.

a. Where did males most commonly teach? Which institution had the highest percentage of
them?
b. How does this compare with female teachers?
c. What can you say about the difference between two groups of teachers in each institution? Was
the gap big or small in general?
 2 Read the sample answer. How is each question in 1 addressed?

The bar chart depicts the distribution of male and female teachers across various levels of
educational attainment in the UK in 2010.

Overall, the higher the educational level, the higher the proportion of male teachers. In
contrast, at lower grades, their female counterparts dominated with a disproportionate gap.

Nursery and primary schools showed by far the most drastic differences among both genders.
Almost 95% of teachers here were female, leaving only 5% being male. However, at secondary
school, the proportion of male teachers was markedly higher, at approximately 45%. Still, the
gap remained, with the group of female teachers leading with a minimal margin of 10%.

Turning to the next institution, college, male and female teachers shared an equal 50%. This was
the only place where no gender gap could be seen. Regarding the remaining educational settings,
however, male lecturers were predominant. They made up about 55% and 70% of the teaching
faculty in private training institutes and universities, while 45% and 30% were females,
respectively.

REMEMBER: Analyzing a static chart

As you write, look at:
• Patterns: Repeated features across different categories
• Striking numbers
• Gaps: A major gap can tell a different story!

Note 3 How are the following phrases paraphrased in the sample answer?
a. the percentage of…
Use a variety of b. educational settings
language, not just the c. gap
words given d. teachers

Comparing & 4 The following sentences are taken from the sample answer. Rewrite them using the words
reporting given in brackets
a. At lower grades, their female counterparts dominated with a disproportionate gap.
(considerably more)
_________________________________________________taught children at lower grades.
Note
b. Still, the gap remained, with the group of female teachers leading with a minimal margin of
You can compare data 10%. (slightly higher)
in various ways
Still, the gap remained. The proportion __________________________________________, by
10%.
c. Male and female teachers shared an equal 50%. (as many)
__________________________________________male teachers.
 d. Regarding the remaining educational settings, however, male lecturers were predominant.
(significantly higher)
Regarding the remaining educational settings, however,
_________________________________.
e. The higher the educational level, the higher the proportion of male teachers. (direct
relationship)
The increase in educational level __________________________ the higher the proportion of
male teachers.

5 Complete the following chart reinterpretations using the words in the box. Change their form if
necessary

comprise in contrast by comparison less apparent

mere dwarf equal shares by far

a. Nursery reported the highest proportion of female teachers ____________ with 95%.
____________, men only represented a ____________ 5% in pre-school institutions.
b. The ____________disparity between men and women was ____________ in secondary school,
with 45% for the former and 50% for the latter.
c. Male teachers ____________ half of the teaching faculty in colleges, making these
d. institutions the only ones with ____________ of male and female teachers.
e. ____________, private institutes recorded 55% of their staff being male, ____________ their
female counterparts by 10%.
Writing practice 6 Look at the following chart and answer the questions
The charts below show changes in the proportion of energy produced from different
resources in a country in 1985 and 2003
 a. What was the most consumed form of energy in the given country in 1985? Had this changed
over time?
b. What forms of energy are renewable and non-renewable? How had their proportions changed
between the years?
c. Which forms of energy are dominant (renewable or non-renewable)?
d. Can you write: Natural gas followed an upward trend in consumption?
e. How can you divide the information into different paragraphs?

7 Write your complete response