WRITING TASK 1

[Framework: line graphs]

[introduction]
The given line graph reveals
[1]______ + place + time
([1]: the number of/the rates
of/the percentage of
….who/which)
[birth rates in China]->the
number of babies (who were)
born in China
 The given line graph
reveals the number of
babies born in China
between …and ….
[development]
[1] In 1920, there were
[many, just a few]
….who/which….
e.g. In 1920, there were just
a few people who had a
vegetarian diet,
approximately at …per cent.
This figure ….
[2] At the beginning of a
period of over
….years/months, [At the
beginning of the period,] the
number of babies in China
stood [stands] at … per cent.
This figure ….
This given line graph reveals
the number of people who
owned at least a house
between 1980 and 2000.
[1] In 1980, there were not
many people who owned a
house; approximately of
34000 people. This figure …..
[2] At the beginning of a
period of over 20 years, the
number of people owning a
house stood at 34000. This
figure ….
Ways to describe changes
Structures
[1] The number
undergoes/experiences a (adj.)
(noun) over the next (number)
(time).
e.g. The number underwent a
slight decrease over the next
two years.
[2] Over the following/next
(number) (time), there was a
marked (…[down/up] ward)
trend.
e.g. On the following two
years, there was a marked
downward trend.
[3]……..after/before [falling,
rising] …
[4]The number reached its
peak at …per cent in …..
{….before peaking for the first
time at ….per cent in ….}
-The number
fell/dropped/declined
gradually, slightly to its lowest
point at ….per cent in….
Expressions
[decline, drop, fall, decrease]
(marked, sharp, steepy,
considerable, plunge
This figure plunged to its
lowest point at…
Thereafter,
[Then, ….Next, Thereafter,]
[increase, rise, growth]
Thereafter, it underwent a
sharp increase and reached it’s
first peak at …..in 1988.
Over the following six years
between …..and …, there was a
gradual upward trend before
dropping considerably to …..in
…..Finally, ….
This ends my report.
The given line graphs reveal
the number of club members
who participate in swimming,
team sports and gym activities
in a club in Britain between
…..and …..
First, [swimming]
Second, [team sports]
Third, as for gym activities, in
1983 there were …..,
approximately at ….per cent.
[using fractions]
{bar charts, pie charts}
[double, triple, halve](verbs)
by a third, by a quarter
Banana sales fell by a third.
Plum sales halved.
Apricot sales tripled
Pineapple sales rose by a
quarter.
The number of DVD players
imported …..[singular]…
Imports of DVD players
….[plural] nearly doubled.

1-Mkere
2-Westall
3-BS8 9PU
4-0.75m
5-0.5m
6-books
7-toys
8-1,700