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• Language to describe rise:verb noun– to rise a rise– to increase an increase– to go up

adjective– upward trend

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• Language to describe rise:verb noun– to fall a fall– to decrease a decrease– to drop a drop– to decline a decline– to go down

adjective– downward trend

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• Language to describe a rise/fall or nochange:verb noun meaning– to fluctuate a fluctuation go up and down– to vary a variation go up and down– to hold stead it holds/is holding no change

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dramatically vasthugeenormous substantial

considerablesignificant

moderate

slighta little

Describing the degree of change

There has been a slight increase in the value of the dollar.

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rapidlyquicklyswiftly

gradually

slowly

Describing the speed of change

Share prices fell rapidly on the London stock exchange.

Graph Practice

• Write 1-4 sentences to describe eachgraph. Include as much information aspossible.

A: Production of timber

1989 1995

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1) What is the topic of thegraph?

2) What is/are the majortrend or trends?

3) Give facts and evidencefrom the graph to supportthe trend.

4) Concluding sentence/your interpretation

Production of timber

1. What is the topic of the graph?This line graph shows the production oftimber between 1989 and 1995.

2. What is/are the major trend or trends?Generally speaking, there was a downwardtrend in the production of timber during theperiod.

A: Production of timber

1989 1995

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3. Give facts and evidence from the graph tosupport the trend.Production was the highest at 50 in 1989. Itdecreased steadily to 20 over the next 6years.

4. Concluding sentence /your interpretationIn short, the production of timber hasdeclined, probably due to deforestation ornew types of resources.

A: Production of timber

1989 1995

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More Graphs

Choose the correct answer:Investment shows

– a sharp increase.– a slight increase.– a slight fall

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Graph 2

Choose the correct answer:Sales of Product A has

– raised by $5000.– risen by $5000.– developed by $5000.

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Choose the correct answer:After a period of continual increase, the

share price– has remained stable.– has fallen slightly.– has expanded.

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Graph 4

Choose the correct answer:The price

– reached a peak and then slumped.– slumped then reached a peak.– slumped then grew slowly

Answers to Graphs 1-4

1. Investment shows a slight increase.2.Sales of Product A has risen by

$5000.3.After a period of continual increase,

the share price has remained stable.4.The price reached a peak and then

slumped.

Graph 5

• The graph compares unemploymentrates in the US and France between1997 and 2003.

• The horizontal axis shows time over thesix-year period.

• The vertical axis shows the percentageof unemployed workers.

• The solid line shows the unemploymentrate in the US while the broken lineshows that of France.

• Generally speaking, there has been adownward trend in unemployment in theUS while France has experienced anupward trend in unemployment.

• Between 1997 and 1998, theunemployment rate for the US decreasedsignificantly, from 8% to 6%.

• During the same period, unemploymentin France climbed steadily from 4% to6%.

Graph 5

• From the end of 1998, the unemployment ratefor the US decreased further to 5% in mid1999 and held steady for 2 years.

• During the same period, the unemploymentrate in France increased further to reach apeak of 7.5% in the middle of 1999.

• Between 1999 and 2000, there was adownward trend as unemployment rate inFrance dipped to 6%.

Graph 5

• In general, between 1999 and mid 2002, theunemployment rate in France fluctuatedbetween a high of 7.5% and a low of 6%.

• Since mid 2002, there has been anotherupward trend.

• In the US, however, the picture was rosier.• Although there was a slight increase of 1% in

unemployment between the middle of 2001and 2002, the trend has been a downward onesince mid 2002.

Graph 5

• In short, unemployment rates in the US isdecreasing steadily while that for France showsa steady increase.

• There has only been one point where the tworates meet, which was at the end of 1998 wherethe two lines intersected at 6%.

• The overall trends in unemployment in the USand France shows that the economy in the USis doing much better than in France.

Graph 5

More Figures & Tables

A total of 100undergraduates in NUSparticipated in this study.The proportion ofundergraduates from thedifferent faculties isrepresentative of that inthe university studentpopulation (Table 3.1).

Table 3.1: Number ofundergraduates in the differentfaculty

100Total

50Engineering

35Business

15Medicine

Number ofundergraduate

participantsFaculty

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Figure 4.1: Current Service Provider

25%

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Starhub

Pacif ic Internet

As shown in Figure 4.1, the majority of therespondents (70.5%) are current subscribers ofSingnet, while the minority of the respondents(4.5%) are current subscribers of Pacific Internet.The remaining 25% are current subscribers ofStarhub.

Part of chapter on Findings

All the respondents who have tried YummyYoghurt Ice-cream agreed that it is a healthychoice. In contrast, about half of the respondentswho have never tried the ice-cream were neutralabout it (Figure 4.2).

Figure 4.2: Yummy Yoghurt Ice-cream is a healthy choice

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As evident in Figure 4.3, the most popular brandof chocolates is Meiji with 39.0% of respondentsstating that they buy Meiji chocolates frequently.The least popular is Hersheys at 3.5%. 1.5% ofthe respondents do not buy any chocolate.

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Figure 4.3: Brand of chocolates respondents buy most frequently

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