good english self study for school and class.pptx

good english self study for school and class.pptx

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  How to describea scientific graph in English
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  Types of graphs Typesof charts
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  List with phrasesto describe charts • The pie chart is about ... • The bar chart deals with ... • The line graph (clearly) shows ... • The slices of the pie chart compare the ... • The chart is divided into ... parts .
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  Mean points • Ithighlights ... • ... has the largest (number of) ... • ... has the second largest (number of) ... • ... is as big as ... • ... is twice as big as ... • ... is bigger than ... • more than ... per cent ... • only one third ... • less than half ... • The number ... increases/goes up/grows by ... • The number ... decreases/goes down/sinks by ... • The number ... does not change/remains stable • I was really surprising
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  Use of Tenses •Mind the correct use of tenses when describung a chart. If the charts deals with facts in the present (as in our example), use the Simple Present, if the facts are the past, then use the Simple Past. If there is a connection between the past and the present, use the Present Perfect. • How to describe a chart • With the following example we would like to show you how charts are described. Mind the three parts and do not repeat the global message in the conclusion.
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  Pets in Year7 at a school We have chosen the pie chart because we think it shows the number of pets in Year 7 best.
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  How to describea chart • 1 Introduction • Here you say what the diagram is about. Mind the title of it and do not forget to include the source. • The pie chart is about the pets in Year 7. The chart is divided into 5 parts. It is taken from ... • 2 Message of the diagram • The largest number of pets are in form 7GI. There are 16 pets. The second largest number of pets are in form 7HK. There are 8 pets. So there are more than twice as many pets in form 7GI. The chart shows that there are only 2 pets in form 7CS and 3 in form 7VR. • 3 Conclusion • So we can say that the most pets of Year 7 are in form 7GI and the least in form 7CS. There are more than 50 per cent of all the pets in one form - form 7GI.
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  Describing Trends inGraphs
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  1 Production started climbingsteadily but flattened off at a level of around 70. Since then, it has fallen steadily.
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  2 Production grew moreand more rapidly over the first three quarters but then reached a peak. Since then, it has quickly dropped.
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  3 Production grew rapidlyin the first quarter, but reached a plateau of about 70. Since then it has remained more or less stable.
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  4 Production has droppedslowly but steadily over the year.
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  5 Production started theyear in a stable position, but then plunged in the third quarter. It has now flattened out at a level of 20.
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  6 Production fell considerablyover the first three quarters, reaching a low of 20. Since then it has staged a partial recovery.
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  7 • Production started offsteady, but fell sharply in the last quarter
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  8 . •Production has fluctuatedall year.
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  9 Production showed amarginal rise in the first three quarters, but then suffered a sharp drop .
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  10 After a considerabledrop in the first two quarters, production bottomed out at 20. Since then it has started to rise.
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  11 Production has experienceda strong, steady growth over the whole year .
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  12 There has beena slight increase in production over the year.
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  13 There was arapid drop in production in the first quarter, but it bottomed out at about 20.