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Inthisunitwelookatthelanguageusedtodescribechartsandgraphs.Graphsorchartshelppeople
understanddataquickly.Youcanusethemtomakeacomparisonorshowatrend.
Attheendofthisunityoushouldknowsomeusefulvocabularyfordescribingchartsandgraphs.
1.Typesofchart.
Piechart

Apiechartisusedtoshowpercentages

Barchart

Abarchartisusedtocomparedifferentsetsofinformation

Linegraph

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Allinegraphismostusefulforshowingtrends.

2.Whatisatrend?
Atrendisageneraltendencyordirection.
anupward/downwardtrend

3.Vocabularyfordescribinggraphs

Helpfulwordsandphrasesfordescribinggraphs
UPVerbsrise,increase,grow,goup,improve,jump,surge,shootup,soar,rocket
UPNounsarise,anincrease,growth,anupward/rising/increasingtrend,animprovement,a
jump,asurge
DOWNVerbsfall,decrease,drop,decline,godown,slump,plummet
DOWNNounsafall,adecrease,adecline,adownward/falling/decreasingtrend,aslump
NOCHANGEVerbsremainstable/constant,stayatthesamelevel,stabilize
FREQUENTCHANGEVerbfluctuate
FREQUENTCHANGENounfluctuation
ATTHETOPVerbsreachapeak,peak.,reachits/theirhighestpoint
ATTHEBOTTOMVerbsreach/hitalow(point),hit/reachits/theirlowestpoint
CHANGE
Adjectives:
dramatic,considerable,sharp,significant,moderate,slight,sudden,rapid,steady,gradual,slow
Adverbs:
dramatically,considerably,sharply,significantly,moderately,slightly,suddenly,rapidly,steadily,
gradually,slowly
Prepositions:
arisefrom725to825
toincreaseby2.1%
anincreaseof2.1%inthecrimerate

4.Thefollowingsitehelpsyouunderstandandrevisesomeimportantvocabulary.

http://adw.hct.ac.ae/site_ilc/sites_ielts/graphsite/index.htm
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5.Thefollowingexerciseshelpyoupractisethevocabularyfordescribinggraphs.
http://www.bath.ac.uk/elc/eap/graphs/vocabulary.htm
http://www.englishforacademicstudy.com/Task.aspx?taskId=1&unitId=7&partId=1&taskitemId=2
6.Fillinallthegaps,thenclick"Saada"tocheckyouranswers.
ThetotalpropertycrimerateandB&Eratebetween2000and2007

Unitofcount:offencesper100000population

Tidalngad

Fillinallthegaps.
1.Introduction
Thisreportexaminesthechangesinthetotalpropertycrimerateandthebreakandenterrate
between2000and2007.
2.Findings.
In2000thetotalpropertycrimeratewas2500offencesper100000population.Thentherate1)
rose
(sharply/sharp)andreached3800in2001.Aftera2)
(moderate/moderately)fallin2002,theratestartedto3)
againandreacheda4)

(increase/decrease)

(peak/top)in2003.However,after5)
(stabilizing/fluctuating)forsomemonths,thetotalpropertycrimerate

dropped6)
(considerably/considerable)throughout2004andthe
beginningof2005.
Theratestayedatabout2400offencesfrommid20057)
(to/until)mid2006before8)
(decreasing/decrease)again.
In2000thebreakandenterratewasabout760offencesper100000population.9)
From(From/since)2000to2003,therewasasteady10)
(upward/downward)trend
intheBrate.Therate11)
12)

(reached/arrived)itshighestpointin2003andthen

(showed/fell)asignificantdownwardtrenduntilmid2005.Afterbeingstable

forafewmonths,theratecontinuedtofall13
around780in2007.

(slightly/slight),droppingto

3.Conclusion
Thetotalpropertycrimeratefluctuatedfrom2000to2003,whereasthebreakandenterrate
showedageneralupwardtrend.Bothratespeakedin2003,fellsignificantlyuntilmid2005,
stabilizedforsomemonthsand14)
(fell/grew)slightlyduring2006and2007.
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