Презентация - Line graph

IELTS Academic Writing Task 1  Created by: M.Bolsynova
Line graph

Learning objective:

There are 5 kinds of graphs.

You have to spend 20 mins in WT1 and write at least 150 words

The structure of Writing task 1 consists of:

In introduction you may paraphrase the question task

In overview you have to include detailed description of a graph

You may include your opinion when describing a graph

Task Overview

Assessment & Marking Criteria

Today we are going to:

Ideally, your essay should have 4 paragraphs:

The graph below shows radio and television audiences throughout the day in 1992. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant. Write at least 150 words.

Introduction
The line graph illustrates the proportion of people in the UK who watched TV and listened to the radio over 24 hours from October to December 1992.

Overall, a significantly greater percentage of the TV audience watched in the evening while radio had the most listeners in the morning. Over the course of each day and night, more people watched TV than listened to the radio.

Paragraph 3:
Less than 10% of people watched TV between 1 am and 12 noon but at 4 pm this figure increased rapidly, reaching a peak of almost half the population at 8 pm. After this, the graph records a sharp decline in viewers, reaching a low of only a tiny percentage by 3 am.

Paragraph 4:
Radio, on the other hand, shows a very different trend. The most popular time for listeners to be tuned in was just after 8 am when around 27% of the population was listening. After a brief peak, the numbers dropped steadily to barely 2%, apart from fluctuations at around 4 pm and 10.30 pm. The percentage of listeners remained low overnight before beginning a rapid ascent from 6 am to the 8 am high.

Useful introductory expressions:  The graph shows / indicates / depicts / illustrates From the graph it is clear It can be seen from the graph As can be seen from the graph, As is shown / illustrated by the graph, Example: The graph shows the percentage of children using supplements in a place over a year. Useful time expressions:  over the next... / for the following... (for the following two months... over the next six months...) from ... to / between ... and (from June to August... between June and August...) during (during the first three months...)

Reference
IELTS Graduation, Student`s book, Mark Allen, Debra Powell, Dickie Dolby.