How to describe a graph?

Graphs and trends

Bar graph

a- What was the trend in net sales over the first 10 months of the year?

·        In the first months of the year:

·        In April:

·        In May:

·        In the following months:

·        In August:

·        Up to the present:

b- What was the reason for the sudden drop in July?

Line graph

a- What do the lines show?

b- What was the trend in air conditioner sales?

·        From January to July

·        After July

c- What was the trend in heater sales?

·        From March to April

·        From June to July

·        Through September

·        In October

Pie diagram

a- What’s the difference between air conditioner and heaters sale and other products sales?
b- What solution does the present suggest?

Watch the explanation to the presentation (from 2:10 onwards) and complete the following activities.

·        Write down expressions for referring to graphs and diagrams.

·        Give examples of the language to describe what a graphs shows.

·        Provide examples of the language to talk about an increase and a decrease (nouns and verbs)

·        Give examples of different expressions to talk about changes.

·        Write down expressions for describing causes.

What language is used to describe pie diagrams?

Money

Negotiations

Watch the video until 1:32 and answer the following questions.

a- What's Lin's attitude towards the results of the negotiation? What about Victor and Sue?
b- What does John say about their terms? Does he sound confident?
c- What's Lin's proposal?

Watch the rest of the video and answer the questions below.

a- What's a negotiation?
b- What's the purpose of small talk? What questions can you ask?
c- What phrases can you use:

• to show it's time to start the negotiation?
• to make an opening statement?
• to state your point of view?

d- What does ´run it past the board' mean?