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?