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=== Interactive Exercises ===
=== Interactive Exercises ===
[[File:Different-graphs.svg|left|Graphs and trends]]
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'''Look at the graphs and match graph and sentence.'''
'''Look at the graphs and match graph and sentence.'''



Version vom 19. Mai 2022, 03:30 Uhr

Quite often there is a graph a table or a chart. Here we can learn to

  • understand
  • analyse and
  • interpret

these charts.

Type of charts

  • A flow chart is a diagram showing the progress of material through the steps of a manufacturing process or the succession of operations in a complex activity.
  • A pie chart displays the size of each part as a percentage of a whole.
  • A (vertical or horizontal) bar chart is used to compare different items.
  • A line chart shows changes over a period of time, showing data and trends.
  • A table is a convenient way to show a large amount of data in a small space.
  • A diagram is a drawing showing arrangements and situations, such as networks, distribution, fluctuation ...

Can you find the matching pairs?

flow chart Calligra Flow icon.svg
pie chart JFreeChart 3D pie chart sample.svg
bar chart Bar graph.png
line chart Oxygen480-actions-office-chart-line-stacked.svg
table Table icon.svg
diagram Faenza-x-dia-diagram.svg

Presenting a Graph

Introduction Topic Circumstances
This graph shows … the results of our products … over 10 years.
The diagram outlines … the rates of economic growth … between 2020 and today.
This table lists … the top ten agencies … in the industrial world.
This pie chart represents… the company's turnover … for this year in our sector.
This line chart shows … the changes in sales … over the past year.
This chart breaks down … the sales of each salesman … during the past ten weeks.

Trends

⇗ Upward Movement

verbs

  • (to) go up
  • (to) extend, (to) expand
  • (to) grow
  • (to) increase
  • (to) raise
  • (to) rise (rose, risen)
  • (to) progress
  • (to) push/put/step up
  • (to) boom/soar/climb
  • (to) jump, (to) skyrocket
  • (to) reach a peak, (to) peak
  • (to) reach an all-time high

nouns:  

  • (an) extension, expansion
  • (an) increase
  • (a) growth
  • (a) raise (US), a rise (UK)

  • (a) progression

  • (an) upswing
  • (a) boom
  • (a) jump
  • (a) peak

⇘ Downward Movement

verbs

  • (to) go down
  • (to) cut
  • (to) decrease
  • (to) decline
  • (to) drop (off)
  • (to) fall (off) (fall, fell, fallen)
  • (to) reduce
  • (to) plunge, to plummet
  • (to) collapse
  • (to) slump, (to) go bust
  • (to) bottom out

nouns:

  • (a) cut
  • (a) decrease, (a) downswing
  • (a) decline
  • (a) drop
  • (a) fall
  • (a) plunge
  • (a) reduction
  • (a) collapse (dramatic fall)
  • (a) slump

⇒ No Movement

verbs

  • (to) keep ... stable
  • (to) remain stable
  • (to) hold ... constant
  • (to) stay constant
  • (to) stabilize
  • (to) stand at
  • (to) remain steady

nouns:

  • stability

⮍ CHANGE OF DIRECTION

verbs

  • (to) level off
  • (to) level off/out, to flatten out
  • (to) stop falling/rising
  • (to) stop rising and start falling

nouns:

  • (a) levelling-off
  • (a) change

Interactive Exercises


Look at the graphs and match graph and sentence.

A. The investment level rose suddenly. Graph 3
B. The sales fell slightly in the final quarter. Graph 7
C. The R&D budget has stabilized over the past few years. Graph 8
D. At the end of the first year, sales stood at 50 per cent of the present level. Graph 1
E. The price peaked before falling a little and then maintaining the same level. Graph 6
F. There has been a steady increase in costs over several years. Graph 4
G. The sudden collapse in share prices has surprised everyone. Graph 2
H. The share value has steadily declined. Graph 5

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