Task 4:
Describing the main points of information presented in table and charts
In this
last section, you will learn how to describe information presented in tables or
charts in a coherent paragraph that represents an academic piece of writing.
Just like all academic texts, a description of charts or graphs consists of
introduction, body, and conclusion sections. Only that they may not always take
the form of paragraphs. Look at the example below.
A
The following line chart
shows use of transport by international visitors during their visit in New
Zealand. Can you complete the sentences in the following summary of the graph?
Use the expressions in the box to help you.
a.
going to museums
b.
50 percent
c.
85 percent
d.
go to see places of interest/go
sightseeing
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e.
40 percent
f.
holiday activities preferred
g.
45 percent
h.
people
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The chart shows (1)F. holyday activities preferred by international visitors in New Zealand.
The most popular activity is walking, which (2)c. 85 percent of people on holiday do. Seventy-five
percent of visitors (3)d go
to see places of interest/go sightseeing and (4) g. 45 percent go to see volcanoes. Another popular
activity is boating, which (5) b. 50 percent of holidaymakers do. Just over (6) e. 40 percent of visitors also like (7) a. going to museums. Overall,
(8) h. people enjoy doing outdoor activities more than
indoor activities.
When you finish, check your answer
with the answer key. How did you do the task? Do you have less than 6 correct
items? Go back to this link
to refresh your understanding.
B
Now, try some more practice
with the following.
1
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Write a
good summary to describe the above chart from the jumbled sentences below:
(1)
Overall,
the chart shows that although cars are the most popular means of transport,
more people use public transport than private transport.
(2)
Nearly
70 percent of visitors travel around in New Zealand by car, which is the
commonest mode of transport.
(3)
The
chart gives information on the means of transport used by overseas visitors
to travel in New Zealand.
(4)
The
second and third most common ways of travelling in the country are by plane
or coach, and just over 30 percent of visitors use each of these.
(5) By comparison, only 20 percent of
visitors use trains. The least popular method of travel is boat, which six
perce of travellers use.
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2
|
 |
Write a
good summary to describe the above chart from the jumbled sentences below:
(1)
The chart gives information about where
people who travel to come from.
(2)
The
third largest group, 12 percent, comes from the United Kingdom, and 9 percent
go to the United States.
(3)
27
percent comes from other European countries.
(4)
The
East Asian countries, China, Japan and South Korea, send 5 percent, 4 percent
and 3 percent each.
(5)
The
percentage of visitors from Australia is the highest, at 40 percent.
(6) Overall, more than 70 percent of visitors
come from English-speaking countries.
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Percentage
of passenger kilometres
by different modes of transport in Shanghai |
Write a
good summary to describe the above chart from the jumbled sentences below:
(1)
The
table predicts changes in the types of transport used in Shanghai between
1996 and 2020.
(2)
It
is expected that in 2020 the use of cars will increase dramatically and account
for over half of all distance travelled (52%).
(3)
The
figures show that in 1996 the most popular form of transport was public bus,
accounting for 39% of passenger kilometers.
(4)
Predictably,
walking made up the smallest percentage.
(5)
This
was followed by bicycles with 27% whereas cars and scooters were used less,
representing only 15% and 12% of passenger travel respectively.
(6)
Bus
journeys, for example, will only represent 22% of distances travelled, while
bicycle trips will drop to as little as 3%, similar to the figure for
walking.
(7)
Overall,
the table predicts a massive increase in the use of cars by 2020, at the
expense of other forms of transport.
(8) In addition, trains will probably account
for 13% of passenger kilometers, while the use of all other means of transport
will decrease.
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When you finish, check your answers with
the answer key.
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