Information Transfer 2. Pie Charts

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1 Level 3 Writing Information Transfer 2 Pie Charts Your final information transfer class test is in Week 5. Get ready! For the class test, you will have to write a report of at least 100 words about a pie chart. You will have 20 minutes to write the report. Name: ID: Section: Teacher:

WRITING ABOUT PIE CHARTS Tips for writing about pie charts Name the largest section first Compare other sections to the largest section or to each other.

2 WRITING ABOUT PIE CHARTS Tips for writing about pie charts Name the largest section first Compare other sections to the largest section or to each other. Look for ways to compare the different sections of the chart Use comparative adjectives (adjective + er) Use superlative adjectives (adjective + est) Use more than or less than Describing One Part of a Pie Chart 1. Starting with the amount: The highest The greatest percentage of women attended university. The largest proportion of books read were Arabic. A significant number of tourists came from Russia The smallest The lowest 2. Starting with the subject: largest Pizza made up the second largest percentage of the total. smallest Pizza was the most food. Law was the second/third most popular major. Fords were the least common cars.

3 1. Starting with the amount Describing Two Parts of a Pie Chart As many Twice as many Three times as many Landcruisers students were sold came from Oman as Not as many shopping malls were in Dubai More/ far more Much/Many more A lot/a few more Considerably more Significantly more Landcruisers students shopping malls were sold came from Oman were in Dubai than Slightly more Fractionally more 2. Starting with the subject as just as nearly as almost as not as as Drinking coffee was Nokia phones were Swiss watches were more much more far more considerably more slightly more less slightly less fractionally less far less common popular than

4 PIE CHART: GRAMMAR FOCUS Revisiting Comparative and Superlative Adjectives Comparatives are used to show the differences between two things. Superlatives are used to show how one thing is different from two or more things. For short adjectives, we usually add -er to the word and use than to compare two things. If the word ends in y, change y to i and add -er or - est. For the superlative, add -est. Don t forget the! Base Word high low Comparative higher The percentage of tourists for Al Ain was higher than for Doha. lower Level Three classes had a lower number of students than Level Two classes. Superlative the highest Beirut had the highest percentage of tourists. the lowest Level One classes had the lowest number of students. For longer adjectives, we cannot use er and est. More and less are used to make the comparative and the most/the least are used for the superlative. Base Word Comparative Superlative popular more/less popular than Pepsi was a more popular drink than Sprite. the most/the least popular The least popular drink was Red Bull. common more/ less common than Cancer was less common than heart disease. the most/ the least common The most common disease was diabetes.

5 PIE CHART: GRAMMAR FOCUS Fill in the blanks with the comparative OR the superlative form of the adjective 1. Most students thought a graph report was the (easy) kind of writing. 2. Playing computer games was (popular) than reading books. 3. Chatting online was (popular) activity amongst teenagers in Al Ain. 4. The production of oil was (high) in the UAE than in Kuwait. 5. The USA was the (high) producer of Carbon Dioxide. 6. Students from Al Ain were (great) in number than those from RAK. 7. The (low) percentage of international students at Cambridge university came from the Middle East. 8. Mobile phone calls were (expensive) than landline phones. Write a sentence to compare the two things given. Example: gold/silver Gold was more expensive than silver. 1. people/ working in jobs /studying at university 2. women/ work part-time/ men 3. English/ difficult / Arabic 4. population / Al Ain / Dubai 5. Burj Khalifa in Dubai / Twin Towers in Malaysia

$PIE CHART: STATING NUMBERS AND FRACTIONS Vocabulary to describe common fractions 10% a$ $as fractions using just under, exactly or just over.$

6 PIE CHART: STATING NUMBERS AND FRACTIONS Vocabulary to describe common fractions 10% a tenth (1/10) 20% a fifth (1/5) 25% a quarter (1/4) 33% a third (1/3) 50% a half (1/2) 66% two thirds (2/3) 75% three quarters (3/4) In the spaces below, write the percentages as fractions using just under, exactly or just over. 21% 69% 72% 50% 18% 63% 75% 54% 23% 31%

7 PIE CHART VOCABULARY PRACTICE Complete the sentences. Percentages of UAE University Students in The percentage of came from Al Ain. 2. was the second most home city. 3. RAK made up the second percentage of the total. 4. times many students came from RAK as Fujairah. 5. students came from Abu Dhabi than from other cities. 6. Students from RAK were considerably common students from Fujairah. 7. Students from Abu Dhabi were common than students from Fujairah. 8. Students from Al Ain made up just under [use a fraction] of the total. 9. Students from RAK accounted for exactly [use a fraction] of the total.

PIE CHART: MODEL ANSWER Percentages of UAE University Students in 2011 Put the words in the box into the rights gaps in the introduction: largest smallest which percentages while shows The pie chart

8 PIE CHART: MODEL ANSWER Percentages of UAE University Students in 2011 Put the words in the box into the rights gaps in the introduction: largest smallest which percentages while shows The pie chart 1) the 2) of UAEU students from five cities in the United Arab Emirates, 3) were Al Ain, RAK, Fujairah Abu Dhabi and other, in Overall, the 4) percentage of students by far came from Al Ain, 5) the 6) percentage of students was from Abu Dhabi. Put the fractions and numbers in the box into the right gaps in the body paragraph: just under one tenth 5% exactly one quarter 2% less than half nearly two thirds 3% Looking at the pie chart, we can see that the most common home city of all UAEU students was Al Ain at 1). The second most common home city was RAK, at 2) of students. Together, Fujairah and Abu Dhabi made up 3), at 4) and 5) respectively. This was higher than the percentage of students from other cities, which was the lowest at 6) of the total.

$You should use fractions where you can. The pie chart shows the percentages of customers in five stores, which were, in 2011.$ Overall, the greatest percentage of customers was at, while the smallest percentage was at. The highest percentage of customers went to Zara, at.

Overall, the greatest percentage of customers was at, while the smallest percentage was at. The highest percentage of customers went to Zara, at.

9 Percentage of store customers in 2011 Zara 49% Splash 20% H&M 6% Topshop 8% Mango 17% Complete the gaps with the information shown in the charts. You should use fractions where you can. The pie chart shows the percentages of customers in five stores, which were, in Overall, the greatest percentage of customers was at, while the smallest percentage was at. The highest percentage of customers went to Zara, at. The second highest percentage of customers. Together, Mango and Topshop had, at 17% and 8% respectively. This was higher than the percentage of customers at H&M, which was the lowest, at.

10 Kidney disease 8% Diabetes 18% Percentage of people with health problems in 2012 Heart disease 25% Lung disease 32% Cancer 17% Complete the gaps with the information shown in the charts. You should use fractions where you can. The pie chart shows in Overall, the health problem with the highest, while the. The highest percentage of people had. The second highest percentage of. Together, diabetes and cancer made up. This was higher than the percentage of people with.

11 PIE CHART: WRITING PRACTICE Arabian Gulf Oil Exports Kuwait 12% Qatar 5% Iran 15% Saudi Arabia 52% UAE 16% Writing Practice Write two paragraphs to describe the above pie chart.

13 PIE CHART: WRITING PRACTICE Sugar producing countries 2012 India 28% Brazil 41% China 12% US 8% Thailand 11% Writing Practice Write two paragraphs to describe the above pie chart.

14 PIE CHART: MODEL ANSWER Arabian Gulf Oil Exports Kuwait 12% Qatar 5% Iran 15% Saudi Arabia 52% UAE 16% Fill in the gaps with the correct word(s) The pie graph 1) oil exports in 2) for 5 Arabian Gulf countries, which were Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Iran, Qatar and Kuwait, in Overall, the 3) percentage of exports was from Saudi Arabia, while the 4) percentage of oil exports was from Qatar. Looking at the pie chart, we can see that the highest percentage of oil exports was from Saudi Arabia, at 5). The second highest percentage of oil exports was from the UAE, at 6). Together, Iran and Kuwait made up 7) of the exports at 8) and 9) respectively. This was higher than the percentage of oil exports from Qatar, which was the lowest at 10) of the total.

Information Transfer 2. Pie Charts

Information Transfer 2. Pie Charts Level 3 Writing Information Transfer 2 Pie Charts Your final information transfer class test is in Week 8. Get ready! For the class test, you will have to write a report of at least 100 words about a pie