Task 1 - Trends - Intro and Overview

figure / compare / obesity rates / men and women / population / 1993 to 2005

• The line figure compares the obesity rates of men and women in the population from 1993 to 2005.

• The line graph compared the obesity rate of men and women in the population from 1993 to 2005.

• The figure compares the obesity rates of men and women in the population from 1993 to 2005.

line graph / reveal / rates / obesity / men and women / population / 1993 and 2005

• The line graph reveals the rates of obesity of men and women in the population between 1993 and 2005.

• The line graph revealed the rates of obesity between men and women of population between 1993 and 2005.

• The line graph reveal the rates of obesity in men and women of the population during 1993 and 2005.

graph / illustrate / how many percents / men and women / population / obese / 1993 and 2005

• The line graph illustrates how many percent of men and women in the population were obese between 1993 and 2005.

• The line graph illustrated how many percent men and women in the population were obese during 1993 and 2005.

• The line graph illustrate how many percent of men and women in the population are obese between 1993 and 2005.

The table below shows the amount of waste production (in millions

of tonnes) in six different countries over a twenty-year period.

The graph below shows trends in US meat and poultry

consumption.

Describe the trend of the graph.

• Overall, there was an upward trend in the number of people......

• Overall, there was a downward trend in the number of people......

• Overall, there was a fluctuation trend in the number of people......

• Overall, the number of people... fluctuated over the 4 years period.

Choose the best sentence which is the same meaning with the previous one.

The number of people owning mobile phones rose dramatically between 1990 and 1995.

• The number of people owning mobile phones went down dramatically between 1990 and 1995.

• There was a dramatic rise in the number of people buying mobile phones between 1990 and 1995.

• There was a dramatic rise in the number of people owning mobile phones between 1990 and 1995.

Choose the sentence with the same meaning as this one.

The price of oil rose sharply.

• There was a sharp increase in the price of oil

• There was a sharp decrease in the price of oil.

• There is a sharp rise in the price of oil.

Choose the sentence with the same meaning as this one.

There is a noticeable increase in temperature from May onwards.

• There is a steady rise in temperature from May onwards.

• Temperature increases noticeably from May onwards.

• Temperature decreases noticeably from May onwards.

The number of people attending the theatre has fallen dramatically.

• There are fewer and fewer people attending the theatre.

• The number of people attending the theatre has decreased slightly.

• There has been a dramatic fall in the number of people attending the theatre.