List with phrases to describe charts • The pie chart is about ... • The bar chart deals with ... • The line graph (clearly) shows ... • The slices of the pie chart compare the ... • The chart is divided into ... parts. • It highlights ... • ... has the largest (number of) ... • ... has the second largest (number of) ... • ... is as big as ... • ... is twice as big as ... • ... is bigger than ... • more than ... per cent ... • only one third ... • less than half ... • The number ... increases/goes up/grows by ... • The number ... decreases/goes down/sinks by ... • The number ... does not change/remains stable •• Io was surprised/shocked by the ... wereally can say ...
Howt o Descr i beI mag ei n P TE Acade mi c Test ofEng l i sh The pur poseof t hi s a t sksio t asse ss oy ur abi l i t y o t descri be an i mage r el at ed t o an aca demi c t heme dr awn f r om t he humani t i es,nat ur al sci ence s,or so ca i l sc i ence s.Onl y s peaki ng ski l l s a r e asse sse d. You wi l l se e an i mage ( a gr aph, pi ct ur e, map, ch ar t , or t abl e) . You wi l l have25 sec on dst o st ud y he t i mag e.Whe n you he arhe tt on e,you sho ul d be gn i de scr i bi ngi n de t ai lwha t i s sh ow n n ih t e ma i ge. You w i l l have 40 s eco nds o t g i ve yo ur r esp onse . Ther e a r e s i x o r se ve n i mages. I dent i f y h t et yp e of i mage. I s t ia gr aph, pi ct ur e, map, ch ar t , or t abl e? The appr oachf or handl i ng eachi mage t yp ei s s l i ght l y d i ffer ent . • Ta ke ot n es f iyou need o t . Uset he E r asa bl e N ot e b oar d B ookl etandpen p r ovi ded. Do n otwr i t e f ul l se nt ence s;br i eflyl i stany mp i or t ant f eat ur es o yu se e. • For gr aphs,ch ar t s,and t abl es,be su r e you under st and what i s b ei ng measu r ed and i n what uni t s t ii s b ei ng r epor t ed.
• Tr y o t det er mi ne w hat t he mai n poi nt oft he i mage i s.You sh oul d be a bl et o answ er t he qu est i on ," Wha ti s he t i mag e mai nl y sh ow i ng ?" • Maps a nd pi ct ur es w i l l of t en have obv i ous e f at ur es h i ghl i ght ed. Usewor ds a nd phr ase s h t at desc r i be t he l oca t i ons o ff eat ur es w i t hi n t he i mage, f or exa mpl e, on t he l ef t jr i ght , nextt o, above , bel ow, and soon. I f obj ect s a r e par t i cu l ar co l or s,t hesemayhel p yo ui dent i f y h t em, f or ex ampl e, t he co unt r i es m ar ke di n ye l l ow. The s ame s ir t ue o f r si ze s a nd s hapes,f or ex ampl e, t he l ar ge sq uar e, t he sm al l er ci r cl e. • Gr ap hs , cha r t s,an dt ab l esof t ensh ow t r en dsorcha ng es . Usewor dsan d ph r as est ha t descr i be t he t r end or move ment . For ex ampl e, i ncr ease , decr ease ,r i se ,f al l ,r emai n st ab l e/ st ea dy, an d soon . Useph r as est o de scr i bet hespe edatwhi cht hech an ge s h ap e n,f or exa mpl e,a su dd eni ncr ea se , a sl ow de ci ne l. • Pi e ch ar t s sh ow pr opor t i ons.The si zeof t he " sl i ce s"nd i i ca t es t he r el at i vesi zeof what eve ri s bei ng measu r ed or cou nt ed. The act ual numer i ca l val ues o f rt he sl i ce s a r e usu al l y p r ov i ded. Be su r et o ment i on t heseva l ues.I ft he sl i ce s a r e equal l y si ze d, sa y so , usi ng wor ds a nd phr ase s su chas e qual ,t he sa me, about t he sa me, si mi l ar .I ft he sl i ce s a r e di ffer ent - t he usu al ca se - use co mpar at i ve s a nd su per l at i ve s o t descr i be t hem, f or ex ampl e, t he s mal l er of t he t wo ex por t ca t egor i es,t he l ar gestgr oup of peopl e, t he mostpopul ar opt i on, t he l eastco mmon answ er , and so on. • For al l gr aphs,ch ar t s,and t abl es,l ook o f r a pai r of ext r eme va l ues -f or ex ampl e, t he hi ghest and l ow est ,t he l ar gestand sm al l est ,t he m ostexp ensi vean d ch eapest- i dent i f y h t em byname and descr i be t hem usi ng h t e va l ues o f rt hei r measu r es o r co unt s . • Whi l e yo u ar e sp eaki ng, i f yo ul oseyo ur t r ai n of t hought , or fin d yo ur se l f at a l ossf or wor ds, do not r emai n si l ent . The mi cr ophone t ur ns o ff aut omat i ca l l y f it her ei s n o so und f or t hr ee se co nds.l f yo u n eed o t p auset o h t i nk o r ch eck yo ur not es,usepausefil l er s su chas u m, uh, Let me se e,an d soon . Sayi ng som et hi ng- anyt hi ng- i s b et t ert ha n sayi ngno t hi ng be ca us e on ce t he mi cr ophone t ur ns o ff,yo u ca nn ott ur ni t on agai n. Sour ce :I nt er net ( I wi l l Shar e my n ot es A sa p) f or t he t i me r ead and f ol l ow
How t o exp l ai nl en ghy t gr ap hs Gr ap h T i ps
I f yo u eve r getst r uckwhi l e ex pl ai ni ng anysu chyo u don' t need pani c a s h t e si t uat i ons c an be com e wor staf t erha t t you j ustne ed t o spe akwha t soe ver you ar e un de r st an dng i i nt hegr ap h. The gr aph whi chca r r i es al ot of i nf or mat i on i nt hat , yo u need t o exp l ai nt he ove r vi ew of i t . Ther e i s n o need o t exp l ai n eachand eve r y d ea t i lment i oned i n h t e g r aph . You s houl df ocu s o nt he st r i ki ng f eat ur es or t he t hi ngs whi chca n be di st i ngui sh ed easi l y. As i nt hi s gr aph, t he t hi ng whi ch ca n be easi l y n ot i ce d i s h t e t ut or ' s p ar t as t ido not ca r r y a ny n egat i ver at i ng. Tomakeyou r co mmand ove rt he descr i be i mage se ci o tn, i nt he i ni t i al pr act i cest age, yo u sh oul d exp l ai nt hegr ap h asmuch asyou ca n,nomat t eri fi t cr os ses t he40se cT . hemaxi mum you wi l l l ear nt o ex pl ai n any g r aph wi l l hel p yo ut o sp eak c ont i nuousl y o f r 40 se c n i yo ur fin al ex am. Af t er pr act i ci ng f or f ew day s,yo u ca nr educet he t i mi ng t o 40 se c. Her e ar et he f ew l i nes o t descr i be t hi s g r aph. The hor i zo nt albar gr aph demonst r at et hat t he par t i ci pant s h ave gi ve nt het ut or s h t e maxi mum posi t i ver at i ng as o f rt hem t he r at i ng st ar t s r f om adequat e mar gi n Wher eas,r at i ng f or ot her t hr ee co ur se s h t atar e co ur semat er i al , co ur set er ms a nd use f ul ness t a s r t s r f om t he ve r y ow l and l ow i n whi chmaxi mum nega t i ver at i ng i s g i ve nt ot he use f ul ness f ot he co ur se
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"- incline ( past : inclined) , 1#- s$oot up
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%$e number o& enrolments increased signi&icantl' between 2##5 and 2#1#
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Verbs to describe a downward trend %$e &ollowing +erbs can be used to describe a trend or pattern t$at goes down
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1- decline (past: declined) 2- decrease (past: decreased)
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3- drop (past: dropped) 4- &all (past: &ell)
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5- go down (past: went down) 6- plummet (past: plummeted)
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7- plunge (past: plunged) !- dropped
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rices o& *odel dropped signi&icantl' once *odel became a+ailable on t$e maret
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.ompan' pro&its decreased in 2#13 b' 15/
ords and phrases used to describe a stable trend %o describe a more or less stable pattern, 'ou can use t$e &ollowing e0pressions: •
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3- sta' () 4- constant
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6- stead' 7- unc$anged
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Ad!erbs used when describing trends Ad!erbs describe "O something happens# $he% usuall% come a&ter a !erb •
s$arpl', rapidl', uicl', steepl'
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considerabl', signi&icantl', substantiall'
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steadil', graduall', moderatel'
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3- dip (a momentaril' small drop in t$e le+el o& somet$ing)
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6- &luctuation ( an irregular rising and &alling in number )
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"- pea ( t$e $ig$est point)
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12- +ariation ( a c$ange or di&&erence in condition, amount, or le+el)
Descr i bei mag e: 1. Thi s t e im havi ng se co nd hi ghestwei ght age af t er r et el ll ect ur e. So be f ocu s o nt hi s,t o ach i eveoo g d sco r es ni S pe aki ngmod ue. l 2. Ther e ar e6 t o 7 di ffer ent t yp es o ft hi ngs w i l l get f or t hi s t e im t yp e. Li kedesc r i be bar gr aph, l i negr aph, pi ech ar t , bl ockdi agr am, t abl e, phot o, pi ct ur e, t o name but a f ew. 3. You wi l l getar ound 6 t o8i t ems.I ncl udi ng al l di ffer ent t yp es of i mages a s ci t ed above . 4. Need o t u sedi ffe r ent vo ca bul ar y w or ds n ih t i s.For exa mpl e yo u n eed o f l l ow bel ow phr ase s o t descr i beThi s b ar gr aph depi ct s h t e Aust r al i a popul at i on f or 1950 t o 2000. I t not i ce abl y s howed f r om 1950
t o 19 70 t hegr ow t h ofpe opl ei s st ea dy. How eve r ,f r om 19 70t o 19 90f al ldow n an dt ou ch est he l owestva l ue 35 Bi l l i ons.I n and al l , at l ast, i t agai nt ake n off and r each ed t he maxi mum va l ue of 56 Bi l l i ons. Ot her st ar t i ng phr ase s a r e: Thi s p i ech ar ti l l ust r at es… ……. . Thi s bl oc k di agr am s how s …………… Thi s pi ct ur e /phot o dem onst r at es… ………… Thi s i nel gr aph den ot es… ……. . 5.Do no t use much pi l l arwor dsl i ke hm (mmm, uh hh , et c)an d no tt ake l on g pa use s. 6. Try o sp t eak u f l lt i me ( 40 se co nds) 7. Cont ent i s n ot muchi mpor t ant , , howeve ri t al soone of t he i mpor t ant f act or . Mai nf ocu s s houl d be o n p r onunci at i on a nd o r al flu ency. Do n otf ol l ow any es par at e p r onunci at i on ,useneut r al pr onunci at i on. 8. Try oi t dent i f y m ai n/ ke ye / ss ent i al poi nt s g i ve ni nt he di agr am and desc r i be t hosepoi nt s.
Di ffe r ent way s o t d esc r i be p er ce nt ages. . . Anot her poss i bl e p r obl em i s h t at yo u fi nd yo ur se l fr epeat i ng t he wor d“ per ce nt age” . Her e ar e so me hel pf ul va r i at i ons o f r yo u. Ther e ar e va r i at i ons p oss i bl ei n al mosteve r y ca se : us i ng af r ac t i onor a s yn ony m su chaspr opo r t i on.
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Si vaP The gr ap h e xpl ai ns he tt r en d o f UK vi si t or s ou t bo un d a ndi nb ou ndt o U K f r om 19 79t o 1 99 9. As w e se e ,t heUK r esi dent s v i si tt o abr oad was n i cr ease d dr ast i ca l l y r f om j ustov er 10 mi l l i on t o ar ound 50 mi l l i on i nt hese20 ye ar s .And, at t he sa me t i me , t he numbe r of vi si t or s o t UK has ast udy n i cr easef r om 10 mi l l i on t o 30 mi l l i on. I n 19 99, mor et ha n 10mi l l i onUK r es i de nt s vi si t edFr an ce, whi chi s h i gh est whe n co mpa r edwi t h ot he r co unt r i es n ih t e gr aph.
Li ---------------------------------------------------The l i ne gr aph el uci dat es h t e number of vi si t or s co me i n Engl and and Engl i shpeo pl et r ave l l ed ot her co unt r i es. I ti s cl ear l y se en h t at Engl i shpeopl e r t ave l mor e h t an o ve r se as e r si dent .I n 1 979 m or e h t an 1 0 m i l l i on E ngl i sh pe op l e r t ave l l edab r oa d an d sw el l edsi gn i fica nt l y ye arby ye ar and en de d upmor e ha tn 5 0 mi l l i on s n i 1 99 9.On t he ot her d si e, ove r se as p eopl e st ar t ed wi t h 10mi l l i on and i ncr ease d gr adual l y a nd r each ed t o 28 mi l l i ons n i 1999. Movi ng on, ve ri ca tl bar gr aphs d epi ct s h t e f avo r i t e co unt r i es i v si t ed by E ngl i shpeopl e. I ti s l c ear l y obs er ve dt hat fir stpl aceFr ancemor et han 10 mi l l i ons r t ave l l ed and t han Spai n and l eastt r ave l co unt r i es w er e Tu r ke y a nd Gr eecel es s h t an 5 mi l l i ons.Theref or e, we ca n sa y h t at Fr ancei s h t ef av or i t e co unt r y o f r UK r esi de ns t a mon g ot he r coun t r i es.
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The g r aph d epi ct s h t e c ompar i so n o fl owest , hi ghe stand a ve r age sc ores or e f achque si o tns a nd t s i e r l ev ant t i me sp ent of t hem. I ti s q ui t e appar ent t hat t her e was n ol ow estsco r er ec or ded f or y anq uest i on and al lt he ave r ag e sc or e or f ea ch ue qsi on t ha s sa me ake t n he t sa me a mou ntoft i me,i . e. , ar ou nd5 se c ,ho weve rf or hi ghestsc or et he t i me sp ent on eachquest i on i s n ot mor et han 10 se c. . . . . . . . . . . . Ake el pl easesu ggest . ------------------------------------------h te pi cu t e sh ow s h t e quest i on st at i st i cswhi chi s ba sca il l y aco mpar i so n of l ow est , hi ghestnd ave r age sco r es f or eac h q ue st i on . We c anse e ha tt oni n o r de rt o sco r e ave r ag e he t am ou ntoft i me sp en ti s 5 s o r 50 %. . an df or hi gh es t sco r et heam ou ntoft i me spe nti s 1 0sor 10 0% . .i t sho ws ha tt i f so meo newan t s h i gh es t sco r e,t he y mus t gi vet i me an dr ea dt hequ est i onpr op el r y Thi s g r ap h pr ec i se l y sh ow s ha tt ,f or st fir ave r ag e qu es t i ont ake s m i ni mum t i me ar ou nd5 se con ds , ho weve r , t he set r en dsch an ge df r om ot he r qu es t i on s o tt heave r ag e sco r edqu es t i on s.Bes i de s,t hehi gh est sco r e qu est i on s a r e spe ntmax i mum t i me was7 Secan di t var i esf r om on et o an ot he r .I n an d al l , no t i ce ab l y, sh ow s t hel ow es t sco r esno t spe ntan y i t me. Thi s g r ap h sho ws he t co mpa r i so n oft i me sp en df orow l es t , ave r ag e an d hi gh es t sco r ef or 4i ffe d r en t qu es t i on s. I t ca n b e cl ear l y se en h t at , non e of t he s t udent s sco r ed ow lestsco r ef or anyof t he quest i ons a nd h t e s ec ond qu est i oni s he t most t i me con sum i ngqu est i onam on g al lqu est i on s.How ever , qu est i onno1 an d no3 wer e no t t oo k m or e ha tn 6seco nd s o t co mpl et e w he r e a s hi gh est scor e st ud en t s oo tk ar ou nd8 se con ds ot co mpl et e qu est i on1.Aver ag e s cor e s t ud en t s co ns um edar ou nd10se cs ot c om pl et e qu es t i on4.I n c on cl us i on ,i t ca be sa i d ha tt qu es t i on2 a ndqu est i on4 a r e muc h h ar de rt ha n ot he rt wo q ue st i on s. T hegi ven di ag r am de mon st r at esqu est i onst at i st i cs hi w chco mpa r edt hel ow es t , hi gh est an d ave r ag e sco r ei n per ce nt age f or eachquest i on. I ti s vi vi dl y se en h t at on fi r stquest i on t i me sp ent i s e l ss ha t n5 s eco nds o t get an
ave r ag e s cor e,whi l e 1 0 s ec on ds pe sntt o a cq ur i e h i gh est sco r e .Movi ngon ,t i me sp en t onqu est i on2 a nd3 al most sa me t o o bt ai n ave r ag e a ndhi gh es t sco r esi . e.5 s ec on dsan d 1 0 s ec on dsr es pe ct i vel y. Furt he r mor e,on l as t qu es t i onmor et ha n 5sec on dssp en tt o ac qu i r e ave r ag e s co r e whi l et i me s pe ndt o g ethi gh est sco r e a l mos t sa me i n eachquest i on i . e. i s 1 0 se co nd. Al li n al l , we ca n sa y h t at t her ei s n ol owestsco r e amongal l quest i ons and i t me sp end t o obt ai n hi ghestsco r e s i sa me i n a l l quest i ons.
Thegr ap h sh ow s he t ea r ni ngi n u t op i a w i t hr esp ect t ot henu mbe r ofpo ep l e. . we can see t ha t most menan d wom enwhi ch si ar ou ndha l fa m i l l i onea ch ar e n so mew he r e a r ou nd39t o 4 KUSD. Sur pr i si ng l y, a h ug e nu mber ofpeo pl e w hi ch si ar ou nd 25 3, 00 0 m en nd a om w en ar en ar ou nd 4K 0 , whi ch sho ws he t st ag ge r i ng une mpl oym ent and l owi ncom e at re.On he t t her o hand , ar oun d 30 0, 000 men nd a om w en ar en over 60Kand t hi s n um be r ofpe op l e st art s o t de cea rsewi t ht hei nc r ea seofsal ary d an r ea ch esso mew he r e eq ua l s o rl es s t han10 0, 000 wi t hr eps ectt ot he sa l ar y 8 5K. I nt he hi gher sa l ar y g r oup women co nsi stof a sl i ght l y h i gher num ber t han en. m
The pr es ent ed gr aphi l l ust r at es t he annu al flu cu t at i on i nt he I PP pr i ceof di es el i nt he t wo co mpar at i veye ar s 20 05& 20 06 .I t s e vde ini t alf r om t hesp i kes t ha t pr i ce s w en t upi n May ni20 05an di n Jun ei n 20 06 . Thepr i ce s co nt i nued t or i seandi ncr eas et i l l Nove mber i n 20 05 and postt hat t her ei s adecl i ne i n dece mber .i n 20 06 pr i ce s e r mai n st eady r f om Ju ne t o Sept ember an dt hen gr adual l y p r i ce s g adual l y ke ep decl i ni ng t i l lt he end of t he ye ar .
he pi e ch ar ti l l ust r at es h t e sa l i enceof sa l es o f va r i ous i k nd of sp i ce s.I t ' s p r et t y m uchcl ear t hat Saffr on con t r i bu t edt hehi gh est sal es i m x ol fl ow edby i ng gercum i n a ndt ur mer i c.Mace , Car da mom , Ci nn am on& Papr i kaco nt r i but ed t he l ow est
Theba r gr ap h de pi ct s he t ho l i da y d es t i na t i on s p r ef err edbyI nd on es i an s.Theno . 1 de si na tt i onwasSom el an d by10mi l l i on I ndones i as a nd t hi s s io f l l ow ed byJa pan ( 8 mi l l i on) , Aust r al i a( se ve n hundr ed t housa nd) , Kor ea ( si x h undr ed t housa nd) , Sr i Lanka ( sl i ght l y a bov ef our hundr ed h t ousa nd) and a l st l y,Paki sa t an( sl i ght l y b el ow f ou r hu nd r edt ho us an d) . Over al l ,I nd on es i a ho l i da y m ake r s g i vet oppr ef er en cet o Som el an d an dl ea st pr ef er enc et o Paki st an. The bar gr aph i l l ust r at es h t e va r i ous h ol i day d est i nat i ons p r ef er r ed by n I donesi ans.I ti s o f not e t hat t he Somel and was h t e mostpopu l ar wi t h 1 mi l l i on gi vi ng pref er ence ,f ol l ow ed byJa pa n at pr eci se l y 0 . 8 mi l l i on. Movi ng on t o Aust r al i a appr ox i mat el y 0 . 7 mi l l i on I ndonesi ans i v si t ed, wher eas K or ea st ood f or 0. 6 mi l l i on. Fi nal l y Sr i l ankand Paki st an was t he l eastpr ef er r ed wi t hj ustove r and j ustunder 0. 4 mi l l i on r esp ect i ve l y.To su m up , I wi l lsay t ha tI nd on es i an s g ave t hemost pr ef er en cet o Som el an d an dt hel ea stt o PAki st an
This horizontal bar graph depicts various shopping methods which are efect the satisaction o consumers. The survey is done with a customer base o 500.The Vertical axis displays the various shopping methods like local shop internet supermarket and private shopping used by consumers. !s per records displayed percenatge o neutral consumers is amlost same in all methods where has percentage o consumers who are positvely efected can be seen in private shopping methods.
T heflowch art i l l ust r at et hepr oc es o n h ow a pe r so n co ud l be co me ado ct or . Fi r sta p erson wi l lha vet o co mpl et ea 4 ye ar bach eo l r ' s d egr ee f ol l owed by4 ye ar s n i medi ca l sch ool . Af t er whi cht heywi l l have t ot akepar ti n an i nt er nsh i p pr ogr am f or a per i od of37 ye ar . Af t er a co mpl et i ng t he i nt er nsh i p pr og r am i f a per so n doe sn ' t want t o sp eci al i zet hey co ul d di r ectsi tf or t he l i ce nsi ng ex am but i ft heywant t o sp eci al i zet hey w i l l hav e t o co mpl et e af el l owsh i p f or 13 ye ar s and he tn t aket he l i ce nsi ng e xa ms.The fin alst ep i s o t rece i vet he medi ca ll i ce nse .
Thel i negr ap h ep rr es en t s he t ave r ag e en er gycon su mpt i onpe r ho use ho l d n it heUK. I t can cl ea r l y b e se ent ha t dur i ngfir st4 h our s b r i t ai ns co ns umed l ess mou a nt of el ect r i ci t y n i su mmer andwi nt er . On h t e o t her hand, as t i me pas se dt he el ect r i ci t y co nsu mpt i on r osegr adua l l y n i bot ht he se aso ns u nt i l dur i ng ni ght t heyuse dl es s el ec t r i ci t y. Tosu m up , t heave r ag e co ns um pt i onpe r ho use ho l d w as he t hi gh est i n su mmeran d u sed l es s amount i n w i nt er .
The l i ne gr aph i l l ust r at es h t e sh ar e pr i ce s o f Fr ankl i n i n dol l ar s o f r a per i od of 12 mont hs n i 2000. I ti s i mmed i at el y ev i de ntt ha ti n Ja nu ary he tsh ae r p r i cewas ea nr l y $9 0 a ndr ea ch eda p ea k of ar ou nd$1 50i n Mar ch . How eve r ,t he r ea f t ert hesha r e p r i ceson c sst i en t l y pl um met edan d b y D ec em be rt hesh ae r p r i ce s w er e a t nega t i vel ev el . Toco ncl ud e, gene r al l y h t e Fr ankl i n st ock va l uessh ow ed a de ce r asi ngt r endove r a 1 ye ari me t f r am e.
In this graph of Electro Inc’s television sales between 1996 and 1999, we can see that purchases of televisions went up in 1996 and continued to rise steadily until 1998 when they dropped slight.Up
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6ow to -escribe +mage in 4T7 !cademic Test o 7nglish The purpose o this task is to assess your ability to describe an image related to an academic theme drawn rom the humanities natural sciences or social sciences. 8nly speaking skills are assessed. 9ou will see an image :a graph picture map chart or table;. 9ou will have &5 seconds to study the image. "hen you hear the tone you should begin describing in detail what is shown in the image. 9ou will have *0 seconds to give your response. There are six or seven images. +dentiy the type o image. +s it a graph picture map chart or table< The approach or handling each image type is slightly diferent. = Take notes i you need to. >se the 7rasable ?ote board @ooklet and pen provided. -o not write ull sentencesA brie1y list any important eatures you see.= %or graphs charts and tables be sure you understand what is being measured and in what units it is being reported. = Try to determine what the main point o the image is. 9ou should be able to answer the Buestion C"hat is the image mainly showingse words and phrases that describe the locations o eatures within the image or example on the let( right next to above below and so on. + ob(ects are particular colors these may help you identiy them or example the countries marked in yellow. The same is true or sizes and shapes or example the large sBuare the smaller circle. = raphs charts and tables oten show trends or changes. >se words and phrases that describe the trend or movement. %or example increase decrease rise all remain stableDsteady and so on. >se phrases to describe the speed at which the changes happen or example a sudden increase a slow decline. = 4ie charts show proportions. The size o the CslicesC indicates the relative size o whatever is being measured or counted. The
actual numerical values or the slices are usually provided. @e sure to mention these values. + the slices are eBually sized say so using words and phrases such as eBual the same about the same similar. + the slices are diferent $ the usual case$ use comparatives and superlatives to describe them or example the smaller o the two export categories the largest group o people the most popular option the least common answer and so on. = %or all graphs charts and tables look or a pair o extreme values $ or example the highest and lowest the largest and smallest the most expensive and cheapest $ identiy them by name and describe them using the values or their measures or counts .= "hile you are speaking i you lose your train o thought or End yoursel at a loss or words do not remain silent. The microphone turns of automatically i there is no sound or three seconds. l you need to pause to think or check your notes use pause Ellers such as um uh Fet me see and so on. Gaying something $ anything $ is better than saying nothing because once the microphone turns of you cannot turn it on again. GourceH +nternet :+ will Ghare my notes !sap; or the time read and ollow
-escribe imageH This section is tricky and challenging as we have too much inormation to comprehend in a short span o time :)5$*0 sec; beore you start speaking. Try to speak about most o the inormation rom the image in an organized manner than sharing :allDmost o; the inormation in an unorganized manner. "e get maps graphs :bar graphsA pie$chartA trend graphs.'apsimages etc;. "e get around ,$2 Buestions in this section.
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). 9ou will get around , to 2 items. +ncluding all diferent types o images as cited above. *. 9ou ?eed to use diferent vocabulary words in this. %or example you need to ollow below phrases to describe$ This bar$graph depicts the !ustralia population or #350 to &000. +t noticeably showed rom #350 to #3/0 the growth o people is steady. 6owever rom #3/0 to #330 it ell down and touched the lowest value at )5 @illions.!ll in all D at last it can be seen that it reached the maximum value at 5, @illions. 8ther starting phrases areH This pie$chart illustrates........... This block diagram shows ............... This picture D photo demonstrates............... This line$graph denotes........... 5. -o not use much pillar words like :hmmmm uhhh etc; and not take long pauses. ,. Try to speak ull time :*0 seconds; /. ontent is not much important however it also one o the important actor. 'ain ocus should be on pronunciation and oral 1uency. -o not ollow any separate pronunciation use neutral pronunciationN 2.Try to identiy mainDkeyDessential points given in the diagram and describe those points. %or graphs pie charts and images #. &. ). *. 5. ,. /.
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%or uys who are acing hard time in describe image and retell lectureP 4ractice is the Qey. %or describing an image. 9ou should memorize the start up words likeH This graph shows $$$$$ This picture shows $$$$ This image re1ects $$$$ Qeep in mind you (ust have to tell the key points o the imageDpictureDgraph ?8T everything because time is short. +t will be like & stepsH Tell about the main purposeDtitle o the image. Then Qey points only. 9ou will be scored on all this. 9ou can even during 4ractice prepare and memorize the main Gcript having Ell in the blanks. This main script should be developed like you are a teacher in a classroom and you have to teach about an image in ) minutes. The main problem is 1ow o words while looking at the image. Go i u are already trained to speak out Buickly these words such as increasing declining trend development growth margins proEts loss etc then it will be easy or you to speak in 1ow while describing everything or most o the things in an image.
-escribe imageH 4lease understand that we are not expected to explain the whole graph in *0 secs. +t is highly impossible. They check whether our speech is naturally 1owing and are we able to convey the inormation efectively. 6ere slow and steady wins the race. "e should be clearly speaking with optimal pace. ?ever rush to tell all the inormation. This might penalize you on pronunciation meaning computer might not be able to correctly capture all your words. #. +ntroductionH $The graph showsDdisplays the number o +Tunes songs bought I $+n this graph we can see the number o +Tunes songs purchased
I $The photoDimage shows a :scene buildings place; rom a distance &. @odyH $The inormation indicates... %rom the chartDgraph... "e can conclude that... RR 9ou should include an introduction a main body and a conclusion in your description RR+ you lack points to speak speaking something like S+t is really interesting to know this inormation or something o this sort.
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The three pie chart shows the most popular social media channel between &0## and &0#).+t is immediately apparent that acebook was the most avourite social media channel but its popularity declined over the time rame. 8n the other hand twitter and linkedin showd a similar increasing trend and stood between#5 and &5 percent. %inally a small proportion o google plus and p interest was viewed. To conclude oogle was the most avourite while pinterest was least browsed.
RRRRRRRRRR -escribe +mage Gpeaking 'oduleRRRRRRRRRRRR >se o Tenses 'ind the correct use o tenses when describung a chart. + the charts deals with acts in the present use the Gimple 4resent i the acts are the past then use the Gimple 4ast. + there is a connection between the past and the present use the 4resent 4erect. 6ow to describe a chart "ith the ollowing example we would like to show you how charts are described. 'ind the three parts and do not repeat the global message in the conclusion. This graph shows the growth o the population in anada rom #3/2 to &003. +t is taken rom the website about Gtatistics in anada. There are three graphs in the chart. The green graph shows the total growth o the population the black one deals with the migrated people in anada and the blue graph shows the natural increase o the population. +n #322D23 there was an enourmous growth. +n the ollowing years the total growth went down to
about &50000 in #332D33. %rom that time on the anadian population has been gradually growing again although the natural increase slows down. Go we can say that the growth o the population in anada is based on migration.
The given bar graph illustrates number o male and emale users with certain age using internet explorers ie +7 and Ereox. The top horizontal bar shows that out o *5 Ereox users and 5* +7 users emale users are && years old and male users are &5 years old. The &nd bar users rom top outold o and )5 Ereox users male are shows &0 years emaleusers usersand are** &)+7years old. The )rd bar rom top indicates that out o &5 Ereox users and )* +7 users male and emale users belong to same age group ie #/ years and #2 years respectively. The bottom horizontal bar shows that males and emales o age
&& years and #) years respectively belong to the group o #2 Ereox and &* +7 users.
The Fine graphs compares diferent countries in terms o amount o wheat they exported rom the year #325 to #330. +t is lucid that anada exported approx #3 million tonnes o wheat in the year #325 and reaches its zenith value &5 million tonnes in the year #322. 8n the other hand !ustralia lags behind in exporting wheat ..!ustralia started with #5 million tonnes in #325 and ended with ## million tonnes in the year &000
The bar graph compares transactions rom diferent sources between &00, and &00/. +t is immediately aperients that ma(or transactions contributed rom urniture stores in &00/. +n the same way #* million dollars transactions rom urniture stores &00,.
These line graphs illustrate the number o viewers per day or channel one news over a one year period. +t is immediately apparent that rom (anuery to !pril there was three news hours per day which starts at #4' ,4' and 34'. +n the month o 'ay they introduced ##4' news. To began with. +n Uanuary ,4' news had 5 million views per day
#; The above image is one o the city which is located near river. There are & ships which + guess used by inhabitants o that city or en(oyment and take a wonderul view o entire city. ?ext to the river there are plenty o trees with a main road connecting to the other side o the town. %inally there are some buildings which + eel that it is used or commercial purposes. &; The given image shows a part o a portal city . Though the background o the picture is not clear but it can be easily guessed that the background is covered with multi$storeyed buildings which are very con(usted. +t denotes that the city is densely populated. +n the oreground picture the roads are
beautiully constructed along the sea shore. The trees which are planted on either sides o the road enhance the beauty o the city. +t looks as i there are ew small ships and engine boats are kept or public amusement . ); +tLs an aerial view o a developed city. +n the oreground there is a river and there are some boats and a cruise so itLs a pertinent place rom point %urthermore view and road circumerence with lot tourist o greenery. in is the background there are skyscrapers. !ll in all city having a signiEcant place in the growth o economy.
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The bar chart illustrates the number o men and women employed in six positions in !ustralia in &00). +t is immediately evident that generally more number o males than emales were employed and that tradepersons stood the highest or males and clerical or males over this time rame. To begin with males around 300 worked in tradepersons and clerical positions with approximately ,00 worked in managers and proessions. %inally semi proessionals production and labourers positions stood in the range o between *00$500. 'oving on to emales the situation was totally diferent. 300 emales worked in clerical psoitions this Egure was dropped to atleast a hal in proessionals category which was much more ahead o men. ?ext semieproessionals labourers and managers positions or emales were in the range o &00$)00 but lesser than males. %inally only one in ten women worked in tradepersons and production.
The pie chart illustrates the main reasons that people migrated and emigrated to the >Q in &00/. "e can clearly see rom the pie chart that the deEnite (ob and searching or work accounted or the largest proportion o emigration and migration To begin nearly one third o people went and let the >Q or deEnite (ob while one Eth o people emigrated or (ob search only (ust over one in ten people immigrated or this purpose.?ext (ust over a Buarter o people immigrated to the >Q or ormal study but this Egure was only *W or emigration.
The illustrated image shows us the process o conversion o solar energy into electricity. The sun rays all on the solar panels Etted on roo top. The direct current is inverted into alternate current which passes on to our house hold appliances via use box.
Akshay Narang the graph shows the number o students studying with perspective o interest and career . !s we can seestudents under the age o &, study with career ob(ective with about 20 students and &0 with interest and the situation takes a diferent route with the increase o age and the number o students with interest increases with about /0 students and &2 with career Michelle Verhoeven The bar graph depicts the direct correlation between age and the reason or studying. Gtudents under the age o &, studied or a particular career as opposed to students over the age o *3 who studied or interest.
6ow to explain lengthy graphs raph Tips + you ever get struck while explaining any such you donMt need panic as the situations can become worst ater that you (ust need to speak whatsoever you are understanding in the graph. The graph which carries a lot o inormation in that you need to explain the overview o it. There is no need to explain each and every detail mentioned in the graph .9ou should ocus on the striking eatures or the things which can be distinguished easily.!s in this graph the thing which can be easily noticed is the tutorMs part as it do not carry any negative rating.
To make your command over the describe image section in the initial practice stage you should explain the graph as much as you can no matter i it crosses the *0 sec.The maximum you will learn to explain any graph will help you to speak continuously or *0 sec in your Enal exam.!ter practicing or ew days you can reduce the timing to *0 sec. 6ere are the ew lines to describe this graph. The horizontal bar graph demonstrate that the participants have given the tutors the maximum positive rating as or them the rating starts rom adeBuate margin "hereas rating or other three courses that are course material course terms and useulness starts rom the very low and low in which maximum negative rating is given to the useulness o the course.
The chart shows the enrollment comparison o *00 research students with eBual number o males and emales. !ll the students opted or ?atural Gciences. 4sychology and 'athematics were opted by all male students with comparatively lesser emale enrollments similarly 7ngineering and 4rogramming received
around /5Wo male enrollments and less than 50W emale enrollments. Finguistics opted by a bit more than #00 emale students and near about 25 male students.
The pie chart illustrates the main reasons that people migrated and emigrated to the >Q in &00/. "e can clearly see rom the pie chart that the deEnite (ob and searching or work accounted or the largest proportion o emigration and migration To begin nearly one third o people went and let the >Q or deEnite (ob while one Eth o people emigrated or (ob search only (ust over one in ten people immigrated or this purpose.?ext
(ust over a Buarter o people immigrated to the >Q or ormal study but this Egure was only *W or emigration.
The depict line graph illustrates the relationship o ?umber o students which is in #00s with diferent years :rom #32& to &000; o prominent !sian countries who visit or the purpose o education. To begin dramatic increase is noticed on the indian visitors while signiEcant drop is noticed rom the visitiors o Gingapore however 6ongkong and 'alaysia are levelled of. 8verall +ndian visitor showed substntial growth and Gingapore dropped of drastically.
The depict line graph illustrates the relationship o diferent age groups which is in percentage with the years during #330 to &0#0 o the attendees in the >Q cinema. To begin age between #* to )* rose sharply between the period o &000 and &0#0. 6owever dramatic increase is noticed between the age o )* to 5* during the years &000$05 and then levelled of. !ll in all one can conclude that a substantial growth between &000 and &005 o diferent age groups
The given three pictures shows the considerable amount o development in ontan and meadowside village. !s learnt technology and globalization had played a vital role to connect either o them to other distant cities and also transormed them to business and urban estates.
The provided table demonstrates the expenditure on three ma(or categories by various countries. +t is obvious rom the Egures that most o the countriesMs expenditure revolves around ood drinks and tobacco thereore Turkey spends )&W and +reland with &2W are leading the chart. Gecondly cloths and ootwear places asata second ma(or category where +talyMs expenditure is touching 3W outrages other countries. %inally leisureDeducation type is grabbed by turkey with *W as compare to Gpain at &W. !mrit 4ai rooprai Oooprai aurav please review.
The bar chart illustrates the number o men and women employed in six positions in !ustralia in &00). +t is immediately evident that generally more number o males than emales were employed and that tradepersons stood the highest or males and clerical or males over this time rame. To begin with males around 300 worked in tradepersons and clerical positions with approximately ,00 worked in managers and proessions. %inally semi proessionals production and labourers positions stood in the range o between *00$500. 'oving on to emales the situation was totally diferent. 300 emales worked in clerical psoitions this Egure was dropped to atleast a hal in proessionals category which was much more ahead o men. ?ext semieproessionals labourers and managers positions or emales were in the range
o &00$)00 but lesser than males. %inally only one in ten women worked in tradepersons and production.
The bar graph illustrates the levels o sugars in seven various types o oods. +t is immediately apparent that the chocolate bar contains maximum levels o sugars while ketchup accounted or the least To begin (ust over one third o sugar is present in chocolate bar closely ollowed by chocolate cake and soda at (ust over and (ust under a third respectively. !pproximately one Eth sugar is present in iccream while crackers contain only approximately one
out o ten. %inally the sugar levels in ketchup and butter accounts or in the range o nearly 3W
The above stated line graph illustrates the relationship o sales which is in >G dollars with ten years period o diferent 7uropean countries over the spending on books. To begin steady growth is observed in rance +taly and !ustria during #335 till &005. 6owever in the initial period ermany dipped but later on ermany is the country who spends signiEcant money on the books year by year. 8verall ermany is leading the spending as compare with rest o the countries.
The line graph illustrates the consumption o three types o ast ood by !ustralian teenagers. !lthough the consumption o Esh and chips were the highest in #3/5 there was signiEcant drop to )2 times in the year &000. +n contrast consumption o hamburgers grew by almost 30 times during this period. %inally pizza was the lowest consumed ast oot but ater the year #33# it is the second highest consumed ast ood standing at 2) times year during the past #0 years.
The presented picture illustrates a right angle triangle. The base is named as the ad!acent represented as small case b" the elevation has been names small case a and the hypotenuse has been names as small case c. There is also a picture of a #funny# looking hippopotamus leaning on the hypotenuse probably for the purpose of memori$ing the position of hypotenuse. This picture demonstrates the %&' right angle triangle" in which a represents opposite side and b represents ad!acent side of angle angle. %nd ' denotes hippotenuse or hypotenuse. The picture of hippopotamus placed on the hypotenuse to remember the hypotenuse.
This bar chart illustrates the comparison between the students age and the reason for the studies" It is clearly seen that *+ of the students who are under ,- studies due to their career" and it started decreasing and reached less than ,*+ with age over . %s of for Interest it is seen that under ,- had started with 0*+ and ended with 1*+ with over " 2verall it3s clear that when the students grow on age" the reason is changing from 'areer to Interest....
The given bar illustration depicts the revenue and line shows revenue growth rate in particular countries in ,*0.It is crystal clear that 4reater degree of revenue comes from %merica" accounted for 0-+" following by 5urope with almost half of %merica#s revenue. 6oreover other remaining countries revenue was below 7+. %s for as revenue growth rate is consirned 4reater china had highest growth rate with 0+ and 8est of %sia 9acific was reckoned with lowest revenue and revenue growth rate in financial year.
The line graph highlights the rate of smoking in omeland by both men and women over * years from 0-* to ,***. 6ale smokers were the highest in 0-* at -** thousand and it gradually decline to a low of 7** thousand in ,***. 2n the other hand" the number of women smokers was the lowest in 0-* at 0** thousand and it gradually increase" peaking at 7** thousand in 01: and eventually decreased to ,** thousand in ,***. 2verall" although men were
traditionally heavier smokers than women in 0-*" both are smoking at almost the same rate at ,:* to 7** thousand in ,***
The statistical data depicts information regarding revenue gross margin from ,**1 to ,*0,.%s we can determine sales sky rocketed in ,*0, up to 1*"*** and in same year we can find significant decline. ;owever" in ,**1 sales hardly touched :***.?,**1 to >?,*0,. @e can see that there has been a steady rise from A7>?,**1 to A0>?,*0, when it reaches : &n in revenue. %fter that " the revenue fluctuates for subseBuent two Buarters and in A>?,*0, it again reaches the same revenue :&n. The gross margin was consistent in the range of 7,+ to -+ throughout the period. This graph depicts 8evenus C 4ross 6argin since %pple I9hone launch" 8evenue went up unsteadly over the period of A7,**1 to A,*0,"In A0,*0, it reached to level of : million revenue compare from ,** to ,**0*" %fter that revenue flctuate for subseBuent two Buaters and in A,*0, it grew up C reached to the highest peak of :: mill
This diagram shows the process of token conversion to card file by using itunes application in iphone. >irstly submit itunes account in Token reBuest then you will receive a card token after that itunes will program token when a card is tokeni$ed finally tokenised 5 will be recieved by itune in iphone. This worklow eDpalin processing of token using iphone" first you have to submit token reBuest using iTunes %ccount on receiving confirmation from your bank accout " progam will active token on you smart phone permanently The images describes the processing of token via apple phone" first you have to submit account token reBuest " the reBuest will connects to your concer ned bank in last you will rece ive the confirmation on your same phone. mart phone are going to have knock on effects on banks.
This image elucidates the information about stimulated demand for other apple products due to iphone momentum in china. The bar graph nd line graph depicts the iphone units and apple total china revenues. The 6aDimum units sold were in >? ,*07 starting from app * units from >?,**. The revenue also increased rapidly from >?,** to ,*07 from E*m to E,:m.
The given pie chart and vertical bar graph eDhibit the sales of spices in percentage. It is clearly evident that sale of saffron is ,+ and closely followed by ginger ,0+. >urthermore" third place retain by cumin with 01+. In addition" the bottom three places occupied by cinnamon" cardamom and mace with 7+",+and 0+ respectively . In recapitulate" we can say that saffron holds the top position among all spices in terms of sale of spices.
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