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: ___________________________

1. Starting with the amount:

The highest The greatest The largest A significant The smallest The lowest

percentage of proportion of number of

women books read tourists

attended university. were Arabic. came from Russia

2. Starting with the subject:

Pizza made up the

largest second largest smallest

percentage

of the total.

Pizza was the Law was the Fords were the

most second/third most least

popular common

food. major. cars.

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

As many Twice as many Three times as many Not as many

Landcruisers students shopping malls

were sold came from Oman were in Dubai

as…

More/ far more Much/Many more A lot/A few more Considerably more Significantly more Slightly more Fractionally more

Landcruisers students shopping malls

were sold came from Oman were in Dubai

than…

2. Starting with the subject

Drinking coffee was Nokia phones were Swiss watches were

as just as nearly as almost as not as

common popular

as…

more much more far more considerably more slightly more less slightly less fractionally less far less

than…

Describing Two Parts of a Pie Chart

• 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

Comparative Superlative

high

higher The percentage of tourists for Al Ain was higher than for Doha.

the highest Beirut had the highest percentage of tourists.

low

lower Level Three classes had a lower number of students than Level Two classes.

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.

PIE CHART: GRAMMAR FOCUS

Revisiting Comparative and Superlative Adjectives

PIE CHART: GRAMMAR FOCUS 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. 1. people/ working in jobs /studying at university

___________________________________________________________________ 2. women/ work part-time/ men ___________________________________________________________________ 3. English/ difficult / Arabic ___________________________________________________________________ 4. population / Al Ain / Dubai

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5. Burj Khalifa in Dubai / Twin Towers in Malaysia

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Fill in the blanks with the comparative OR the superlative form of the adjective

Write a sentence to compare the two things given. Example: gold/silver Gold was more expensive than silver.

PIE CHART: STATING NUMBERS AND FRACTIONS

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% __________________________________________

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)

Complete the sentences.

1. 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 VOCABULARY PRACTICE

PercentagesofUAEUniversityStudentsin2011

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 2011. 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.

PIE CHART: MODEL ANSWER

PercentagesofUAEUniversityStudentsin2011

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 2011. 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 __________________.

H&M6%

Topshop8%

Splash20%

Mango

17%

Zara

49%

Percentageofstorecustomersin2011

Complete the gaps with the information shown in the charts. You should use fractions where you can.

The pie chart shows ___________________________________________________

__________________________________________________ in 2012. 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 ______________________________________________________________.

Lungdisease32%

Cancer17%

Heartdisease25%

Diabetes18%

Kidneydisease8%

Percentageofpeoplewithhealthproblemsin2012

PIE CHART: WRITING PRACTICE

Writing Practice

Write two paragraphs to describe the above pie chart.

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SaudiArabia52%

UAE

16%

Iran

15%

Qatar5%

Kuwait12%

ArabianGulfOilExports- 2010

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PIE CHART: WRITING PRACTICE

Writing Practice

Write two paragraphs to describe the above pie chart.

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Brazil41%

Thailand11%

US

8%

China

12%

India

28%

Sugarproducingcountries2012

PIE CHART: MODEL ANSWER

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 2010.

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.

SaudiArabia52%

UAE

16%

Iran

15%

Qatar5%

Kuwait12%

ArabianGulfOilExports- 2010