Bar chart
Structure set 1:
Predictions
Expectations
Anticipations
Forecasts
Estimates
Evaluations
Calculations
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show reveal indicate
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[that] it will drop dramatically.
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Structure set 2:
It is
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predicted expected anticipated forecast estimated evaluated calculated
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that gold prices will drop dramatically.
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Structure set 3:
Gold prices are
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predicted expected anticipated forecast estimated evaluated calculated
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to drop dramatically.
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First event:
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Middle events:
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Final event:
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Approaches:
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At/In the beginning,
At first,
In the first year,
In the first month,
In 1999,
In January,
In the first year, 1999,
The diagram compares
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Then, Next, After this/that,
Following this/that,
Afterwards,
This is followed by +
…following which…
…after which…
…which is followed by… +
…until…after which…
…until…following which…
…until…when…
…before… +
during/over the next…years
…years later,
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Finally,
Ultimately,
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Roughly
Almost
About
Approximately
Around
Just about
Well/just below
Well/just above
A little/slightly more than
A little/slightly less than
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Comparison Bar chart
Introducing Differences
Generally, there is
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a significant difference
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between a and b.
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a wide disparity
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in + n.
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Comparative Structures
1
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In contrast (to B),
In comparison (with B),
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A is larger/smaller
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by a narrow margin.
by x.
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2
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A is
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[just]+[under/over]
[approximately]
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x larger/smaller than B.
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3
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A is [under/over]
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twice two/three times
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as large/great/high as B.
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4
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A produces/consumes/…
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more/less + uncountable n. more/fewer + countable n.
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than B.
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5
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A is
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considerably/substantially marginally/slightly
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greater/higher/smaller than B.
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6
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A is
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[almost/roughly /…]
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As large/high as B.
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Superlative Structures
1
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A is the [second/third] largest/smallest/most productive/… + uncountable n.
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2
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A has the [second/third] greatest/widest/most significant/… productive + n.
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3
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A
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uses produces consumes
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the largest/highest/smallest/lowest
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proportion of + uncountable n. amount of + uncountable n. number of + countable n. quantity of + countable n.
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Introduction
The diagram compares the _______(what it describes) in _______(number) _______(items or country) on _______(number product and name), ______, _________, ….. (things).
The bar graph illustrates the _______(what it describes) made by the _______(by what), industrial and service sectors to the _______(place) between 1960 and 2000.
Overall
Over the whole time period, the significance of _____(name 1) declined steadily while _____(name 2) grew in importance_____(period). A different patterned emerged for _____(name 2), which initially showed a slowly increasing percentage but then plateaued from _____(result).
Body
In _____(year), _____(name 1) contributed by far the highest percentage of _____(what things), peaking at _____(the first result), but it then dropped in steady increments to a low of _____( the second result) in _____(year).
The _____(name 2) sector, on the other hand, had a relatively minor impact on the economy in _____(year).
This situation changed gradually at first, then its percentage contribution jumping from _____(the first result) to _____(the second result) between _____(year) and _____(year).
By _____(year) it matched the high point reached by _____(name 3) in _____(year), showing a reversal in the overall trend.
_____(name 1) remained a steady contributor to India’s wealth throughout the period.
As a sector, it grew marginally from _____(result) in _____(year) to exactly a quarter in _____(year) then remained static for the next _____(period), maintaining a constant share of the overall _____(what things).
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