Writing task 1: Describing a line graph (body part)

Writing task 1:Describing a line graph (body part)

• Prepared by: Yarieva Zarina

Introduction

• Description: You should spend about 20 minutes on this task.
• The line graph below shows the household recycling rates in three different countries between 2005 and 2015.
• Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant. Write at least 150 words.

Introduction

• Description: The line graph below shows the household recycling rates in three different countries between 2005 and 2015.
• Introduction: The line graph illustrates the regional household recycling rates in the UK, France and Germany from 2005 to 2015.
• ( What our graph shows?
• For what countries?
• For what period of time?)

What are the key features?

• UK’s and Germany’s rate
• France’s rate

Body

• Body Paragraph 1(The recycling rates of the UK and Germany showed a steady but significant rise over the period), Body Paragraph 2 (while the percentage of recycled waste in France experienced a downward trend .)
• Body paragraph 1=Increasing trends
• Body paragraph 2 = Decreasing trends

Overview

• The recycling rates of the UK and Germany showed a steady but significant rise over the period, while the percentage of recycled waste in France experienced a downward trend

• Give details about starting and ending points.
• And find key features throughout the period.

• Ger. 2005: 20%
• 2009: Exceeded France’s rate
• 2015: gradual increase - 60%
• UK: 2005: 50%
• 2007-2009 remained steady
• 2009-2011 sharp increase
• 2015 gradual increase
• France: 2005: 50%
• 2013 dramatically declined 30%
• 2015 growth 40%

The recycling rates of the UK and Germany showed a steady but significant rise over the period

• In 2005 the recycling rates of the UK and Germany were nearly 35% and 20% respectively. Germany’s rate increased sharply throughout the period, exceeding France’s rate in 2009 and reaching almost 60% in the end of the period. In the meantime the percentage of recycled waste in the UK grew to 40%in 2007, and then remained steady until 2009. During 2009 and 2011 it experienced a rapid surgeto more than 50 % and continued with a gradual increase to 60 % in 2015.

…. while the percentage of recycled waste in France experienced a downward trend .

• In early 2005 the recycling rate of France (50%) was the highest among these three countries. However, it dramatically declined to 30% in 2013. Then there was a growth of 10% in 2015, but France’s recycling waste was the lowest in the end of the period.

• The graph below shows the consumption of three spreads from 1981 to 2007.

What is spread?

• a soft food for putting on bread and biscuits:
• cheese/chocolate/fish spread
• There's bread and various spreads for tea.
•  

Introduction

• Description: The graph below shows the consumption of three spreads from 1981 to 2007.
• Introduction:The line graph illustrates the amount of three kinds of spread ( margarine, low fat and reduced spreads and butter) which were consumed over 26 years from 1981 to 2007. Units are measured in grams.

Overview

Overview

• Overall, the consumption of margarine and butter decreased over the period given, while for low fat and reduced spreads, it rose. At the start of the period butter was the most popular spread which was replaced by margarine from 1991 to 2007 and following that low fat and reduced spreads became the most widely used spread in the final years.

• Thank you for your attention!