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Write about graphs, charts, and tables

 

A Short Introduction

  1. There is a short Introduction to Writing about Graphs here

Line Graphs

  1. Dubai Gold

  2. Dubai Tourism 1990- 1994  

  3. Underground Passengers

  4. North American Fish Catches

Bar Charts

  1. Heart Attacks by Age and Gender

  2. Fertility Rates in Gulf Countries

  3. Oil Production Capacity in Gulf States

  4. Higher Colleges of Technology Male and Female Graduates

  5. Internet Use in Taiwan by Age Group

  6. Internet and Computers in the Arab World

  7. Mobile phones and Land-lines in Canada and the Philippines

Pie Charts

  1. Spending Patterns in the US 

 

Putting It Together

In the IELTS exam, you often have to write about two or more related graphs. 

  1. Click for egypt.htm, a page with two graphs about tourism in egyptClick to see an example based on Egypt's tourism industry, with a piechart showing the amount of money Egypt earns from tourism and a graph showing the number of tourists visiting the country.

  1. Click here for an example from the Higher Colleges of Technology which combines information from three graphs
     

  2. Here is another two-graph example about health and education spending and changes in infant mortality and life expectancy in the UAE 
      

  3. Fast Food in the UK -  try to put the information from these two graphs together
     

  4. Doctor Visits in the US -  Who goes to the doctor?

 

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Links

  1. Abu Dhabi Women's College IELTS site. Check out their really great "Describing Graphs" link

  2. Lots of links to materials on graphs from this Abu Dhabi Men's College website

  3. Try the five questions in this University of Illinois page about line graphs

  4. Try the five questions in this University of Illinois page about line graphs

  5. An excellent site from Leeds University in the UK.

  6. Another UK quiz, from the University of Bath.

  7. Some information about graphs from EnglishLab.net

  8. What does the word 'correlation' mean? Click here to find out!

  9. Easy quiz on prepositions, by Enda Tuomey

Readings

These readings are real articles with statistics. Read them to see how journalists use statistics and numbers.