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3 Tables and bar charts: showing items and related Sample answer
values in columns
The table and chart provide details
Look at the Writing task below and answer these questions.
about who uses the Internet in '
1 How are the table and chart related? (Which would you Australia and what it is used for. Note how
the writer has
summarise first?)
First, the chart indicates that an
changed the
2 What comparisons could you make? average of 89 per cent of Australians words in the
3 What should you put in your overview? use the Internet. However, all task to his/her
14-17-year-olds go online, and 99 own vocabulary.
The table and chart give the results of surveys in per cent of the 20-29 age group.
Australia about the use of the Internet. The table provides This figure is a few percent lower
information on the reasons for use. The chart shows use in between these two age groups and
relation to age. then decreases to 91 per cent up
Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the to the age of 64. After that age, the
main features, and make comparisons where relevant. percentage of people who use the
Internet dips to 56.
Internet use
Internet uses (in o/o) According to the table, people use
Trends - all Australians Total the Internet most for paying bills
2008 people and banking, at 63 and 62 per cent
over14
Bon~2% respectively. The next most popular
reason why the Internet is used is
to purchase products and services.
In contrast, only 22 per cent of use
Phone calls 22%
is for making phone calls, and even
less for writing blogs.
Blogs 1 0% Overall, internet use is very high
among most age groups, but it is
Ordering goods less popular among older people.
and services S?o/o
Among adults, its highest level of
use is related to financial activities.

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%

4 Read the sample answer on the right. How
has the writer organised the information? The diagram below shows how household waste is turned into energy
Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features,
5 Which figures are included, and why?
and make comparisons where relevant.
4 Diagrams: showing a process and/or
how something works Waste-to-energy plant diagram
Look at the Writing task on the right and Pollution control systems
answer these questions. E) nitrogen oxide removal system
1 What are the key stages in the process? e mercury and dioxin removal systems
G acid gas removal system
(Explain them to a partner.)
2 What verbs and verb forms will you use?
3 What comparisons could you make?
4 Read the sample answer on page 95.
Has the writer included all the key stages?
In which paragraph(s) are they? Where is
the overview?
5 Underline the words/phrases used to
mark the stages in the process.
6 Read the answer again and underline the
verb forms the writer uses to describe
stages
the process.
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