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Question: The graph below shows electricity production (in terawatt hours) in France between 1980 and 2012.
–>“The line graph compares the amount of electricity produced in France using four different sources of power over a period of 32 years.”
Note:
- The graph–> the line graph
- Shows–> compares
- Electricity production–> the amount of electricity produced
- Between 1980 and 2012–> over a period of 32 years.
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The graph-(Subject) below shows-(Verb) electricity production-(Object) (in terawatt hours) in France between 1980 and 2012-(Time).
Subject:
- The graph = the pie/line/bar graph
- The diagram= the figure
- The chart= bar/pie/flow chart; table
- Maps= diagrams
- The charts = The two bar/line/pie charts; there are two bar/line/pie charts, one of which shows…the other shows…
Verb:
- Shows/ gives= illustrates/compares/reveals/indicates/demonstrates…
- Trends in = changes in
Object:
- UK consumption = consumption in the UK
- Various laptop features = different function of laptops
- House ownership = people who have houses/ household having houses
- The development of = the growth and expansion of
- Air travel = travelling by air
- Male = man; female = woman; male counterpart; female counterpart.
- Gender = sex (by gender/ sex)
- [Different/ several/ various/ distinct] + N
- Transportation = [means/ mothods/ patterns/forms] of transport
Time:
Between 2015 and 2025 = from 2015 to 2015/ over a period of 10 years from 2015 to 2025/ [over-during-throughout] a 10-year period from 2015 to 2025/ during 2015 and 2015.
Every day/ week/ year = each day/ week/ year
= per day/ week/ year
=on a daily basis/ on a weekly basis/ on an annual basis.
10 years = a decade
Age:
- 25 age group = the group of age 25/ the age group of 25/ 25-year-old group
- People aged 25 or under = people aged 25 or younger
- People aged 25 or more = people aged 25 or older
- People between 25-30 years old = people aged 25-30/ the 25-30 age group/ 25-30 year olds / 25-30 year-old people
- Children = the young = young people = youngsters
- The elderly = elderly people = senior citizens = elders
- People in the 20-29 age group = people in their twenties
Quantities:
- The proportion of + plural verb
Ex: Singapore has the highest proportion of millionaire households
- The amount of + uncountable noun
- The figure for + plural noun/ uncountable noun/ country/ percentages
- The number of + plural noun.
- Sort of/ Kind of/ type of…
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