Paraphrase the sentences, using the phrases above:
Teenagers watch American sitcoms all the time.
The bar chart shows that kids like playing hide-and-seek the most.
The pie chart shows that readers prefer detective stories to other books.
At first, it is obvious that not many tourists go to Ireland in summer.
The most popular phone brand among teenagers is Apple.
2. Choose the best opening statement.
The bar chart shows the popularity of different home activities among teenagers.
Nowadays the rising generation chooses variable activities to spend their free time. The range of these interests depends on personal preferences, modern technologies, and popularity. I have found some useful data on the issue of popular home activities in Zetland to help me with the project on popular home activities among young people.
Teenagers choose different home activities when they are at home. Many home activities are popular among teenagers, which are shown on the chart.
2. The bar chart shows what people use their smartphones for.
Smartphones are taking up too much of our time these days, but if people want to reduce their screen time, they have to understand the reason they need them so much. I have found some useful data on the issue of what people use their smartphones for in Zetland to help me with the project on the subject.
Making phone calls is more important for people than playing games on smartphones, which is interesting because real calls are becoming less and less popular.
3. The table reveals some information about what book genres are popular among teenagers.
Books can be helpful for your study and you can use them to read in your free time, but isn't it interesting to know, what types of books are more popular?
Reading is one of the most popular hobbies among different people. Surprisingly, teenagers living in a century of modern technologies are still interested in reading today. I have found some interesting statistics on genres young people prefer to read to help me with the project on the subject.
Comparing information
General trends
Comparison
… by far the most popularitem/product / language …
… much more popularthan…
… the least popularproduct was …
… not as popular as…
…the highest percentageof….
… as popular as ...
…the lowest proportionof…
In contrast,…
By comparison,…
Extra vocabulary:
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2% = a very small proportion of
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20% = a fifth
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24% = almost a quarter
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25% = a quarter
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32% = nearly one-third
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35% = more than a third
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49% = just under a half
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50% = a half
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51% = just over a half
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55% = more than a half
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70% = a large proportion of
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72% = a significant majority of
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…approximately…
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…nearly…
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…roughly…
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…almost…
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…just over…
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…just under…
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…just around…
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…just about…
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…just below…
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…a little more than…
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…a little less than…
Examples:
For example, …
For instance, …
A very good example is …
Conclusion
Conclusion
Opinion
Finally…
In my opinion,…
In conclusion….
To my mind,…
To sum up…
Personally, I believe....
In summary, ….
It seems to me that…
Therefore,....
I am convinced that….
Use the words from the table to complete sentences:
Many people say that smartphones can harm our eyes. P__________, ___ b___________ that we should reduce the screen time.
I__ c________ we see that Greece is one of the most popular tourists` destinations.
About 50% of citizens own two or more cars. T___________, they pay more taxes than the others.
Despite the common opinion, i__ s______ t__ m__ that milk isn`t healthy.
F__________, it is clear that rock music does not interest as many people as pop songs do.
I__ s____________, we need to take better care of the poor in our city.
How would you s____ u___ his writing?
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2. What do you think about pop music?
In my opinion,
Practical tasks
Analyse the diagram data and decide, whether the statements are true or false:
Most smartphone users need their electronic devices for sending emails and making phone calls, 79% and 78%, respectively. T / F
According to the diagram, it’s noticeable that smartphones are not often used to communicate with each other by emails and phone calls. T / F
According to the data, we can estimate that people use smartphones for playing games more than for surfing the Internet. T / F
79% of respondents need smartphones for exchanging emails, which is approximately 5 times bigger than the number of people using them as a substitute for credit cards (15%). T / F
Less than 25% of the respondents use their smartphones to play games. T / F
One interesting fact is that the percentage of people using smartphones for playing games is significantly greater than those using them for purchases. T / F
2. Match the sentence halves to make a text, according to the diagram.
The aim of the project is to determine and ….
There are two main purposes ….
Firstly, smartphone users regularly …
Secondly, phones are often used to make calls. Almost every …
However, although most of us are used …
For instance, only 58 percent surf the Internet, 48 percent …
play games, and a mere 15 percent use phones to pay for purchases.
to checking email on our phones, much fewer people use the Internet in other ways.
write and receive emails.
compare the ways people use smartphones these days.
of using the gadgets .
respondent claims to do that, 79 and 78 percent respectively.
3. Fill in the gaps using the words below.
Firstly according to Also Therefore Moreover As we can see For example Secondly calls communication less Smartphones Probably
__________(1) have become one of the most important parts of our everyday lives during the past few years: people use them not only for __________(2), but also for a range of different purposes. I have found some useful data on the issue of what people use their smartphones for in Zetland to help me with the project on the subject.
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