Lesson 4 - Bar Chart

Focus: comparing categories and writing clear overview statements.

Compare language: higher than, lower than, twice as much as, similar to, the largest share, the smallest figure.

Sample: Overall, spending on food was highest, whereas transport accounted for the smallest proportion.

Practice Tasks

1) Best comparative sentence

a)

b)

c)

2) Fill the comparison words

a) The figure for A was ____ than B.

b) X was ____ as high as Y.

c) P and Q were ____ in value.

3) Overview essentials

a) Mention the ____ category.

b) Mention the ____ category.

c) Avoid listing ____ data points in the overview.

4) Linkers for comparisons

a) A was high, ____ B stayed low.

b) C rose; ____, D declined.

c) E stayed stable, ____ F increased.

5) Write a 2-sentence overview