Describing Graphs – Exercise 1

In the column on the left, there are nine graphs (A- I). Opposite each graph, you have four statements that describe each graph. Decide which statement is correct in each case. There may be more than one answer.

Exercise 2

Look at Chart A and add the phrases A-O in the appropriate spaces in sentences 1-15, which follow.

List of phrases

1. The chart shows 11 __________ first-year students from overseas chose a particular university.
2. Good language support comes __________at 20 percent.
3. Language of tuition is top of the survey __________95%.
4. At 95 per cent of the sample, Language of tuition is the main __________a university.
5. The survey of 1,000 first-year overseas students __________at universities in the UK.
6. Good language support at 20% is the factor __________least when making a choice about which university to attend.
7. Language of tuition __________a reason by nearly five times as many students as Good language support, at 95% and 20% respectively.
8. The top three reasons are Language of tuition, Quality of teachers, Up-to-date teaching facilities, __________.
9. According to the graph, the main reason __________ the language of tuition.
10. The various factors __________ into two groups, namely those related to teaching and non-teaching related.
11. While around 95 per cent of the students gave the language of tuition as the main reason for choosing a university, __________ modern teaching methods.
12. The cost of accommodation at 80 per cent __________ the cost of tuition at around 75 per cent.
13. Eighty per cent of the sample mentioned the cost of accommodation as a reason for choosing a university __________for the cost of tuition.
14. __________the cost of accommodation and the cost of tuition than Location at 80% and 75% respectively.
15. Good language support was stated by only 20 per cent of the sample as a reason for choosing a university __________at 30 per cent.