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BAR CHART PIE CHART

TABLE DOUBLE BAR CHART

Prepared & Compiled by: Joseph Francis Xavier Astonish

Teacher of English
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THE LANGUAGE USED

➢ The pie chart / bar graph / table / venn diagram - is about…. / shows…. / indicates….
/ illustrates…. / depicts…. / represents….

➢ The (activities / subjects / books / countries / pets / foods / hobbies / games / places /
instruments / programs / vehicles) are / They are ………, ………, ………. and …….

The highest number / percentage The lowest number / percentage

Maximum Minimum
The large number The small number
The largest number The smallest number
Majority Minority
The most number / percentage The least number / percentage
The most popular The least popular

Equal /similar /same

Both Y (vertical)
Some Little - Less - Least
Most of the X (horizontal) Many - More - Most
Amount of
More popular than Less popular than
Higher than Lower than
More than Less than

A few ☻☻ Few ☻

Almost equal ☻☻☻ = ☻☻☻ Many / A lot of ☻☻☻☻☻

➢ The number of ______________ is more than the number of ______________.

➢ The number of ______________ is less than the number of ______________.
➢ ______________ is / are more popular than ______________.
➢ ______________ is / are less popular than ______________.
➢ The number of students / people who like ____ is more / higher than ____.
➢ The percentage of students / people who like ____ is less / lower than ____.

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Past Paper - One 2009.

The following graph shows the expenditure incurred on different projects of the Social Service Club of
your village. Study the graph and write a description of it. Use about 100 words.
- What the graph shows.
- What information given horizontally.
- What information given vertically.
- Use the following words to compare and contrast the amount of money spent on the different projects.
(less / least / many / more / most / equal / nearly / higher)

1. Funding children’s home

2. Renovating market
3. Installing tube wells
4. Road constructions
5. Disaster relief

Past Paper - Two - 2011.

The following chart shows the percentages of students using different modes of transport to and from
school. Study the chart and write a description of it. Use about 100 words. The following words will help
you. (Most popular / mostly used / majority / minority / lowest percentage / highest percentage).

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Past Paper - Three - 2012.

The following bar chart shows the after-school activities of grade 11 students of your school. Study the bar
chart and write a description about it. Use about 100 words.
(Most of the students / lowest number of / most popular / least popular / more popular than / less popular
than / minimum / maximum)

Past Paper - Four - 2013.

The following pie chart shows what the students of your school like to read. The information is given in
percentages. Study the graph and write a description about it. The following words will help you. Use about
100 words.
(majority / minority / lowest percentage / highest percentage / equal amount)

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Past Paper - Five - 2014.

The following table shows the amount of money spent during the years 2013 & 2014 by the Friendship
Club of Horana, on various social service activities. Study the table and write a description about it. The
following words will help you. Use about 100 words.
(Least, / most / equal / increase / decrease)

In Rs. million
Expenditure of Friendship Club of Horana
2013 2014

Funding elders’ homes 3 4

Providing dry rations to refugees 2 1

Disaster relief 2 3

Sponsoring scholarships for rural children 1 2

Providing tube wells to dry zone schools 1 1

Donating wheel chairs to rural hospitals 2 3

Past Paper - Six - 2015.

The following bar chart shows the sale of five different items available at your school book shop. Study
the bar chart and write a description about it. Use about 100 words. The following words will help you.
(Equal amount / minimum number / maximum number / lowest sale / highest sale)

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Past Paper - Seven - 2016.

The following bar graph shows the leisure activities of some students of the Southern Province. Study the
bar graph and write a description about it. Use about 100 words. Use the following words.
(highest / almost equal / least / lower than / higher than / most popular / less popular)

Past Paper - Eight - 2017

The following table tells you where 125 students in your school like to study after their A/L examination.
Write a description based on the information given in the table. Use about 100 words

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Past Paper - Nine - 2018

The following bar graph shows the results of a survey conducted among 100 grade 11 students in a school
about the choice of the subject for Advanced Level stream. Study the chart and write a description about
their choice. The following words will help you.
(more / most / less / least / equal / highest / lowest / higher / lower)

Past Paper - Ten - 2019

The following pie chart shows how Mr. Perera spent his salary in the month of July, 2019 on various
household needs. Study it and write a description about it. Use about 100 words.
Use the words in your description. Highest percentage, lowest percentage, more than, less than, equal

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Past Paper - Eleven - 2020

The following bar graph shows extra activities done by Grade 10 students of Vidyaloka Vidyalaya to
improve their English Language skills. Write a description about it. Use about 10 words. The following
words will help you.
Most, equal, least, more popular, less than, less popular

Past Paper - Twelve - 2021

The following pie chart shows the leisure time activities of a group of grade 11 students of central College,
Veyangoda. Write a description about it. Use about 100 words. The following words / phrases will help
you.
Most popular, more/ less popular, more than, less than, equal

LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES

5%

15%
Reading Story Books - 40%

40% Watching Flims - 20%

Listening to Songs - 20%

20% Gardening - 15%

Writing Poems - 5%

20%

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Past Paper - Thirteen - 2022

The following bar chat shows the different places that grade 11 students of Nilwala Central College like to
visit. Write a description about it. Use about 100 words. The following words / phrases will help you.
Most popular, least popular, most, many, some, a few

35
31
30
25
25
Number of students

20
20 18

15

10
6
5

0
Beach National Park Hill Country Religious Places Any of them
Places

Past Paper - Fourteen - 2023

The following bar charts displays the results of a survey done by the Vice Principal of Vidukirana Maha
Vidyalaya on the reason for grade 11 students to be late to school. The bar chars show the excuses given
by the students for being late to school. Write a description about it. Use about 100 words. The following
words / phrases will help you.
Many, some, a few, most, more than, less than

Excuses

(a) Buses struck in traffic

(b) Family members got ill

(c) Rain in the morning

(d) Forgot to set the alarm clock

(e) Headache / stomachache

0 5 10 15 20 25
Number of students

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