Mixed charts
Mixed charts
Solution:
One introductory paragraph (it includes 2 intros)
1 overview (2-3 sentences, one for each chart)
2 bodies (one for each)
Intro +
overview
The line graph illustrates the
number of UK residents going
abroad from the UK and overseas
residents visiting the UK between
1979 and 1999. The bar chart gives
information about how many UK
residents travelled to five of the
most popular countries in 1999.
Overall, there was an increase in
the number of visits to and from UK
and there were more visits abroad
by UK residents than to the UK by
overseas residents over the period
given. In addition, the most popular
country to visit by UK residents was
France in 1999.
Body 1 for line
graph
The number of UK residents
visiting overseas began at just
under 15 million, after which
it rose significantly to reach
over 50 million in 1999.
Similar changes, but to a
lesser extent, can be seen in
the figures for overseas
residents visiting the UK,
which had climbed steadily
from 10 million in 1979 to just
under 30 million by the final
year.
Body 2 for bar
chart
In 1999, France was visited by
over 10 million UK residents,
followed by Spain at
approximately 9 million. The
figures for the USA and
Greece were lower, at about 4
million and 3 million visitors
respectively. The least
popular country visited was
Turkey, which had only about
2 million UK residents going
there.
