Page 23 - Class Book 10A

New Media

3 Read and answer.

Read the summary of the charts in Activity 2 and answer the questions.

1 Which three main pieces of data are discussed in the summary? Learning
2 How is the data from the charts used in the summary? Strategy
3 What tense is the summary written in?
4 Has the author included their opinion in the summary?
Understanding how to analyse and

describe information in charts is

an important skill, especially for

international examinations.

4 Read and match.

Read the summary again. Match the sentences 1-9 to the descriptions a-e below.
a) An analysis of specific details in the chart, highlighting significant similarities or differences.
b) An introductory sentence that gives an overview of what the chart shows.
c) A description of the lowest proportion shown in the chart.
d) Conclusion, summarising key findings shown in the chart.
e) A description of the highest proportion shown in the chart.

5 Read and choose.

Read the extracts from the summary.
Replace the words and phrases in bold with the synonyms in the box.

men and women to summarise in general show
on the other hand main while

The two pie charts 1) illustrate the social media platforms used by men
and women in the US, aged 18 – 24 years, in 2018. 2) Overall, Facebook
is the most popular social media platform for both 3) genders.

4) In contrast, Twitter is not as popular as Snapchat with women. Only
9% of women use Twitter, 5) whereas 22% of men use it.

6) Overall, social media use between young men and women in the US
in 2018 is fairly similar. The 7) most significant difference between the
genders is seen with the use of Snapchat and Twitter.

6 Read and list.

Read the summary in Activity 2 again.
Make a list of all the comparative structures in the text in your exercise book.

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