The graph below shows the figures for CFC emissions in four countries between 2005 and 2009. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

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The graph below shows the figures for CFC emissions in four countries between 2005 and 2009.  Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

Your teacher will give you five strips.  Match the strips to the descriptions.

Restate the question using different words.

State the first main point.  (Topic Sentence)

Supporting details for first main point.

State the second main point.  (Topic Sentence)

Supporting details for second main point.

Cut up strips and shuffle.  Have students match strips to grid.

The line graph shows the amount of CFC emissions produced by four different countries from 2005 to 2009.

The main point to note is that CFC emissions have gone down in all countries except India.

Germany saw a gradual drop in emissions from 2006, falling from around 850 to just under 800 metric tons annually.  However, the falls in Russia and Japan occurred more suddenly.  Both countries saw a drop in emissions in 2008.  Before this time, Japan had been producing a fairly constant level of emissions, around 1400 metric tons each year, whereas emissions from Russia had been gradually increasing until 2008.

Another important feature to note is that emissions in India, by contrast, increased over the same period.

In 2005 India produced just under 1200 metric tons, but by 2009 this had increased to over 1500 metric tons.  In 2005 India produced fewer emissions than Japan and Russia, but the graph shows that in 2009 both Russia and India were producing equal amounts of emissions, just over 1500 metric tons.  If these trends continue, production of emissions by India will overtake that of Russia in the future.

The graph below shows the figures for CFC emissions in four countries between 2005 and 2009.  Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

Paragraph 1: Restate the question using different words Paragraph 2: First main point: except for India, all the countries are decreasing Paragraph 3: Second main point: India is actually increasing

The line graph shows the amount of CFC emissions produced by four different countries from 2005 to 2009. The main point to note is that CFC emissions have gone down in all countries except India.  Germany saw a gradual drop in emissions from 2006, falling from around 850 to just under 800 metric tons annually.  However, the falls in Russia and Japan occurred more suddenly.  Both countries saw a drop in emissions in 2008.  Before this time, Japan had been producing a fairly constant level of emissions, around 1400 metric tons each year, whereas emissions from Russia had been gradually increasing until 2008. Another important feature to note is that emissions in India, by contrast, increased over the same period.  In 2005 India produced just under 1200 metric tons, but by 2009 this had increased to over 1500 metric tons.  In 2005 India produced fewer emissions than Japan and Russia, but the graph shows that in 2009 both Russia and India were producing equal amounts of emissions, just over 1500 metric tons.  If these trends continue, production of emissions by India will overtake that of Russia in the future. (189 words)

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In 2005 India produced just under 1200 metric tons, but by 2009 this had increased to over 1500 metric tons.  In 2005 India produced fewer emissions than Japan and Russia, but the graph shows that in 2009 both Russia and India were producing equal amounts of emissions, just over 1500 metric tons.  If these trends continue, production of emissions by India will overtake that of Russia in the future.

Germany saw a gradual drop in emissions from 2006, falling from around 850 to just under 800 metric tons annually.  However, the falls in Russia and Japan occurred more suddenly.  Both countries saw a drop in emissions in 2008.  Before this time, Japan had been producing a fairly constant level of emissions, around 1400 metric tons each year, whereas emissions from Russia had been gradually increasing until 2008.

Another important feature to note is that emissions in India, by contrast, increased over the same period.

The main point to note is that CFC emissions have gone down in all countries except India.

The line graph shows the amount of CFC emissions produced by four different countries from 2005 to 2009.