Unit (5) Transport
Learning objective: To use some phrases of contrast in a report describing a chart correctly.
Writing skill
Using graphs, chart and tables
Read the report below and fill in the gaps with the suitable word / phrase:
Approximately – Similarly - compares with – whereas – Fewer – compared to - However
Last year, Spain and Italy were the most popular destinations for our customers: 44
percent (Spain 20 percent, Italy 24 percent) chose those countries for their holiday. This
___________________ 35 percent (Spain 17 percent, Italy 18 percent) the previous year.
_____________________, the United States was an extremely popular destination: _________________
22 percent chose to go there __________________ only 11 percent of our customers visited the
US the previous year. _______________ people, just 12 percent, just chose North Africa this year.
The figure last year was 15 percent.
Germany and France showed little change over the period. Germany attracted 4
percent of our customers last year ___________________ 5 percent the year before. ______________,
the number of customers visiting France rose from 5 to 7 percent.
While - significantly more than – Although - in contrast - On the other hand
____________________________, results were very disappointing in the Netherlands, which
was visited by only 2 percent of our customers, _______________________ to 9 percent the
previous year. ___________________ our performance in the Netherlands was below
expectations, this was offset by an increase in the number of customers visiting Denmark and
Sweden. Six percent chose this destination, which was _______________________________ 2 percent
the previous year.
Other destinations accounted for only 5 percent of our customers last year, _______________ the
figure for the previous year was 16 percent.
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