WEEK 2

GRAMMAR

COUNTABLE
AND
UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS
QUANTIFIERS
 COUNTABLE UNCOUNTABLE
FOOD Mango
CLOTHING
TRAFFIC
PEOPLE
COUNTABLE NOUNS UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS BOTH FORMS
Hamburger airplane Underwear bread soup Work/ works
Apple car shoes jacket Sushi sticky rice Experience/ experiences
Suit jeans train canoe

• Concrete people/ • Abstract Ns: luck,

things happiness,
• Can be in plural form • substances : metal, gold

• Cannot be in plural
form

• Number • Amount A lot of/ lots of

• Many • Much Some
• Several Any
• Few/ a few • Little/ a little Plenty of
A great many • A great amount A wide range of
* Many a + n (sing) • A great deal
 WRITING
DESCRIBING BAR CHARTS
 WRITING
DESCRIBING BAR CHARTS
The bar chart compares the percentage of four
hobbies which males and females in Canada like to
do in their free time. Surprisingly, the percentage of
boys who go shopping are much higher than that of
girls.
…compares the percentage of teenagers’ favourite
leisure activities
The bar chart compares the differences in the
percentages of Canadian teenage boys and girls
taking part in four leisure activities. In general,
more boys favour free-time activities than girls.
QUESTIONS
1. Which activity attracts the same proportions of both genders?
(music)
2. Which is the most popular activity for boys?
(shopping)
3. Which is the least popular activity for girls?
(shopping)
4. Which category sees the biggest difference between boys’ and
girls’ proportions?
(shopping)
5. What is the general comparison between boys’ and girls’
participation in leisure activities?
(Boys take part in leisure activities more than girls.)
6. What information surprises you?
(Boys like shopping more than girls do.)
HOW TO GROUP INFORMATION
1. Grouping by genders
+ Paragraph 1: Boys’ information
+ Paragraph 2: Girls’ information
2. Grouping by activities
+ Activity that attracts the same proportions of
boys and girls (music)
+ Activities that more boys than girls take part in
(all the others)
* Information goes from the biggest difference to
the smallest. (shopping  sports  computer
games)
• TIPS FOR INFORMATION GROUPING:
1. You can group the information according to either
the categories, or the genders (if provided)
2. You can choose the categories that have something
in common (e.g. the larger numbers/ percentage, OR
the smaller ones)
3. You can group the categories whose data are in
contrast, e.g. (the largest number/ percentage AND
the smallest ones)
4. You can describe only one category in a paragraph
if it is different from all the others.
5. There must be a reason why you group the
information that way.
PRACTICE
The diagram below shows the results of the final
test in a primary school in Kingston in 2020.
Write a report to a university lecturer, summarising
the information and making comparisons where
relevant.
You should write at least 150 words.
QUESTIONS
1. Which subject had the most students pass?
2. At which subject did the students get the
second best result?
3. Which subject witnessed the worst result?
4. How should the information be grouped?
The diagram below shows the level of preferences
of British middle-school students for different
school subjects in 2021.
Write a report to a university lecturer, summarising
the information and making comparisons where
relevant.
You should write at least 150 words.
The bar chart indicates the different percentages of
middle school learners in Britain who gave the
subjects different levels of preference in 2021. In
general, PE was favoured by most of the students
while the two main subjects – Maths and English,
and art did not seem very attractive.
 The bar chart indicates how much middle school
students in Britain preferred different subjects in
2021.
This is your homework:
The diagram below shows what accommodation
type the British choose for their holidays in 2010 .
Write a report to a university lecturer, describing
the information and making comparisons where
relevant.
You should write at least 150 words.