As can be seen,
As can be seen, paying for purchases is the least common aim of smartphone usage.
As an overall trend,
As an overall trend, loyal users of mobile phones seem to be growing.
At first glance,
At first glance, the work appears difficult.
as is presented
Teens tend to read fiction books more, as is presented in the bar chart.
Paraphrase the sentences, using the phrases above:
Teenagers watch American sitcoms all the time.
The bar chart shows that kids like playing hide-and-seek the most.
The pie chart shows that readers prefer detective stories to other books.
At first, it is obvious that not many tourists go to Ireland in summer.
The most popular phone brand among teenagers is Apple.
2. Choose the best opening statement.
The bar chart shows the popularity of different home activities among teenagers.
Nowadays the rising generation chooses variable activities to spend their free time. The range of these interests depends on personal preferences, modern technologies, and popularity. I have found some useful data on the issue of popular home activities in Zetland to help me with the project on popular home activities among young people.
Teenagers choose different home activities when they are at home. Many home activities are popular among teenagers, which are shown on the chart.
2. The bar chart shows what people use their smartphones for.
Smartphones are taking up too much of our time these days, but if people want to reduce their screen time, they have to understand the reason they need them so much. I have found some useful data on the issue of what people use their smartphones for in Zetland to help me with the project on the subject.
Making phone calls is more important for people than playing games on smartphones, which is interesting because real calls are becoming less and less popular.
3. The table reveals some information about what book genres are popular among teenagers.
Books can be helpful for your study and you can use them to read in your free time, but isn't it interesting to know, what types of books are more popular?
Reading is one of the most popular hobbies among different people. Surprisingly, teenagers living in a century of modern technologies are still interested in reading today. I have found some interesting statistics on genres young people prefer to read to help me with the project on the subject.
Comparing information
General trends
Comparison
by far the most popular item/product / language
much more popular than
the least popular product was
not as popular as
the highest percentage of.
as popular as ...
the lowest proportion of
In contrast,
By comparison,
Extra vocabulary:
2% = a very small proportion of
20% = a fifth
24% = almost a quarter
25% = a quarter
32% = nearly one-third
35% = more than a third
49% = just under a half
50% = a half
51% = just over a half
55% = more than a half
70% = a large proportion of
72% = a significant majority of
approximately
nearly
roughly
almost
just over
just under
just around
just about
just below
a little more than
a little less than
Examples:
For example,
For instance,
A very good example is
Conclusion
Conclusion
Opinion
Finally
In my opinion,
In conclusion.
To my mind,
To sum up
Personally, I believe....
In summary, .
It seems to me that
Therefore,....
I am convinced that.
Use the words from the table to complete sentences:
Many people say that smartphones can harm our eyes. P__________, ___ b___________ that we should reduce the screen time.
I__ c________ we see that Greece is one of the most popular tourists` destinations.
About 50% of citizens own two or more cars. T___________, they pay more taxes than the others.
Despite the common opinion, i__ s______ t__ m__ that milk isn`t healthy.
F__________, it is clear that rock music does not interest as many people as pop songs do.
I__ s____________, we need to take better care of the poor in our city.
How would you s____ u___ his writing?
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2. What do you think about pop music?
In my opinion,
Practical tasks
Analyse the diagram data and decide, whether the statements are true or false:
Most smartphone users need their electronic devices for sending emails and making phone calls, 79% and 78%, respectively. T / F
According to the diagram, its noticeable that smartphones are not often used to communicate with each other by emails and phone calls. T / F
According to the data, we can estimate that people use smartphones for playing games more than for surfing the Internet. T / F