ENGLISH LANGUAGE
(Text Book Related Activities)
GRADE 10
UNIT 07
Learning is fun
Describing Graphs , Charts and
Diagrams.. Competency 5
Extract necessary information from various types of texts.
Competency Level 5.3
Transfers information into other forms.
Competency 7
Uses English creatively and innovatively in written communication.
Competency Level 7.2
Describes pictures.
Bar Graph Pie Chart Venn Diagram
Designed to visualize how a
Used to show relationship whole is divided into various Used to show all possible
between different data parts. Each segment of the pie logical relations between a
series that are independent is a particular category within finite collection of
of each other. the total data [Link] represents a
different sets.
percentage distribution.
Describing Graphs , Charts & Diagrams. Charts and graphs
can help you judge
Some tips for writing…. information and
Start by saying exactly what the chart , graph or the make sense of what
diagram shows. you read….
Avoid repeating words in the question. Instead, use other words
with the same or similar meanings.
Explain what the different sections refer to and describe the trends you can see.
Use data and numbers from the chart.
Describe the changes precisely.
Compare the information.
Talk about differences or similarities.
To sum up , highlight the most important things the information shows.
Describing graphs….
The language used…
This bar graph shows some favourite subjects of
Study the following bar graph and Grade 11 students of Kg/Mabopitiya M.V.
the description focusing the The horizontal axis shows the favourite subjects
of the students.
highlighted words and the The vertical axis shows total number of the
phrases.. students.
16
The most popular subject is History and 15
14
students like it.
or
12 The majority of students like History, it is
fifteen.
10
8 The least popular subject is Mathematics and
only 02 students like it.
6
or
4
The minority of students like English , it is six.
2 An equal number of students like Religion and
Sinhala respectively.
0
Science Religion History English Sinhala Maths A few number of students like Mathematics.
Science Religion History English Sinhala Maths
The language used…
Exercise -01
The following graph shows the favourite pets of Grade 09 students of Sri
Seelananda M.V. Fill in the blanks to complete the given description.
Dog Cat Fish Parrot
16
15
14
12
10
10
8
8
6
6
0
Dog Cat Fish Parrot
The above bar graph shows the ……………………………..of Grade 09 students of Sri
Seelananda M.V. The ………………………………………shows the favourite pets of the
students. The ……………………………shows the total number of students.
Ten students like…………………………………………….and cat is the favourite pet
of……………………………students. The………….. ……..popular pet is fish, fifteen
students…………………………this pet. The …………... popular pet is parrot and only
………………………students like it. Two ……………like cats …………than parrots but
…………. than …………………………
Exercise-03
The following pie chart shows the favourite games of Grade 10 students of Hingurana K.V.
Complete the given paragraph describing the chart.
Favourite Games
The given pie chart depicts the ……………………….of
13%
…………students of ……………………There are ……………
Games and they are……………………….,…………………., 14% 43%
………………..and……………………….According to the
Chart,43% of students like ………………………and it is the 30%
……………………game. The least popular game is…………
and only……………..students like it. 14% and 30% of students like
Cricket Tennis Football volleyball
............................and ………………..respectively. Therefore
We can say that cricket is ………popular than any other game among these students.
Exercise -04
The following pie chart shows what 100 students of [Link] College like to do during the
quarantine days of Covid [Link] the chart and write a description. Use about 100 words.
Majority , Minority , Lowest percentage , Highest percentage , equal amount
Describing Venn diagrams…
Study the Venn Diagram…
The following Venn diagram shows the different favourite
pets of 40 students. Study the diagram and the given
description.
The Venn diagram given here shows three
favourite pets of 40 students. The pets are
birds , dogs and cats.
According to the details given in the Venn
diagram, 10 students like only cats. 9 students
like only dogs while only one student likes only
birds. More children love to have both cats and
birds. But less number students are interested
in birds and dogs. Only two students like all
these three pets. As the diagram depicts, the
majority of the students like to have cats as
their pets and bird is the least popular pet
among them.
Study the given highlighted words and use them in your
writings…
Now refer to the page number 67 in your text book and
do the Activity 03..
Exercise -05
The following bar graph shows the reading of variety of materials in a school library
by the students. Study the bar graph and write a description about It. Use about 100
words.
A few, many , some , most ,equal , least
100
90
80
70
No. of students
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
English news paper Tamil news paper Sinhala news paper story books journals Financial reports sports magazines materials
English news paper Tamil news paper Sinhala news paper story books journals Financial reports sports magazines
Exercise -06
Answers…
The above bar graph shows the favourite pets of Grade 09 students of Sri
Seelananda M.V. The horizontal axis shows the favourite pets of the students.
The vertical axis shows the total number of students. Ten students like dogs
and cat is the favourite pet of eight students. The most popular pet is fish,
fifteen students like this pet. The least popular pet is parrot and only
six students like it. Two students like cats more than parrots but less than
dogs.
Exercise 02
Now refer to the page number 66 in your text book and do the
Activity 02….
Answers...
The given pie chart depicts the favourite games of grade 10
students of Hingurana K.V. There are four Games and they are
cricket, tennis, football and volleyball. According to the
Chart,43% of students like cricket and it is the most populargame.
The least popular game is volleyball and only 13% 0f students
like it.
14% and 30% of students like football and tennis respectively.
Therefore,we can say that cricket is more popular than any other
game among these students.
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Kg/ Dehi / Sri Seelananda M.V.
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