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The document describes a graph showing the number of visitors to a theme park each month over the previous year. It then lists 15 statements about the data in the graph. The statements describe trends such as a gradual rise in visitors from January to May followed by sharper increases in June and July to a September peak of 140,000 visitors, then a decline over the last three months of the year.

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Language For Graphs

The document describes a graph showing the number of visitors to a theme park each month over the previous year. It then lists 15 statements about the data in the graph. The statements describe trends such as a gradual rise in visitors from January to May followed by sharper increases in June and July to a September peak of 140,000 visitors, then a decline over the last three months of the year.

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LANGUAGE FOR GRAPHS

Look at the graph below, which shows the number of visitors to Tabard Towers Theme Park
each month last year. Following the graph, there are 15 statements about the data. Decide
which sentences are true or false according to the diagram. More than one sentence may
describe the same data.

Note that the sentences are not in any particular order and that they do not form a full text.

1 Language for graphs – Tran Thi Huong Giang


1. In the last three months of the year, attendances were off their September peak, falling

back by 30,000 visitors a month till the end of the year.

2. During last year, the trend was obviously upwards.

3. Numbers picked up in June, rocketing by almost 400%.

4. There was a marked improvement in July with the number of visitors surging 500%.

5. From May through to September, the number of people visiting the theme park monthly

rose by approximately 70%.

6. During the first four months, visitor numbers rose gradually.

7. The gradual rise in visitor numbers from 30,000 to approximately 45,000 in the first four

months was followed by a sharper increase in May.

8. Between April and May, the increase in the number of visitors was at a much slower pace

than in the previous three months.

9. It is clear that for most of the year, monthly attendances were above trend.

10. In July, the number of visitors shot up dramatically.

11. In July, there was a dramatic increase in visitor numbers to just short of 140,000 people,

followed by a sudden decline in August.

12. In July, visitor numbers soared and then suddenly fell back again the following month.

13. August saw a sharp turnaround in attendances with numbers leaping from just under

80,000 to 140,000 people.

14. The period between May and September saw a steady growth in the number of visitors

from 70,000 to 140,000.

15. Attendances at the theme park can be divided into three distinct periods: January to

May, June to September and October to December.

2 Language for graphs – Tran Thi Huong Giang

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