You should spend about 20 minutes on this task.
The bar graph indicates sales figures for reading materials from 2002 to 2012.
Write a report to a university lecturer describing the information shown below.
Write at least 150 words
Model answer:
The graph shows the changes in the sales of four different types of publications for a decade since 2002.
In general, all the given categorise except hobbies
book showed a rising trend in the sales over the period. The sales of
history books were the highest while those of art books were the lowest.
In particular, the sales of the biggest sellers,
history books, experienced an overall growth during the period. The
sales were around 4500 copies in 2002, and then reached a peak of 10000
in 2008. Although the figure dropped slightly after then, history books
remained the greatest sellers with around 9000 copies sold in 2012.
The sales of art books and entertainment books showed a
similar pattern of a steady growth. The figure for art books increased
slowly from around 1500 copies in 2002 to just under 4000 in 2012 while
that for entertainment books went through a moderate rise from
approximately 1300 copies in 2002 to 3000 in 2012.
On the other hand, the last category, hobbies book, did
not show an upward trend. The sales of hobbies book showed the lowest
sales figures, and the figure generally remained constant at between 500
and 700 copies.
(199 words)
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