Study the following table.
Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
Exercise 1
Exercise 2
The data illustrates the average percentage of money spent on 3 types of goods and services by consumers in 5 countries. Overall, consumer spending is on entertainment/leisure in all 5 countries and on fashion/clothing with the exception of Singapore. | |
Entertainment/leisure takes up the largest percentage of consumer spending in each country. It is highest in Singapore at .5% and lowest in France at .4% . The sector with the lowest average monthly consumer spending in four of the countries is fashion/clothing. , it is lowest in Europe where it ranges between 8.1% in France and 5.3% in the UK while in Hong Kong and Singapore it is higher at 11.6% and 15.8% respectively. | |
The lowest consumer spending in Singapore is on transport at % , the lowest spending on any sector in any country. In the other countries, transport is the sector with the second highest consumer spending. Spending on transport in the 3 European countries is similar at 23.4%, 21.3% and 19.6% in Germany, France and the UK , considerably higher than in the two Asian countries. | |
Respectively – use this word to connect two or more pieces of data in the order that you write them.
Exercise 3
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Introduction
- Topic of data – paraphrase the information given about the table
- Overview – state the most important trends/features in the data
Body Paragraph 1
- State the most important trend/feature in the data
- Support the general statement above with specific data
- State the second most important trend/feature
- Support the general statement above with specific data
Body paragraph 2
- Provide any less important but still relevant trends/features in the data
- Provide any information about anomalies or surprising data that you haven’t already mentioned
Exercise 4
Entertainment/leisure takes up the largest percentage of consumer spending in each country. It is highest in Singapore at 33.5% and lowest in France at 22.4%. In four countries, transport is the sector with the second highest consumer spending. Spending on transport in the 3 European countries is similar at 23.4%, 21.3% and 19.6% in Germany, France and the UK respectively, considerably higher than in the two Asian countries. Spending in Hong Kong for example stands at 14.2%.
The sector with the lowest average monthly consumer spending in four of the countries is fashion/clothing. Interestingly, it is lowest in Europe where it ranges between 8.1% in France and 5.3% in the UK while in Hong Kong and Singapore it is higher at 11.6% and 15.8% respectively. The lowest consumer spending in Singapore is on transport at 4%, the lowest spending on any sector in any country.
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