Warmly welcome to our lesson
* Warm up:
Close your books and then put the following words into the correct columns.
increase
gradually
drop
slightly
slight
steadily
steady
gradual
decrease
rise
fall
sharp
sharply
dramatic
dramatically
decline
Nouns
Verbs
Adjectives
Adverbs
Word Categories
. Answers
Nouns
Verbs
Adjectives
Adverbs
rise
increase
decrease
drop
fall
decline
decline
drop
fall
decrease
increase
rise
steadily
gradually
slight
slightly
sharply
sharp
gradual
steady
dramatic
dramatically
For examples:
1. There was a gradual rise in the literacy rate.
2. The literacy rate rose gradually.
* Vocabulary
1. Vary (v):
2. In contrast:
3. Trend (n):
4. Literacy rate (n):
The rate of people who are able to read and write
A general direction in which a situation is changing or developing
5. Considerably (adv)
To make changes to sth to make it slightly different.
. Task 1
Choose a suitable word from the box to fill in each space of the following paragraph.
went up
declined
rise
dramatically
different
varied
The table describes the literacy rates of the population in different parts of the country of Fancy from 1998 to 2007. As can be seen, they (1) _______ considerably between 1998 and 2007. In the Lowlands, there was a gradual (2) _____ in the number of both males and females who were literate. In contrast, the literacy rate in the Midlands (3) ____________ steadily in both the number of males and females. In the Highlands, the trend for literacy rate was (4) ___________ from the other regions. While the number of literate males (5) __________ sharply between 1998 and 2007, the number of literate females fell (6) ____________. This data may help the researchers or planners make suitable plans for educational development in each area of the country.
varied
rise
declined
different
went up
dramatically
. Task 2
Write a paragraph of about 100 words, describing the information in the table below.
Literacy rates in Sunshine country from 1998-2007
1998
2002
2004
2007
Lowlands
Midlands
Highlands
50%
70%
50%
53%
75%
45%
56%
80%
40%
95%
85%
30%
Nouns
Verbs
Adjectives
Adverbs
rise
increase
decrease
drop
fall
decline
decline
drop
fall
decrease
increase
rise
steadily
gradually
slight
slightly
sharply
sharp
gradual
steady
dramatic
dramatically
* Useful language:
- The table shows / describes ……………
- As can be seen from the data in the table ….…….
Nouns
Verbs
Adjectives
Adverbs
rise
increase
decrease
drop
fall
decline
decline
drop
fall
decrease
increase
rise
steadily
gradually
slight
slightly
sharply
sharp
gradual
steady
dramatic
dramatically
Literacy rates in Sunshine country from 1998-2007






Lowlands
Midlands
Highlands
1998
2002
2004
2007
50%
53%
56%
95%
70%
75%
80%
85%
50%
45%
40%
30%
* You may begin with:
The table describes the trends of literacy rates in Sunshine country from 1998 to 2007 ………………
Thanks for your attendance!