Task 40

Развёрнутое письменное высказывание с

элементами рассуждения на основе
таблицы/диаграммы
14 баллов =
решение коммуникативной задачи (освещение
3б всех пунктов плана, представленных в задании
в соответствии с заданной темой)
организация текста (количество абзацев
3 б соответствует количеству пунктов в плане,
высказывание логично, средства логической связи
используются уместно)
3 б лексическое оформление (использование
синонимов, антонимов, лексики уровня В2;

3 б грамматическая выверенность и
соответствие высокому уровню сложности

2б отсутствие орфографических и пунктуационных ошибок.

Шаг 1. План
• Вступление по теме проекта.
• Описание двух-трех фактов из таблицы/графика.
• Одно-два сравнения.
• Обозначьте проблему, связанную с темой проекта и предложите
способ эту проблему решить.
• Заключение с выражением собственного мнения по заявленной в
плане теме.
Шаг 1. План
1. What people use their smartphones for
2. Highest number of people – for email, lowest – for paying for
purchases
3. Almost the same amount of respondents use their smartphones for
email and making phone calls (79% and 78% respectively); 10%
fewer people use smartphones for playing games than surfing the
Internet (48% and 58% respectively)
4. People forget about their real lives – set time limits for using phones
5. The role of smartphones is big
 Practice: make a plan
40.1 Imagine that you are doing a project on leisure activities most popular among young adults in
Zetland. You have found some data on the subject — the results of the opinion polls (see the table
below).
Comment on the data in the table and give your opinion on the subject of the project.
 
Write 200−250 words.
Use the following plan:
— make an opening statement on the subject of the project;
— select and report 2−3 facts;
— make 1−2 comparisons where relevant;
— outline a problem that can arise with leisure activities and suggest a way of solving it;
— conclude by giving your opinion on the most popular leisure activities.
Leisure activities Number of participants (%)
Surfing the Internet 47
Going to the gym 25
Swimming 19
Football 6

Playing video games 3

 Practice: make a plan

40.2 Imagine that you are doing a project on how people keep fit in Zetland. You have found some data on the subject — the results
of the opinion polls (see the diagram below).
Comment on the data in the diagram and give your opinion on the subject of the project.

How do people keep fit in Zetland?

Doing yoga
Going on a diet
Going to the gym
Becoming a vegetarian
Changing sleeping schedule

Write 200−250 words.
Use the following plan:
— make an opening statement on the subject of the project;
— select and report 2−3 facts;
— make 1−2 comparisons where relevant;
— outline a problem that can arise with keeping fit and suggest a way of solving it;
— conclude by giving your opinion on the role of keeping fit in people's life.
1 параграф
• Подводка к теме
• Тема (списываем из задания)

Nowadays it is impossible to
imagine our lives without a
smartphone because everyone
has one and uses it daily.
(подводка к теме) I have
decided to do a project on what
people use their smartphones
for in Zetland and found the
results of an opinion poll to
illustrate some of my ideas.
Below I will give my comments
on the results of the poll. (тема)
Клише:
Подводка к теме:
It is well known that (тема)
Nowadays more and more people (действие, связанное с темой)
Over the last few decades, there has been a significant increase in the
number of people who (действие, связанное с темой).
(Тема) plays an important role in our life
Undoubtedly, all people (действие, связанное с темой)
Nowadays it is impossible to imagine lives without (тема)
Клише:
Тема:
I have decided to do a project on (тема) and found the results of an
opinion poll in the form of the (bar chart/diagram/table) to illustrate some
of my ideas. Below I will give my comments on the results of the poll.
Thus, I find my project about (тема) highly significant. My research aims at
analyzing the found data (тема), giving my personal opinion on the topic
of (тема).
While working on a project on (тема) I have found some data and I would
like to analyze it, describe a problem connected with the topic and express
my opinion on the importance of (тема).
Practice: the first paragraph
40.1 Imagine that you are doing a project on reasons for doing sports in Zetland. You have found some data
on the subject — the results of the opinion polls (see the table below).
Comment on the data in the table and give your opinion on the subject of the project.
 
Write 200−250 words.
Use the following plan:
— make an opening statement on the subject of the project;
— select and report 2−3 facts;
— make 1−2 comparisons where relevant;
— outline a problem that can arise with doing sports and suggest a way of solving it;
— conclude by giving your opinion on the importance of doing sports.
 
Reasons Number of respondents (%)
to keep fit 41
to cope with stress 25
to spend time with friends 23
to spend time outdoors 7
to be trendy 4
Practice: the first paragraph
40.2 Imagine that you are doing a project on leisure activities most popular among senior citizens in
Zetland. You have found some data on the subject — the results of the opinion polls (see the diagram
below).
Comment on the data in the diagram and give your opinion on the subject of the project.

Leisure activities most popular among senior citizens in Zetland

Watching TV
Reading
Spending time with friends and family
Gardening
Doing the puzzles

Write 200−250 words.
Use the following plan:
— make an opening statement on the subject of the project;
— select and report 2−3 facts;
— make 1−2 comparisons where relevant;
— outline a problem that can arise with taking up a leisure activity and suggest a way of solving it;
— conclude by giving your opinion on the role of leisure activities in the life of cenior citizens.
2 параграф
• Самое маленькое значение
• Самое большое значение

Looking at the main features of the diagram, I must say that most
people (79% of respondents) use their smartphones for checking and
writing an email.(самое большое значение) Another striking feature is
that the least popular reason for using smartphones among people in
Zetland is paying for purchases, at only 15%. (самое маленькое
значение)
Клише:
Вступление:
• one can see from the poll that
• if we look at the graph/table/pie chart, we can see that
• looking at the main features/facts
• as we can see
Самое большое значение:
• the main feature of this table/graph/pie chart is 
• the most popular/the most important factor for choosing/the main reason for
• what stands out from the table/graph/pie chart is
Самое маленькое значение:
• on the contrary,
• the least popular/the least important factor for choosing
• another striking feature is that the least proportion/number/amount of people said that
Practice: the second paragraph
Imagine that you are doing a project on how often young people go to
the theatre in Zetland. You have collected some data on the subject —
the results of a poll (see the table below).
Comment on the data in the table and give your personal opinion on the
subject of the project .

Frequency Number of respondents (%)

 

Once a year 52
Once a month 27
Two or three times at all 13
Never 5
Two times in one season 3
Practice: the second paragraph
Imagine that you are doing a project on how students usually get to school
in Zetland. You have collected some data on the subject (see the diagram
below).
Comment on the data in the diagram and give your personal opinion on the
subject of the project.
3 параграф
• Первое сравнение параметров, которые не задействованы в абзаце 2 (и
процент!)
• Второе сравнение параметров, которые не задействованы в абзаце 2 (и
процент!)

Задействовать ВСЕ данные!

Turning to details, it can be seen that almost the same amount of people use their
smartphones for making phone calls as for getting and writing emails (78% and
79% respectively). (сравнение 1) It can also be noticed that playing games (at
48%) is 10% less preferable than surfing the Internet, which was mentioned by
58% of the interviewees. (сравнение 2)
Клише:
Первая фраза:
• Looking at the details,
• Turning to details, we can see that
• According to the data in the table/diagram,
+
• Moreover,
• It can be also noticed that
• Another important thing to mention is that

Сравнения:
• (almost) twice/three/four/five times as many people prefer … as …
• … (almost) twice/three/four/five times more
popular/preferable/important/common/interesting than …
• … not as important/popular/common/preferable/interesting as …
• while/ whereas / although / but / however  are equally popular/common/preferable
Клише:
• We can compare…in terms of the number/percentage of…
• …is by far the most…
• The figures for/ the percentage of/the number of….tend/tends to be fairly similar.
• The number of … who… is slightly higher than…
• …is the only…with a noticeably higher proportion/percentage of…
• ….as…..as….
• …far more/less…than….
• …twice as much/many….as….
• It is clear from the table/diagram that the proportion of people who….is higher/lower
than of those who…
• The same/similar pattern can be seen for people who…
Practice: the third paragraph

 Imagine that you are doing a project on how teenagers spend their summer holidays
in Zetland. You have found some data on the subject — the results of the opinion polls
(see the table below).
Comment on the data in the table and give your opinion on the subject of the project.
 

How teenagers spend their summer holidays Number of teenagers (%)

Staying at home 39
Visiting relatives 26
Going to the seaside 17
Going to the mountains 14
Going to a youth summer camp 4
Practice: the third paragraph
Imagine that you are doing a project on what topics teenagers discuss at
school in Zetland. You have found some data on the subject — the results of
the opinion polls (see the diagram below).
Comment on the data in the diagram and give your opinion on the subject of
the project.
4 параграф
• Проблема
• Способ решения

One problem that can be connected with using smartphones is that it

gets too addictive and people spend most of their time looking into
their phones and not doing their responsibilities – for example,
studying or working.(проблема) This problem can be solved by setting
the time limit on your gadget which would restrict the amount of time
wasted on your phone.(решение)
Клише:
п
р the most serious problem with … is …
о one of the biggest problems associated with … is that …
б
л the main problem that can occur with/while … is …
е the foremost problem here is …
м
а one problem that can be connected with … is that …

р
е the way to tackle this problem would be to …
ш one effective solution to deal with … is …
е
н a solution that can prove successful here is …
и this problem can be solved by …
е
… is the best solution to this problem
Practice: the fourth paragraph
Imagine that you are doing a project on the sources of information teenagers in
Zetland prefer using. You have found some data on the subject — the results of
the opinion polls (see the table below).
Comment on the data in the table and give your opinion on the subject of the
project.

— outline a problem that can arise with ways of getting information and suggest a
way of solving it;
 
Sources of information Number of teenagers (%)
Web browsers 38
Peers 26
Family 17
Television 13
Periodicals 6
Practice: the fourth paragraph
Imagine that you are doing a project on the jobs most popular with
young people in Zetland. You have found some data on the subject —
the results of the opinion polls (see the diagram below). Comment on
the data in the diagram and give your opinion on the subject of the
project.
outline a problem that can arise with choosing jobs and suggest a way
of solving it
 5 параграф
• какую роль тема играет в нашей жизни
• причина (почему?)

Overall, I strongly believe that smartphones play a crucial role in our life
(мнение) as we use them daily to work, study, entertain ourselves, and
communicate with others. (пояснение)
 Клише:
In conclusion, I believe that … is important/crucial in our life because …
Overall, I think that … play an important/crucial role in our life as …
To conclude, I believe that … has a huge impact on our lives because …
Practice: the fifth paragraph
Imagine that you are doing a project on what teenagers in Zetland think about
school uniform. You have found some data on the subject — the results of the
opinion polls (see the table below).
Comment on the data in the table and give your opinion on the subject of the
project.

— outline a problem that can arise with wearing school uniform and suggest a way
of solving it;
— conclude by giving your opinion on the role of school uniform for students.
Opinions about school uniform Number of teenagers (%)
 
Enjoying to wear it 40
Having to wear it 24
Feeling no concern in wearing it 14
Feeling discomfort wearing it 13
Regarding it as outdated 9
Practice: the fifth paragraph
Imagine that you are doing a project on why online shopping is popular in
Zetland. You have found some data on the subject — the results of the
opinion polls (see the diagram below). Comment on the data in the
diagram and give your opinion on the subject of the project.
— outline a problem that can arise with online shopping and suggest a way
of solving it;
— conclude by giving your opinion on the role of online shopping in our
life.
Practice: the essay
 Imagine that you are doing a project on what motivates people in Zetland to do volunteering. You have found
some data on the subject — the results of the opinion polls (see the table below).
Comment on the data in the table and give your opinion on the subject of the project.
 
 
Write 200−250 words.
Use the following plan:
— make an opening statement on the subject of the project;
— select and report 2−3 facts;
— make 1−2 comparisons where relevant;
— outline a problem that can arise with volunteer work and suggest a way of solving it;
— conclude by giving your opinion on the importance of volunteering for society.

Motives Number of volunteers (%)

Helping others 45
Gaining knowledge and developing new skills 23
Socializing 13
Building confidence and self-esteem 11
Broadening experience 8
Practice: the essay
Imagine that you are doing a project on what problems large cities in Zetland face. You have found some data on the
subject — the results of the opinion polls (see the diagram below).
Comment on the data in the diagram and give your opinion on the subject of the project.
Write 200−250 words.
Use the following plan:
— make an opening statement on the subject of the project;
— select and report 2−3 facts;
— make 1−2 comparisons where relevant;
— outline a problem that can arise with life in large cities for teens and suggest a way of solving it;
— conclude by giving your opinion on the disadvantages of living in large cities.