188 WRITING COACH Inputs for reports may vary As reports are based on facts and research, they often begin with information that the writer has come across or gathered through (online) surveys. This information is usually presented in the form of charts or graphs. Look at some examples of possible inputs and the language that can help you describe them. Example 1: 20 students – one answer per student 9 students: Sports Club 7 students: Games Club 3 students: Music Club 1 student: Debate Club 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Chart for example 1 20 students – one answer per student Sports Club (9 answers) Games Club (7 answers) Music Club (3 answers) Debate Club (1 answers) Only a small group … Only a few students … A minority … Hardly anybody … Just one student … Around one third of students … A bit more than one third … Most of my classmates … Almost half of the students … The majority of students … Example 2: 25 students – multiple answers possible Sports Club (21 answers) Games Club (18 answers) Music Club (7 answers) Debate Club (4 answers) Chart for example 2 25 students – multiple answers possible Sports Club (21 answers) Games Club (18 answers) Music Club (7 answers) Debate Club (4 answers) 0% 20% 10% 40% 30% 60% 50% 84% 72% 28% 16% 80% 90% 70% 100% The vast majority … Most of my classmates … Around two thirds of the votes went to … That’s a little less than the amount … received. Hardly anybody … A small minority … Less than one fifth … A bit more than a quarter … Less than a third … A minority of students … Only a few of my classmates … Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv
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