Statistics+and+Graphs

**Talking about graphs and statistics not so easy but with a few phrases 'up your sleeve' it should become 'a piece of cake'.**


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**Movement** When describing a graph, you have to explain how well (or badly) your company has been doing. How do you say that something goes up quickly, doesn't move, goes up and down? Click **here** to access the list. How about adding to it yourself too so that we have a great source of vocabulary?

**Generalisations** **Hardly anybody can/is able to** name the levels of all three exams. ||
 * **Hardly anybody go es** abroad on holiday.
 * **Everybody has got** at least one brother or sister. ||
 * **Nobody is** single. ||
 * **We have all got** a job. ||
 * **Half of the clas****s** know **s** three business words beginning with "C". ||
 * **All of us like** chocolate. ||
 * **Nobody can/is able to** play a musical instrument. ||
 * **Nearly / Almost everybody has** ... . ||
 * **Approximately** **50% have** ... . ||
 * **Everyone** in the class **has** a hobby. ||
 * ** Only one of us ** has got no internet provider. ||
 * ** Some **are disappointed about the technical support. ||
 * ** One person **is crestfallen about the provider's promises**.**
 * ~ crestfallen is a great word - well done for finding it!** ||
 * ** Most people ** are charged monthly for the broadband connection. ||
 * ** Nobody **has got a dial-up connection. ||
 * The overall opinion of ** all people **is not very positive. ||


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