Page 12 - Spotlight A+ Form 4 & 5 English KSSM

Unit 1 Short Texts and Graphic Materials English
Sample 1: Line Graph
USEFUL Tips
Sales of Horizon and South Magazines, 202_
• Study the heading of UNIT
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the graph. 1
80 • Then look at the vertical
scale that indicates the value
70
or units.
60 Horizon • Next look at the horizontal
scale.
Sales (‘ooo copies) 50 • Then study the graph.
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Is there an increase or
40
decrease? What is the trend?
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Is it stable or fluctuating?
20 South • Observe the highest and
lowest values.
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J F M A M J J A S O N D Vocabulary
Month
• stable
Example steady; constant
• fluctuating
The graph shows that unstable; erratic
A sales of Horizon magazine have been declining. • drastic
B sales of South have been erratic. sharp or big drop/decrease
C sales of Horizon magazine more than double the sales • significant
of South. considerable
• negligible
Comment and Answer very little
Option A is not the answer because sales of ‘Horizon’ declined • majority
slightly between April and August but picked up again after a high proportion
September. Option B is not the answer because sales of ‘South’ have • minority
been increasing gradually. Option C is the right answer because a small percentage
sales of ‘Horizon’ are always more than twice the sales of ‘South’. • gradual
slow but steady
• insignificant
slight; negligible
Sample 2: Bar Graph • erratic
unsteady; unstable
Breakdown of Cases of Indiscipline in
SMK Kg. Baru, 202 • trend
general tendency or direction
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USEFUL Tips
70
60
Cases of Indiscipline 50 • Note the heading of
the graph.
• Look at the vertical scale
40
(Cases of indiscipline).
30
(Forms).
20 • Look at the horizontal scale
• Study the bars. Note the
10 forms with the highest and
0 lowest cases of indiscipline.
Form Form Form Form Form From • Compare the cases of
One Two Three Four Five Six indiscipline among the forms.
Forms

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