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Class 10 English — Writing an analytical paragraph

Turn a chart or a table into one paragraph that reports what it shows, without listing every figure on it.

Name: ________________________

  1. 1.Match each kind of change to the word that describes it.

    • a large rise
    • a small rise
    • a large fall
    • a small fall
    • no change at all
    • an up-and-down movement
    • soared
    • held steady
    • plunged
    • edged up
    • slipped
    • fluctuated

  2. 2.The chart shows how many readers used the village library each year from 2019 to 2023. Tap the bar for the first year in which the number fell.

    Write the number of the part.

    12345

  3. 3.Which sentence reports a trend rather than a single figure?

    • a) The number rose steadily until 2021 and then fell.
    • b) In 2021 the figure was ninety-five.
    • c) The chart has five bars on it.
    • d) There were sixty readers in 2022.

  4. 4.Which is the better sentence for an analytical paragraph?

    • a) The figure was forty, then seventy, then ninety-five, then sixty, then eighty-five.
    • b) The figure almost doubled in two years before falling back.
    • c) I like the year 2021 best of all.
    • d) The chart is about library readers.

  5. 5.Put the sentences of this analytical paragraph in the order they should come.

    • Overall, the library was busier at the end of the period than at the start.
    • Use rose sharply from 2019 to 2021, when it reached its highest point.
    • The bar chart shows the number of readers at the village library over five years.
    • It then dropped in 2022 before recovering a little in the following year.

  6. 6.Which verb form fits the sentence that introduces a chart: "The graph ____ the rainfall over five years"?

    • a) shows
    • b) showed
    • c) has been showing
    • d) will show

  7. 7.How should an analytical paragraph on a bar chart begin?

    • a) With a list of every figure on it
    • b) With a sentence saying what the chart shows
    • c) With the highest bar
    • d) With your own opinion of the figures

  8. 8.Which of these has no place in an analytical paragraph?

    • a) A word that names the shape of the change
    • b) A closing sentence about the overall pattern
    • c) A sentence naming the highest and the lowest points
    • d) Every single figure from the chart, one after another

Answer key — Class 10 English — Writing an analytical paragraph

  1. 1. a large rise → soared; a small rise → edged up; a large fall → plunged; a small fall → slipped; no change at all → held steady; an up-and-down movement → fluctuated
  2. 2. 4 — 2022
  3. 3. a) The number rose steadily until 2021 and then fell.
  4. 4. b) The figure almost doubled in two years before falling back.
  5. 5. 1. The bar chart shows the number of readers at the village library over five years. 2. Use rose sharply from 2019 to 2021, when it reached its highest point. 3. It then dropped in 2022 before recovering a little in the following year. 4. Overall, the library was busier at the end of the period than at the start.
  6. 6. a) shows
  7. 7. b) With a sentence saying what the chart shows
  8. 8. d) Every single figure from the chart, one after another