Activity 4.5
Task: The following chart describes visitors to a theme park in the USA. over one year. It shows how long visitors from each region stayed and how much money they spent in the park.
True or false
Asian visitors didn't stay as long as North American visitors.
North American visitors spent as much money as Asian visitors.
Asian visitors didn't stay as long as North American visitors, but they spent more money.
European visitors stayed as long as North American visitors, and spent as much money.
European visitors stayed as long as North American visitors, but didn't spend as much money.
Visitors from South America stayed the longest and spent the least.
No other visitors stayed as long as South American visitors, and nor did they spend as little.
More language for comparing
To get a good mark in Task 1, you also need to say how big a difference is. For example:
At both stores, bananas are more expensive than apples, but at Farm Fresh they
are considerably more expensive (an extra $4 per kilo), while at Healthy Harvest
they are only slightly more expensive (an additional $1 per kilo).
For example:
Widget sales fell between 2007 and 2009, but gadget sales experienced a far
greater decrease in the same period.
The new shopping mall will have a much larger car park.
Between 2000 and 2010 economic growth showed a slightly sharper incline .
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