3C little, less; few, fewer 1 Online and in-store shopping


Look at the bar chart. Answer the questions.


a What does the bar chart show? b How many countries does it compare? c What do the bars represent?


450 400 350 300 250 200


100 150


50 0


In store


Turkey China Russia Japan France Brazil USA Online


Countries 2 In pairs. Are the statements about the bar chart true or false? Correct any false statements.


a In all the countries, people spend more time shopping in stores than on the internet. b Fewer Turkish consumers spend time shopping online than in stores. c In Russia, consumers spend the same amount of time shopping online as in stores. d Brazilians spend a lot less time shopping online than French people do. e Online shopping is more popular in Japan than in China. f Compared to all the other countries, Americans spend a lot less time shopping online.


3 Underline the correct option to complete the sentences.


a Now I have children, I have less / fewer money for buying clothes. b Older consumers buy less / fewer items online than younger people. c There is less / fewer information about food than people want. d Fewer / Less consumers are happy to pay for things with a mobile phone.


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In groups of four. Pair A work with bar chart 1 on page 168. Pair B work with bar chart 2 on page 169. Answer the questions about your bar chart.


a What does the bar chart show? b How many countries/areas does it compare? c What do the two coloured bars represent?


FOCUS Writing Describing a bar chart


Organize your writing into three paragraphs: 1.


Introduction: Explain what the graph shows.


2. Description: Use little, less, few, fewer to describe the data in the graph.


3. Summary: Tell the reader what the most important or most interesting information in the graph is.


See page 59➝ 5 Write six statements about your bar chart. Include two or three mistakes with the information. 6 7 54


Swap your statements with the other pair. Find the mistakes in each other’s statements and correct them.


Write a short paragraph about your bar chart. Look at the information in the Focus Writing box and page 59 of this book to help you.


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