Reading: A Graph and Written Commentary
Reading a graph and written commentary is a B2 data-and-text integration reading skill worksheet. The text combines a chart or graph (line, bar, pie) with a written commentary that interprets the data — identifying main trends, highlighting key data points, projecting future directions, and offering possible explanations. Learners read across image and text, evaluate whether the commentary matches the graph, and identify the analytical structure.
This worksheet builds B2 data-and-text integration reading skill.
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What’s inside:
- A B2 graph with accompanying written commentary (~500 words)
- Pre-reading vocabulary box with data and commentary terms
- Comprehension items: graph-data extraction, commentary-graph matching, trend-analysis
- Vocabulary-in-context: data-commentary vocabulary
- Writing follow-up: write a short commentary on a separate graph
- Full Answer Key plus Teacher Notes
Common challenges: Data-and-text integration requires checking the commentary against the graph data — is the writer accurately representing what the data shows? Data verbs: rise, climb, soar, fall, plummet, plateau, fluctuate. Adverbs of degree: slightly, sharply, dramatically, considerably. Distinguishing trend description from interpretation.
For: Adult and teenage learners (14+) at CEFR B2, in upper-intermediate classes, 1:1 lessons, or self-study. Maps onto Cambridge B2 First (FCE), C1 Advanced (CAE), and IELTS Academic Reading. Part of the Practical Reading Skills collection — the natural next step is An Infographic: Global Energy Use, which provides parallel data-and-visual practice.
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