Most popular leisure activities London, December 2008 Percentage of people who
did this activity in the month
of December
Sport/fitness activities: 62%
Play a team sport: 54%
Listen to music: 53%
Read: 46%
Use a computer/internet: 38%
Travelling: 23%
Socializing: 20%
Shopping: 10%
Eating out: 8%
Play music: 2%
In order to write a good Task 1
answer, you will need a wide range of lan g u ag e
to help you
to rank and order information given in charts and tables. Exam skills 2: Ranking information 1 Look at the table on the left. How could you rank these activities, starting with sp o rt/fitn ess activities ? Discuss w ith a partner and note some useful language. Example: Sp
o r\ w a s -fti& m ost popular l&isi
/r& activity.
2 Complete the gaps in the list below using the words in the box. list list one place place • In first/second/last 1 .................. is/was ... • Top/Bottom of the 2 ...................was ... • The number-3 ...................activity is/was ... • ... was ranked second with ... • First/Last on the 4 ...................was ... • ... headed the list with ... • Ranked in third 5 ...................was ... • The most / second most / next most / least popular is/was ... • Next cam e... • This was followed by ... 3 W rite a short paragraph ab ou t th e information in th e table in Exercise 1 using th e language in Exercise 2. Com pare with a partner.
