Similar phrases are Regarding, As fo r and With respect to.
When you use these linking phrases, you generally need to repeat the subject of the
sentence.
Regarding the income ofBem ies Buns, it started at £20,000 in 2000, and then ...
4 Rewrite these sentences using the linking phrases in brackets.
1 The income of Robbie’s Bakery began at just under £ 6 0 ,0 0 0 . (with respect to)
2 The amount of money which was earned by Bernie’s Buns in 2 0 0 0 was £ 2 0 ,0 0 0 .
(if we look at)
3 The earnings of Robbie’s Bakery remained stable during the first live years of the
graph, (asfor)
4 Income for Lovely Loaves fluctuated considerably between 2 0 0 0 and 2 0 0 5 .
(regarding)
5 Look back at the answer you w rote in Exercise 1 on page 79, and add some
linking phrases from Exercise 4 w here appropriate.
7 Graphs w ith a trend
Exam skills 1: Joining two changes together
In paragraphs 3 and 4, you need to join changes together into longer sentences.
Income remained stable between 2000 and 2004, and then there was a steady rise in the next
two years.
There are lots of ways you can join two ideas together in an interesting way.
1 Read this paragraph and underline all the linking words and phrases which mean
a n d then .
Income of Bernie’s Buns started at £ 2 0 ,0 0 0 in 2 0 0 0 , and after that there was a slight
rise to £ 2 3 ,0 0 0 in 2 0 0 1 . Following this, the figure fell slightly to £ 2 1 .0 0 0 in 2 0 0 2 ,
after which income rose sharply in 2 0 0 3 . At this point, the number levelled off until
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