Model Answers from Extra Class Monday 15/9/2014

HOMEWORK: 6R1

WRITING Q1 – taken from actual MUET MID-YEAR 2009 question

Suggested answer for each section:

(A) Title: 
Annual Sales of Reading Materials in Southern Book Store

(B) Introduction/ Overview  :
The graphs show the annual sales of Southern Book Store between 2005 and 2007 and sales of four types of reading materials in 2007.

(C) Overall trend:
The trend shows that people seem to be reading more for leisure in 2007 than 2005 and 2006.

(D) Analysis & synthesis of data 
In 2005, sales remained constant at a low of 2000 copies
In 2006, sales fluctuated between 3500 and 5500 copies.
In 2007, there was a slight drop from January with 3000 copies to March with 2000 copies.
There was a steady rise in sales up to 8000 copies in August
and this remained constant until December.

Total sales for Southern Bookstore which is more than doubled in the second half of the year 2007 corresponds directly to the sale of Bestsellers which recorded the highest sales of 14000 copies in the second half of the year.
The sales of textbooks which increased steadily throughout the year also contributes to the increased sales of reading materials sold at Southern Bookstore in 2007.

(E) Conclusion:
Generally, bestsellers contributed significantly to the annual sales of Southern Book Store for 2007


Question 1

Annual Sales of Reading Materials in Southern Book Store

The graphs show the annual sales of Southern Book Store between 2005 and 2007 and sales of four types of reading materials in 2007. The trend shows that people seem to be reading more for leisure in 2007 than 2005 and 2006.
In 2005, sales remained constant at a low of 2000 copies but in 2006, sales fluctuated between 3500 and 5500 copies. In 2007, there was a slight drop from January with 3000 copies to March with 2000 copies. However, there was a steady rise in sales up to 8000 copies in August and this remained constant until December.
In the first quarter of 2007, the sales of reading materials were low. Bestsellers recorded the highest sales of 14000 copies in the second half of the year. Total sales for Southern Bookstore doubled in the second half. Magazines, however, recorded the lowest sales in 2007. The sales of textbooks increased steadily throughout the year. Sales of workbooks dropped in the second quarter of 2007, but maintained sales of 2000 copies for the rest of the year.

Generally, bestsellers contributed significantly to the annual sales of Southern Book Store for 2007, reflecting the increased interest in reading for leisure.

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6R4 – Writing task Q1 (given 11/9/2014)

Cases and Incidences of Malaria in Malaysia from 1990 to 2000
The bar graph shows the incidence rate and the number of Malaria cases as reported by Ministry Of Health from 1990-2000. The overall trend indicates that the number of reported cases and incidence rate of Malaria in Malaysia fluctuated from 1990 to 2000. The fluctuating pattern of the incidence rate followed that of the number of cases closely throughout the years.
The highest incidence rate was in 1990 at slightly above 30.0 while the highest number of cases were reported in 1994 and 1995 at 60,000. The fluctuation in the number of cases was not consistent. From 1990 to 1992, the drop in the number of reported cases was only gradual which were from 55,000 to slightly below 40,000 but from 1996 to 1998 there was a sharp decline from slightly above 50,000 to only about 15,000 cases. The most minimal number of cases and incidence rate of Malaria were found in 1999 at around 10,000 cases and 5.0 respectively.
The overall downward trend in the number of cases and incidence rate of Malaria is a positive outcome in the effort to curb its spread. This should be continued further until the disease is finally eradicated.
(196 words)





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