Before writing
Task 1: Work in pairs and answer the
questions:
1. What does the chart show?
2. Does it describe the past, the
present, or the future?
3. Which made up the largest
amount of consumption:
petroleum, coal, or nuclear and
hydroelectricity?
4. Which consumption ranked the
second?
5. Which made up the smallest
amount of consumption?


Fill in the gaps with the
information from the
The chart shows chart
the energy consumption

in Highland in 2000. As can be seen, the
solar energy consumption
117was (1) _____
million tons. Petroleum made up the
largest amount of this figure (57 million
tons).

the trends in energy consumption in
2005 from the chart:
The
chart
shows
the
energy
consumption in Highland in 2005. As
170 energy
can be seen, the total
consumption was _____ million tons.
Nuclear and hydroelectricity made up
the largest amount of this figure (75
million tons).petroleum
This was followed by
smallest
the consumption
of ________ (50
million tons). Coal made up the _____
amount of energy consumption (45


Work in pairs to answer the following
questions
1.Was the total energy consumption in
2005 higher or lower than it was in
2000?
- The total consumption in 2005 was
higher than it was in 2000.
2. How many tons was Nuclear and

higher than it was in 2000.
- 75 tons nuclear and hydroelectricity
was consumed in 2005. It was higher
than it was in 2000.
- The consumption of coal in 2005 was
lower than it was in 2000.
- Petroleum consumption in 2005 was
lower than it was in 2000.


After writing
The
chart
shows
the
energy
consumption in Highland in 2000 and
2005. As can be seen, the total energy
consumption in 2005 was 170 million tons.
So it was higher than it was in 2000 (117
million tons). In 2005, nuclear and
hydroelectricity made up the largest
amount of this figure (75 million tons). This
was followed by the consumption of
petroleum (50 million tons). Both of them
were higher than they were in 2000.
However, coal decreased the amount of
the energy consumption (from 57 million