Academic Writing for International Students of Business

7 Practice D

 The table below gives some data on two major British supermarket chains, Sainsbury’s
and Morrisons. Write a paragraph comparing them.

108 Part 2: Elements of Writing

There are wide (a) _______________ in the percentage of GDP spent on health by

different countries. The USA spends 14% of GDP, (b) _______________ times as

much as Bangladesh, and over five times (c) _______________ much as Indonesia.

South Africa (8.6%) spends (d) _______________ more (e) _______________ Denmark.

At the lower end, Madagascar only spends 2%, which is (f) _______________ as

much as Azerbaijan.

Annual

turnover

£m.

Profits

before

tax £m.

Employees Marketshare

Number of

supermarkets

Number of

convenience

stores

Sainsbury’s 26,353 898 157,000 16.8% 592 611

Morrisons 17,680 –176 130,000 12.2% 500 80

Country Health spending as %of GDP

USA 14

Switzerland 11

Canada 9.5

South Africa 8.6

Denmark 8.4

Bangladesh 3.5

Oman 3.0

Indonesia 2.4

Madagascar 2.0

Azerbaijan 0.9

6 Practice C

 The table shows the percentage of GDP spent on health in a range of countries.
Complete the gaps in the following paragraph (one word each).