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Synonym: catalog, chart, delay, index, list, postpone, put off, schedule, shelve. Similar words: tableau, suitable, vegetable, on the table, tablespoon, inevitable, acceptable, uncomfortable. Meaning: [‘teɪbl]  n. 1. a set of data arranged in rows and columns 2. a piece of furniture having a smooth flat top that is usually supported by one or more vertical legs 3. a piece of furniture with tableware for a meal laid out on it 4. flat tableland with steep edges 5. a company of people assembled at a table for a meal or game 6. food or meals in general. v. hold back to a later time. 

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1. A table friend is a variable friend. 

2. Table friendship soon changes.

3. She dabbed her mouth with her table napkin.

4. He laid the square table with a tablecloth.

5. He banged his fist loudly on the table.

6. She drummed her fingers impatiently on the table.

7. He set a vase of flowers on the table.

8. He looked longingly at the food on the table.

9. He loves to play table tennis.

10. The whole table heard what he said.

11. I upset the soup all over the table.

12. The lamp fell plonk on the table.

13. Leave your things on the table over there.

14. There is a lot of dust on this table.

15. Dave thumped the table in frustration .

16. A cat was beneath the table.

17. The results are reproduced in Table 2.

17. Sentencedict.com is a sentence dictionary, on which you can find good sentences for a large number of words.

18. Children must learn to behave at table.

19. His jokes amused the whole table.

20. The table is available in several different heights.

21. He used the stump as a table.

22. Uncle John winked at me across the table.

23. Table 3.1 summarizes the information given above.

24. He placed the money on the table.

25. He tipped the table over in front of him.

26. She set a tray down on the table.

27. The table creaked and groaned under the weight.

28. Put all the plates on the table.

29. Find level ground for the picnic table.

30. He laid the books down on the table.

More similar words: tableau, suitable, vegetable, on the table, tablespoon, inevitable, acceptable, uncomfortable, establish, able, inevitably, cable, unable, enable, be able to, establishment, disabled, bearable, variable, reliable, favorable, agreeable, comparable, available, establishment of, vulnerable, changeable, remarkable, sustainable, be available. 

Image of Tables and Figures | How to Reference Tables and Figures in TextTables and figures can add depth and clarity to your writing. But your readers may be confused or distracted if visual content suddenly appears in your document without an explanation. Avoid surprising your readers by following these five guidelines for how to reference tables and figures in text.

Before we begin, let’s define tables and figures.

What Are Tables and Figures?

The definition of tables is quite narrow: tables are collections of data arranged in rows and columns.

But figures have a much broader scope. In fact, figures can be any of the following:

  • photos
  • illustrations (e.g., line drawings, sketches, diagrams)
  • artwork (e.g., copies of paintings, etchings, woodcuts)
  • charts and graphs (e.g., pie charts, bar graphs, scatter plots)
  • samples of written music
  • maps*

*Some publishers don’t use the term figure for maps.1

Now let’s look at the guidelines for referencing tables and figures in text.

1. Refer to Tables and Figures before They Appear in Your Document

Traditionally, tables and figures should be mentioned in a sentence before they appear in the document. This first reference is important because it helps your readers understand the connection between the tables and figures with the rest of the text.

You can also refer to tables and figures again after they appear in the document, if necessary.

2. Consult Your Style Guide before Capitalizing the Words Table and Figure

The words table and figure are always capitalized in figure captions and table titles. However, our primary style guides conflict on when we should capitalize table and figure in references within sentences.

The Chicago Manual of Style (Chicago Style) and the Modern Language Association’s MLA Handbook (MLA style) recommend lowercasing the words table and figure within in-sentence references (unless those words appear at the start of a sentence, of course).2

As shown in figure 12, widget sales have increased by 500% over the last five years.

Conversely, the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (APA style) and the American Medical Association’s AMA Manual of Style (AMA style) recommend capitalizing the words table and figure in references within sentences.3

BigCorp’s products are listed in Table 5 along with pricing, accessories, and delivery options.

If you don’t adhere to a specific guide, choose the style that is most common in your industry or the style you believe will best serve your readers.

3. Include Parenthetical References within Sentences

Parenthetical references to figures and tables should be placed within the related sentence, not as a standalone sentence within parentheses.

Attach the metal legs to the underside of the tabletop (see figure 8) .

The boarding facility records each pet’s favorite foods and toys (see table 10) as well as illnesses and medications (see table 11).

Capitalization of the words table and figure within parenthetical references will depend on your style guide, as explained in section 2 above.

4. Use Numerals for Table and Figure Numbers

The identification numbers for tables and figures (e.g., table 2, figure 14) should be written as numerals within sentences even if your style guide normally recommends spelling out that number because it falls below ten or 100.

Number sequencing is separate for tables and figures, so you can have a table 1 and a figure 1.

5. Use Caution When Abbreviating the Word Figure

The guidelines vary for abbreviating the word figure as fig., so proceed carefully if you want to use the abbreviation.

The Chicago Manual of Style (Chicago style) says that the abbreviation fig. can be used—but only in parenthetical references.4

The artist’s focus shifted perspective in the 1930s (see fig. 5).

The Modern Language Association’s MLA Handbook (MLA style) prefers the abbreviation fig. in all instances.5 Note that MLA style favors parenthetical references over those integrated directly into sentences (e.g., “As shown in fig. 44, polydactyl cats have six toes”).6

Scientists have discovered a new plant species in the Midwest (see fig. 7).

The Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (APA style) and the AMA Manual of Style (AMA style) both appear to be silent on the issue of abbreviating the word figure, so you can safely assume that you should spell out—and capitalize—the word figure in all references if you follow either of those guides.7

Insert the wooden dowel into part B (see Figure 23).

If you aren’t sure which style guide to follow, I always suggest Chicago style for general writing and business writing. You can learn more about the differences between our primary style guides in my blog post “Which Style Guide Is Best for You?”

Regardless of which guideline you prefer for referencing tables and figures, be sure to maintain a consistent style throughout your document.

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References

  1. The Chicago Manual of Style, 17th ed. (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2017), 3.5.
  2. “Tables and Illustrations,” Formatting a Research Paper, The MLA Style Center, accessed March 5, 2019, https://style.mla.org/formatting-papers/#tablesandillustrations; The Chicago Manual of Style, 17th ed. (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2017), 3.9, 3.50.
  3. AMA Manual of Style, 10th ed. (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007), 378; Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 7th ed. (Washington, DC: American Psychological Association, 2020), 7.5.
  4. The Chicago Manual of Style, 17th ed. (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2017), 3.9.
  5. Sample Papers in MLA Style, accessed March 5, 2019, https://style.mla.org/sample-papers/. See the second example paper titled “Second-year course in African American Studies”; “Tables and Illustrations,” Formatting a Research Paper, The MLA Style Center, accessed March 5, 2019, https://style.mla.org/formatting-papers/#tablesandillustrations.
  6. “MLA Tables, Figures, and Examples,” Purdue Online Writing Lab, accessed March 5, 2019, http://bit.ly/2FNG1AB.
  7. AMA Manual of Style, 10th ed. (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007), 81–122; Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 7th ed. (Washington, DC: American Psychological Association, 2020), 7.5.

Use the word table in a sentence. The sentences below are ordered by length from shorter and easier to longer and more complex. They use table in a sentence, providing visitors a sentence for table.

  • He keeps a capital table. (10)
  • Shelton pushed his table back. (8)
  • We sat down at a little table. (8)
  • He drank, and thumped the table. (10)
  • The table again went at Hippias. (10)
  • I must have that man at my table. (10)
  • Mrs. Jones will spread you a table. (10)
  • Witnesses are called about the table. (10)
  • I remember that as I sat at that table. (9)
  • And he had laid the knife on the table. (12)
  • We want an extra good table, this morning. (9)
  • Then there was a gradual rising from table. (10)
  • Most of the people one has at a table are drums. (10)
  • She got a vase for them, and set it on the table. (9)
  • They know the meaning of the multiplication table. (22)
  • On her table at home lay, a letter from Mr. Warwick. (10)
  • He had gone through a training for a plentiful table. (10)
  • Placing the knife on the table, she turned round to Gyp. (8)
  • Their heads were close together across the little table. (8)
  • All his money, she heard, was down on the railway table. (10)
  • He made a sign for the miniature to be left on the table. (10)
  • He bows his head and leans dejectedly silent over the table. (8)
  • John took from a small table by the bed a still smaller bottle. (8)
  • It surprised him to meet Mr. Redworth at the table of his host. (10)
  • She went back to her table, where Kenby came and sat down by her. (9)
  • She leans her bare elbows on the table, and her face on her hands. (8)
  • Mr. Darcy was almost as far from her as the table could divide them. (4)
  • On a little table close by is a reading-lamp with a dark green shade. (8)
  • Two young Frenchmen, talking loudly, sat down at the adjoining table. (8)
  • Gregory came back to the table, and again buried his head in his hands. (8)
  • Putting it down, he goes towards the table behind the screen, and sees. (8)
  • His landlady had used her discretion, and there was toast on the table. (10)
  • The squire hastily seized a scrap of paper on the table and wrote on it. (10)
  • Going back blindly to his table, sits down, and stares blankly at his lunch. (8)
  • The tea-things were still on a table at one end, but every one had finished. (8)
  • From time to time Niels Heinrich threw a couple of gold pieces on the table. (12)
  • His glance had been resting on the table, which was covered with many books. (12)
  • On the thick, soft carpet round the table the butler and second footman moved. (8)
  • A damask cover was on the table, and the floor was bare and scrupulously white. (18)
  • Arnold read them and excused himself from the table without a sign of excitement. (18)
  • Many a table, too, groaned under blows from the clinched fist of some excited reveller. (5)
  • Looks were cast from the French section of the table at the owner of the prodigious organ. (10)
  • At dinner, old Heythorp always sat at one end of the rosewood table and his daughter at the other. (8)
  • He threw the money to pay his reckoning on the table, and pulled the simpleton out into the street. (12)
  • Elizabeth thanked him from her heart, and then walked towards the table where a few books were lying. (4)
  • She looks round her, smiles, sighs; goes swiftly to the door, closes it, and comes back to the table. (8)
  • The military enjoyed the monopoly of a table next the rail dividing the dancing from the dining space. (9)
  • He cast a fluttering fifty and a fluttering five on the table, and pushed paper to the man for a receipt. (10)
  • He cast a fluttering fifty and a fluttering five on the table, and pushed paper to the man for a receipt. (22)
  • Even the talk of the forthcoming Elections, hardly to be avoided at his table, seemed a puerile distraction. (10)
  • She left the table before Master Gammon had finished, and went out of the house to look about for her uncle. (22)
  • I have that dish of ham for an ornament on the sideboard, but Betty had to place it on the table this evening. (18)
  • Not one man at that table, as he reflected, would consider the bond which held him in any serious degree binding. (10)
  • Not one man at that table, as he reflected, would consider the bond which held him in any serious degree binding. (22)
  • One little table behind a screen, and one little table in the open, are set for two persons each. (8)
  • The architect caught toward him a scrap of paper lying on the table at which they were sitting and sketched his idea. (9)
  • Alma sat looking at her piquant head, black, unconsciously outlined against the lamp, as she sat working by the table. (9)
  • At this table James Greydon used to entertain his intimates, and he loved to sit and discourse upon topics of the day. (18)
  • Mr. Wickham did not play at whist, and with ready delight was he received at the other table between Elizabeth and Lydia. (4)
  • On the most trifling matter his eyes kindled, his fist visited the table, and his voice rolled abroad in changeful thunder. (2)
  • Miltoun placed his elbow on the table, and leaning his chin on his hand, regarded the champion of lost causes without speaking. (8)
  • She thumped it on the table, ruffling and making that pretence at the controlling of her bosom which precedes a feminine storm. (22)
  • A small table with a gold-coloured cloth occupies the very centre of the room, which has a polished parquet floor and high white walls. (8)
  • Below them, with his face toward the public, was placed a gray-bearded man at a table also covered with green baize, that emblem of authority. (8)
  • Peeping through the window, she could just see a woman dressed in green, evidently Mrs. Wagge, seated at a table, crying into her handkerchief. (8)
  • Here, seated at a table in the very centre, as if he thereby better controlled his universe, a pug-featured gentleman, without a beard, was writing. (8)
  • Bowing over wine with the Duke, she tried another theme, while still, like a pertinacious cracker, the Great Mel kept banging up and down the table. (10)

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A. If a word or phrase in bold is correct, put a tick (✓). If it is incorrect, rewrite it correctly on the line.

1   Can you to speak French?   …………………………..

2   I’ll can give you a hand tomorrow morning, if you like.   …………………………..

3   I’ll can take my driving test after a few more lessons.   …………………………..

4   Jack can play the guitar before he learnt to talk!   …………………………..

5   If only I can afford to buy that top!   …………………………..

6   We can have gone up the Eiffel Tower while we were in Paris, but we decided to go to the Louvre instead.   …………………………..

 I could get a more expensive computer, but it didn’t seem worth it.   …………………………..

 I wish I could get out of the maths test tomorrow!   …………………………..

 I bet you’d love to be can to get satellite TV.   …………………………..

10   You’d better tell the coach if you can’t playing on Saturday.   …………………………..

Answer

1 speak   2 ✓   3 be able to

4 could/was able to

5 could/was able to

6 could   7 have got   8

9 able   10 play

B. Circle the correct word or phrase. If both options are correct, circle both.

1   Hello. Could / Can I speak to Mrs Johnson, please?

2   We could / were allowed to go home early yesterday because our teacher was ill.

3   The head teacher said we could / were allowed to go home.

4   Do you think I should / could be worried about these spots on my forehead?

5   You ought to / should enter that talent contest!

6   You couldn’t / shouldn’t talk to people like that! It’s rude!

7   Alan should write / have written two essays in the exam yesterday, not one!

8   No, you may / should not go out tonight. You know you’re grounded!

9   Diana should have waited / been waiting for me at the corner. I wonder where she went.

10   What were you doing in the park? You ought to have done / been doing your homework then!

11   Yes, of course you can / are able to open the window if you’re too hot!

Answer

1 Could/Can   2 were allowed to

3 could/were allowed to   4 should

5 ought to/should   6 shouldn’t

7 have written   8 may

9 waited/been waiting

10 been doing   11 can

C. Write a form of must, have to, need or need to in each gap to complete the sentences. If more than one possibility is correct, write all possibilities.

 Oh, I ………………………… remember to get some potatoes on the way home tonight.

 Jason ………………………… see the headmaster during the next break. I wonder what it’s about?

 We ………………………… light lots of candles during the power cut two nights ago.

 I’ll ………………………… start doing my Christmas cards soon. It’s nearly December.

 Carl, you ………………………… run into the street like that without looking first. It’s dangerous!

 People with solar-powered cars ………………………… worry about the price of petrol.

 I wouldn’t like to ………………………… get up at five o’clock every morning.

 We ………………………… do any washing-up after the picnic because we’d used disposable plates and cutlery.

9   Do professional musicians ………………………… practise every day?

10   I ………………………… have bothered cooking all that food; they’d eaten before they arrived.

Answer

1 must/(will) have/need to   2 has/needs to

3 had/needed to   4 have/need to   5 mustn’t

6 don’t/won’t have/need to   7 have to

8 didn’t have/need to   9 have/need to

10 needn’t

D. Complete each second sentence using the word given, so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence. Write between two and five words in each gap.

 His lights are on so I’m pretty sure Dan is at home.   as

     Dan ………………………………………… his lights are on.

 Susie’s car’s not here so she’s almost certainly taking Dobber to the vet.   be

     Susie ………………………………………… Dobber to the vet since her car’s not here.

 There’s no way that boy’s Simon. He’s much taller!   boy

      That ………………………………………… Simon. He’s much taller!

 I’m certain the Winners don’t think we’re coming tonight; we arranged it for next Tuesday.   expecting

     The Winners ………………………………………… tonight; we arranged it for next Tuesday.

5   I bet you were exhausted after such a long journey!   have

      You ………………………………………… exhausted after such a long journey!

6   The only explanation is that Evan was on the phone to someone in Australia!   talking

      Evan ………………………………………… on the phones to someone in Australia!

7   There’s no way Casey won the disco dancing competition – he’s got two left feet!   have

     Casey ………………………………………… the disco dancing competition – he’s got two left feet!

8   I don’t believe Helen’s been trying to call us all day. The phone hasn’t rung once.   been

     Helen ………………………………………… to call us all day. The phone hasn’t rung once.

Answer

1   must be at home as

2   must be taking

3   boy can’t/couldn’t be

4   can’t/couldn’t be expecting us

5   must have been

6   must have been talking

7   can’t/couldn’t have won

8   can’t/couldn’t have been trying

E. Use the words in the box only once to complete the sentences in Table A. The meaning of the sentences in Table B will help you.

able • cannot • could • had • have • might • must

needn’t • mustn’t • ought • should • will

Table A

Table B

1   I ……………… have left my bag on the bus.

expressing certainly

2   In a few months, I’ll be ……………… to buy a car.

expressing future ability

3   I ……………… drive when I was thirteen years old!

expressing past ability

4   No, you ……………… have any more pocket money!

refusing a request

5   I think you ……………… consider a career in the armed forces.

giving advice

6   I ……………… forget to phone Julie tonight!

expressing personal obligation

7   I ……………… to have a filling at the dentist’s.

expressing external obligation in the past

8   You don’t ……………… to do Exercise D for homework.

expressing a lack of obligation

9   You ……………… have to work a lot harder if you want to get a good report.

expressing future obligation

10   They ……………… to arrive at about 8.

expressing probability

11   Sean ……………… have got stuck in traffic.

expressing possibility

12   I ……………… have worried so much about Jan’s present. She loved it!

expressing a lack of past obligation

Answer

1 must   2 able   3 could   4 cannot

5 should   6 mustn’t   7 had   8 have

9 will   10 ought   11 might   12 needn’t

F. Circle the correct answer.

1   …………… I have a look at those shoes in the window, please?

      A   Must     B   Would

      C   Should     D   Could

2   We …………… pay for the tickets as Josie won them in a competition.

      A   mustn’t     B   didn’t have to

      C   couldn’t     D   hadn’t to

3   You really …………… make such a mountain out of a molehill!

      A   can’t     B   won’t

      C   mightn’t     D   shouldn’t

4   You won’t …………… to connect to the Internet once you’ve got broadband as you’re online twenty-four hours a day.

      A   need      must

      C   ought      able

 I hope we …………… find the cinema easily.

      A   could      may

      C   might      can

 We couldn’t find a hotel room so we …………… sleep in the car. It was awful!

      A   must      should

      C   had to      could

 We’d love to …………… afford to go on a round-the-world cruise.

      A   can      be able to

      C   will have to      have to

8   Fiona can’t …………… about the meeting. I reminded her this morning!

      A   forget     B   be forgetting

      C   have forgotten

      D   have been forgetting

9   She could …………… in the garage when we came round, which would explain why she didn’t hear the bell.

      A   work     B   be working

      C   have worked     D   have been working

10   You’ll …………… tell the police that your house was broken into.

      A   have to     B   must

      C   had to     D   should

Answer

1 D   2 B   3 D   4 A   5 D   6 C   7 B   8 C   9 D   10 A

G. Write a modal or semi-modal in each gap to replace the phrase in brackets. Add any other words you need.

1   Bruce ………………………… (is able to) finish most crosswords in under ten minutes.

2   Charlotte didn’t get to the Craig David concert because she ………………………… (wasn’t able to) get tickets.

3   I ………………………… (had the opportunity to go) to Oxford but I decided to go to a more modern university.

 You ………………………… (were wrong to tell) Angus. You know he can’t keep a secret!

 If you have a cashpoint card, you ………………………… (are not forced to) go into the bank to get money from your account.

6   We ………………………… (were made to) apologise to the police for wasting their time.

7   That ………………………… (almost definitely wasn’t) the last can of soda in the fridge. I bought loads this morning!

8   ………………………… (Were you obliged to) talk about two photographs during the interview?

9   Children ………………………… (are not allowed to) be left unattended.

10   The weather ………………………… (will probably) be good tomorrow.

Answer

1 can   2 couldn’t   3 could have gone

4 ought not to/shouldn’t have told

5 don’t have/need to   6 had to

7 can’t/couldn’t have been

8 Did you have to

9 mustn’t/must not

10 ought to/should

H. Choose the correct answer.

Choosing a gym

Choosing to go to a gym regularly (1) …………… change your life for the better. Don’t let it be a decision you regret!

Good gyms have a lot to offer. They (2) …………… provide exercise equipment that is just too expensive to buy and their trained staff are (3) …………… to provide quality health and fitness advice. But if you’re planning to join a gym, you (4) …………… definitely ask to look round before you become a member. There are a number of things to bear in mind before choosing which gym to join.

Before the law changed a few years ago, anyone (5) …………… set up a gym and even today gyms (6) …………… employ trained fitness instructors. Find out what qualifications the staff have. If they’re untrained, it’s best to go elsewhere.

You (7) …………… be put off by the gym’s hard sell. Just because they want you to sign up – they want your money, after all – that doesn’t mean you (8) …………… decide there and then. See a few gyms before you make your final decision.

Ask yourself: What kind of equipment and facilities do they have? There’s little point joining a gym and then thinking a few months later, ‘I (9) …………… have chosen a gym with a pool.’ Do you (10) …………… book equipment in advance, or can you just turn up and use it? How busy does the gym get? It (11) …………… be very pleasant turning up to find there’s no room in the changing room and there’s a huge queue for each piece of equipment. It (12) …………… also be a good idea to talk to people who already go to that gym to find out their opinion.

1   A must   B would   C should   D will have to

2   A can   B could   C would   D must

3   A made   B forced   C allowed   D able

4   A should   B would   C might   D will

5   A can   B could   C might   D may

6   A mustn’t   B don’t have to   C can’t   D shouldn’t

7   A mustn’t   B couldn’t   C won’t   D mightn’t

8   A can’t   B can   C would   D have to

9   A ought to   B must   C have to   D can’t

10   A able   B must   C have to   D allowed

11   A won’t have to   B doesn’t have to   C mustn’t   D won’t

12   A must   B might   C has to   D ought to

Answer

1 C   2 A   3 D   4 A   5 B   6 B

7 A   8 D   9 A   10 C   11 D   12 B

I. Write one word in each gap.

When I broke my arm a week ago, I guess it (1) …………… to have hurt. But it didn’t! We were doing PE at school, and we were making a pyramid. We (2) …………… to stand on each other’s shoulders. I was right at the top. We (3) …………… have been doing it properly because suddenly the pyramid collapsed and we all fell. I landed on my arm.

Mr Jenkins (4) …………… have known immediately that I’d broken my arm because he sent someone to call an ambulance. ‘Sit still, and don’t move your arm at all until the ambulance comes,’ he said. I (5) …………… still remember the feeling – my arm was numb, and looked very strange, but there was no pain at all. I remember thinking: ‘It (6) …………… be broken. If it was broken, I’d be in agony.’ I suppose not feeling any pain (7) …………… have been because I was in shock.

The plaster (8) …………… come off in about three weeks but it (9) …………… have to stay on longer. It depends on whether the break has healed properly or not. The next three weeks may (10) …………… be the best three weeks of my life – no basketball, no playing in the playground, no swimming – but I’m counting my blessings. It (11) …………… have been a lot worse!

Answer

1 ought   2 had   3 can’t/couldn’t

4 must   5 can   6 can’t

7 may/might/could/must

8 should/could/may/might

9 could/may/might

10 not   11 could/might

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