1) Introduction[dcs_box color=”#000000″ bcolor=”#F1F1F1″ bgcolor=”#7AFFB8″ bwidth=”1″ ] The graph / the (bar / pie / line ) chart / table shows / presents / provides information on / deals with… The topic / subject / theme of the graph / chart / table is… It is taken from / The source of the data is… The graph / chart / table was published by … The source… is very trustworthy / not trustworthy at all [/dcs_box] [dcs_box color=”#000000″ bcolor=”#F1F1F1″ bgcolor=”#7A88B8″ bwidth=”1″ ] 2) Description The horizontal / vertical axis shows.. The average figure for… is… The pie is subdivided into segments that represent … The chart covers a period of… The numbers for… are twice as high as those … A clear trend becomes obvious … The trend / development continues… There are a number of peaks and low points in the years… On the one hand… on the other hand… When we compare the data we can say that… The vast majority of… Over half of… [/dcs_box] [dcs_box color=”#000000″ bcolor=”#F1F1F1″ bgcolor=”#7AFFB8″ bwidth=”1″ ] Time month, quarter, year, decade, century, a thousand years (= a millennium), one million, a billion years; for three days, since Thursday [/dcs_box] [dcs_box color=”#000000″ bcolor=”#F1F1F1″ bgcolor=”#7A88B8″ bwidth=”1″ ] Fractions 1/2, ⅓, ⅔, ⅖ half a…, one third, two thirds, two fifths [/dcs_box] 2) Description [dcs_box color=”#000000″ bcolor=”#F1F1F1″ bgcolor=”#7AFFB8″ bwidth=”1″ ] ↗ UP? to increase / an increase to rise / a rise to grow / a growth to improve / an improvement to recover / a recovery to rocket / a rocket There is a dramatic increase in the number of… [/dcs_box] |
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↘Or down? to decrease /a decrease to fall / a fall to drop / a drop to deteriorate / a deterioration to slump / a slump The numbers drop / fall / … rapidly for three decades… [/dcs_box] [dcs_box color=”#000000″ bcolor=”#F1F1F1″ bgcolor=”#7AFFB8″ bwidth=”1″ ] Others to remain stable to reach a peak to fluctuate / a fluctuation to reach a low / high point How? Speed of change rapid / rapidly gradual / gradually slow / slowly How? Degree of change dramatic / dramatically moderate / moderately significant / significantly slight / slightly [/dcs_box] 3) Conclusion[dcs_box color=”#000000″ bcolor=”#F1F1F1″ bgcolor=”#7AFFB8″ bwidth=”1″ ] Summing up All in all, the statistics for … reveal / show/ … that… In general we can say… [/dcs_box] [dcs_box color=”#000000″ bcolor=”#F1F1F1″ bgcolor=”#7A88B8″ bwidth=”1″ ] Evaluation Judging by… / In my view… / To my mind… It seems likely / unlikely that the figures for … will (not) continue to … Against the background of …, the figures / results are (not) very surprising / revealing / enlightening … The data confirm / contradict / are (not) consistent with … [/dcs_box]
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