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Describing Graphs

https://academic-englishuk.com/describing-graphs/
Useful graph language: Description

The graph from (source) presents data on (title)…

The graph from (source) shows/ illustrates (title)…

If we look at this graph on (title) from (source) you can see…

The y axis (vertical) is… and the x axis (horizontal) is…

(Graph) These lines represent… (Bar) These Columns are… (Pie) These segments are…

(Table) These rows are…

Useful graph language: Analysis

Overall summary: Overall, there is / has been… / Generally, there is…

What you can see is… / From the graph we can see…

I’d like to focus your attention on…

If you look at this…, you’ll see / notice / understand

A key significant area is … / Two key significant areas are…

An important point is… / Two important points I’d like to illustrate are…

What is interesting here is…

An interesting observation is…

An analysis of the graph illustrates…

Looking at ….

Useful graph language: Evaluation

This seems to suggest that…

This is possibly because of…

This is (clearly) due to…

One reason for this could be…

An evaluation of this data suggests / provides evidence for / highlights…


To provide evidence to my previous point the graph highlights…

Overall, this highlights the significance of…

Therefore, this provides evidence that…

Describing graphs: using analysis and evaluation


 Language phrases to help describe the graph

The graph from (source) shows/ illustrates (title)…

The y-axis is… and the x-axis is…

Overall, GDP has remained… between…

I’d like to focus your attention on two key significant areas.

(Analysis) The first one is ………. (explain data)

(Evaluation) This is/was possibly because of ….

(Analysis) The second one is ……. (explain data)

(Evaluation) This is / was clearly due to …………

Overall, this graph highlights the evidence that…

A future prediction is that……

EXAMPLES:

https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/employmentandemployeetypes/timeseries
/lf24/lms

https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/crimeandjustice/bulletins/crimeinenglandandwales/ye
arendingseptember2018#overview-of-crime%20
Resourceful website with samples and practice . You have the answer keys

and suggestions to practice Academic English.

https://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/skills/writing/intermediat

e-b1/writing-about-pie-chart

https://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/skills/writing/advanced-c

1/describing-graph-trends-over-time

https://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/skills/writing/upper-inter

mediate-b2/writing-about-bar-chart

https://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/skills/writing/advanced-c

1/describing-bar-charts-about-reading-habits

https://www.english-exam.org/IELTS/Writing.html

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