How to present a graph

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Quite often there is a graph a table or a chart. Here we can learn to

  • understand
  • analyse and
  • interpret

these charts.

Type of charts

  • A flow chart is a diagram showing the progress of material through the steps of a manufacturing process or the succession of operations in a complex activity.
  • A pie chart displays the size of each part as a percentage of a whole.
  • A (vertical or horizontal) bar chart is used to compare different items.
  • A line chart shows changes over a period of time, showing data and trends.
  • A table is a convenient way to show a large amount of data in a small space.
  • A diagram is a drawing showing arrangements and situations, such as networks, distribution, fluctuation ...

Can you find the matching pairs?

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Presenting a Graph

Introduction Topic Circumstances
This graph shows … the results of our products … over 10 years.
The diagram outlines … the rates of economic growth … between 2020 and today.
This table lists … the top ten agencies … in the industrial world.
This pie chart represents… the company's turnover … for this year in our sector.
This line chart shows … the changes in sales … over the past year.
This chart breaks down … the sales of each salesman … during the past ten weeks.

Trends

⇗ Upward Movement

verbs

  • (to) go up
  • (to) extend, (to) expand
  • (to) grow
  • (to) increase
  • (to) raise
  • (to) rise (rose, risen)
  • (to) progress
  • (to) push/put/step up
  • (to) boom/soar/climb
  • (to) jump, (to) skyrocket
  • (to) reach a peak, (to) peak
  • (to) reach an all-time high

nouns:  

  • (an) extension, expansion
  • (an) increase
  • (a) growth
  • (a) raise (US), a rise (UK)

  • (a) progression

  • (an) upswing
  • (a) boom
  • (a) jump
  • (a) peak

⇘ Downward Movement

verbs

  • (to) go down
  • (to) cut
  • (to) decrease
  • (to) decline
  • (to) drop (off)
  • (to) fall (off) (fall, fell, fallen)
  • (to) reduce
  • (to) plunge, to plummet
  • (to) collapse
  • (to) slump, (to) go bust
  • (to) bottom out

nouns:

  • (a) cut
  • (a) decrease, (a) downswing
  • (a) decline
  • (a) drop
  • (a) fall
  • (a) plunge
  • (a) reduction
  • (a) collapse (dramatic fall)
  • (a) slump

⇒ No Movement

verbs

  • (to) keep ... stable
  • (to) remain stable
  • (to) hold ... constant
  • (to) stay constant
  • (to) stabilize
  • (to) stand at
  • (to) remain steady

nouns:

  • stability

⮍ CHANGE OF DIRECTION

verbs

  • (to) level off
  • (to) level off/out, to flatten out
  • (to) stop falling/rising
  • (to) stop rising and start falling

nouns:

  • (a) levelling-off
  • (a) change

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