Pre writing
1. Check the task carefully and make a point what you write about
2. Decide what type of graph is and what you are going to write such as comparison with two or more each other or describe only single ways each
3. .Divide areas to describe or compare – check the name of Y axis and X axis
4. Decide tense
5. Check the details in division areas and decide what way or structure you use for the area.
6. Choose Guide phrases
7. Decide introduction point and Conclusion point [ should be related together]
Overall Practices
The graph below shows the monthly profits of 2 English companies in the Ice Cream retail industry for the 1995. Write a report for a university lecturer comparing the performance of A and B for the period given.. You should write at least 150 words.
Pre-Writing
1. monthly profits of A and B English Ice Cream companies’ profit in 1995
2. write every quarter so 4 divisions
3. Y axis – profit/ X axis – month
4. present perfect – introduction and conclusion / past and present perfect - body
5. both companies profits are peaked during summer season
Introduction = Summary = basically present tense
1. Title = Opening guide phrase + the trend of Y axis name + period
2. Graph= X axis + Y axis relationship on graph
3. Trend= not specific details
Body = past tense or present perfect = Describe all Graph or chart’s details
1. Logical guide phrase between paragraph and paragraph,
2. Use specific adverbs such as approximately, about, nearly, roughly, about
3. Various sentence structures – start with real subject or fade subject or combine sentence structures
Conclusion = General statement of graph or chart show / please do not guess with your opinion / related with introduction topic
Useful sentence structures
1. The monthly profit increased by 10% from 10% to 20%..
2. They made twice the profit percentage in May than in March
3. The profit percentage doubled from March to May.
4. The percentage of profit increased three-fold from March to May.
[not with decrease]
5. There was little [hardly any ] change in the number from March to July.
6. The monthly profit peaked in December at 20 %
7. The situation reached a peak at 50% in December
8. Between 1980 and 1990 the figure fell a little
9. In 1980 the figure was just under 60%
10. Since 1980 it has increased slightly