DESCRIBING GRAPHS AND CHARTS

Describing graphs and charts. https://academic-englishuk.com/describing-graphs/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3U1Y1jgGls http://ieltsliz.com/ielts-model-bar-chart-band-score-9/ https://ieltsliz.com/tag/bar-chart/ **Introduction** You need to describe in one sentence what this chart or diagram represents, paying attention to its title and not forgetting to mention the source. **Main Body** This part usually consists of 2-3 paragraphs, where each component of the chart or diagram is described in terms of trends. **Conclusion** After describing the main trends, you can move on to the conclusion by comparing the components and understanding the overall trends. You can see an example of chart description in English using the correct vocabulary and structure. The Microsoft share price began 2000 at just over $110. Over the next three months it fluctuated dramatically, falling as low as $90 before returning to original level. However, in March 2000 it suddenly plummeted, loosing over $40 by April. Although the speed of the fall slowed slightly, it continued down to $60 by May. A brief recovery took the prices back to $80, where it remained stable until July. It then started to decline steadily over the next three months falling as low as $50 by November. The year 2000 ended more encouragingly for Microsoft with shares back at the $70. However, 2001 started badly with shares dropping to a two-year low of $43 by the end of January. A reasonably quick recovery took shares back above $60 in February and further steady progress saw them back above $70 by May. Unfortunately, prices fell sharply again, back down to almost $50 by October. The shares recovered well over the last two months to finish at the $70 mark.