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Useful phrases to describe a bar chart and a pie chart

1. Introduction
The bar
demonstrates

population

chart

unemployment

The pie
chart

the level () of
the amount () of
illustrates
the fraction () of
deals with ()
the ratio ['reu] () of ..;
gives information
the percentage [p'sent] (%)of
the number of ()
about
the quantity () of
represents
the size () of
()
the volume () of
shows () the height [hat] () of
the width [wt ]() of
presents data on
the length () of
( )
the degree () of
the scale () of
indicates
the extent (, )
()
of
reveals [r'vil]
the frequency () of
()
the duration () of
the distance () between
and
the (crime, sales, download,
migration, birth) rate ()
in (Russia, China, the UK)

2. Findings
Introductory expressions:
seen from the chart that
As the chart shows
the bar chart is that

It is clear from the chart that

Percentage
Decimal
[p'sent]
fractions or
Percent
Expressions
(%)
ratio
['reu]
age5
one in twenty
0-5%
almost
noin ten

10
one
5% 15 a very
small
number
less
than
a fifth
5-10%20 a small
number
one fifth
10-15%
a
minority
25
one quarter
15-20%
fewthan
(a little)
30 only aless
a third
20-25%
a
few
(a
little)
33
a third is
25-35%
a fewthan
(a little)
35 quite more
a
35-45%
quite third
a lot
was
45-50%
40 a lot two fifths
50% 45 a halfmore than
constitutes
two
50-65%
most
()
fifths
65-75%
the majority
50
a half
75-85%
the vast majority
composes
55
more than
a half
85-95%
almost all
60
three fifths
comprises
100%
all
65
two thirds
70
seven in ten
75
three quarters
80
four fifths

sales ()
consumption
()
production
()
income ()
expenditure
()
manufacture
()

It can be

The first thing you notice looking at

Contrasting:
much more
( )
far more (
)
substantially more
(
)
considerably more
(
)
more ()
slightly more
( )
fractionally more
(

in comparison to
( )
by contrast with
than

)
less ()
much less (
)
far less
considerably less
fractionally less
3. Conclusion All in all
All things considered ..
In conclusion
On the whole
In the final analysis

By and large
To sum up

Workplace fatality claims in oil and gas industry in the USA in


2008-2012

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