How to describe a bar chart

How to describe a bar chart

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There are 5 steps to writing a good IELTS bar chart essay:

• 1) Analyse the question
• 2) Identify the main features
• 3) Write an introduction
• 4) Write an overview
• 5) Write the details paragraphs

Your essay should have 4 paragraphs:

• Paragraph 1 – Introduction
• Paragraph 2 – Overview
• Paragraph 3 – 1st main feature
• Paragraph 4 – 2nd main feature

How to write introduction

• There are three steps:
• Step l: Identify the main idea behind the graph or table. This will be the focus of your first sentence.
• Step 2: Consider the details of what is being shown -the units of measurement and the time frame - and decide how much you need to include.Steps 1 and 2 involve understanding the visual. This was discussed in Part 1.
• Step 3: Consider the language to use- the introductory expressions, the tenses of the verbs, the correct expression so f time and/or measurement etc.For Step 3 this section should help you.

Introductory expressions

• The graph / table shows / indicates / illustrates / reveals / represents
• It is clear from the graph / table
• It can be seen from the graph / table
• As the graph / table shows,
• As can be seen from the graph I table,
• As is shown by the graph / table,
• As is illustrated by the graph / table,
• From the graph / table it is clear

You should write introduction and overview

• You should write introduction and overview

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