1. Introduction

 The line/bar/pie chart(s)/table(s)

+ show(s) / exhibit(s) / give(s) information about / compare + how many ___ (the number of) / how much ___ (the amount of)

+ over a __-year period between ___ and ___ / between ___ and ___ / over ___ years / over the course of ___ years starting in ___. 

 
2. Overview [ Overall / From an overall perspective ] +

Major trend:

  •  there (be) an upward/increase trend in ____ /
    ____ see(s)/saw an upward/increase trend

 

  • there (be) a downward/decrease trend in ____/
    ____ see(s)/saw a downward/decrease trend

 

  • there (be) a fluctuant trend in ____ / ____ illustrate(s) a wave-like movement

 

Outstanding features:

  • Highest/lowest:
    _____ (be) the most/least popular /

         _____ experience(s/d) the highest/lowest figure.

 

  • Others:
    * The percentage/proportion/number/… of ____ +  in ___ + double(s/d) / (be) 3, 4, 5, … times higher/less than + the figure of that of ____
    (e.g. The number of tourists in New York was three times higher than that of Canada.)

    * A new category of ____ (be) shown / appear(s/ed) in the chart for (year).
3. Body 1 Case 1

(you should group the categories with the same OR contrastive trend in a body and the other is in another body)

 

 Case 2

(if no similar/contrastive categories are shown, describe each in turn)
Sentence 1 Looking at the details, the number/ratio/percentage… of ____ start(s/ed) / stand(s) / stood at ____ in (year),

and then rise(s/rose) / decline(s/d) to reach the highest/lowest point of ___ in (year).

 
Sentence 2 In (year), the figure dip(ped/s) / fall(fell) down significantly / soar(ed/s) / grew considerably to ____. 
Sentence 3 A similar/contrastive trend (be) recorded in _____ during the period, which goes(went) up / down by ___ from the (year) figure of ___.

(e.g. A similar trend was recorded in the number of tourists in Canada during the period, which went up by 5% from the 2005 figure of 15%.)		 On the other hand/Besides, _____ begin(s/began) at ____ in (year), after that it rise(s/rose) / reduce(s/d) noticeably/slightly in (year) at ____.

(e.g. On the other hand, LaGuardia began at 35m in 1995, after that it rose remarkably for the next three years, at 46m.)
Sentence 4 ____ was the number/proportion of ____ in (year). In (year), ____ hit(s) the peak/highest point / reach(es/ed) a bottom at ___.

 
4. Body 2 Sentence 1 The ___ year period witness(es/ed) a ___ climb/fall in the ___, which is(was) ___ in (year 1) and ___ in (year 2).


(e.g. The 9 year period witnessed a 9% climb in the percentage of rice produced, which was 35% in 1990 and 44% in 1999.)


OR

If we look at ____, it start(s/ed) at ____ in the first year.


(e.g. However, if we look at Newark airport, it started at the lowest point of 16m passengers in the first year.)

 
Sentence 2 In (year), the figure peak(s/ed) at ____.

OR

After this point, the trend jump(s/ed) / go(went) down to ____ in (year).

 
Sentence 3

(if any)

 In the last ___ years, the trend remained stable at ____.

OR

In the last ___ years, there (be) a wild/mild fluctuation in ___, with the highest and lowest ratio/number shown in (year) at ____ and (year) at ____ respectively.