How to comment on visual aids. Referring to visuals (during a presentation). Basic trends. Steadiness

How to comment on visual aids

Types of visual aid: a table, a chart (e. g. a flowchart, a pie chart, a pie chart, a bar chart) a graph (e. g. a function graph), a technical drawing, etc.

Referring to visuals (during a presentation)

I’d like you to take a look at this bar chart (histogram, etc. ), which shows …

If you look at this graph, you’ll see that …

The figures in this table show how …

As you can see from this pie chart …

Just have a look at this line chart for a moment …

Let’s take a closer look at these figures…

Basic trends

The basic trends are following: an upward trend (movement) or a rise; a downward trend (movement) or a drop; steadiness or stability. We often describe trends moving up or down and trends staying at the same level on graphs or charts. We use nouns and verbs to describe trends.

Rise		Drop		Steadiness
a noun	a verb	a noun	a verb	a noun	a verb
	climb (climbed)	decline	decline (declined)	no change	not change (didn’t change)
increase	increase (increased)	decrease	decrease (decreased)		remain constant/ stable/ steady (remained)
rise	rise (rose)	drop	drop (dropped)		stay the same (stayed)
lift	lift (lifted)	fall	fall (fell)
upswing	go up (went up)	downswing	go down (went down)
growth	grow (grew)			stability	stabilize (stabilized)
peak / the highest level	reach a peak (reached)	low (point)/ the lowest level	reach a low point (reached)
jump	jump (jumped)	bottom	hit the bottom (hit)
	top out		bottom out
Other verbs to describe trends: to move, to shift, to change, to fluctuate (between/ according to), to improve, to get better (worse), to reflect, to demonstrate, etc.

· Fluctuate means go up and down continuously. Prices fluctuate according to the season.

· Top/bottom out means to reach the highest/lowest point and then go down/up. Prices have topped out.

· The statistics reflect a change in people’s opinion.

· These numbers (The results of the survey) clearly demonstrate a considerable shift in attitudes to engineering technologies.

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