3. How to describe a diagram (IELTS Writing task 1) Introduction Starting Presentation Verb Description Type The/ the given / diagram / table / shows / the comparison the supplied / the figure / illustration represents / of… presented / the / graph / chart / depicts / the differences… shown / the flow chart / enumerates / the changes... provided picture/ illustrates / the number of… presentation/ pie presents/ gives / information on… chart / bar graph/ provides / data on… column graph / delineates/ the proportion line graph / table outlines/ of… data/ data / describes / the amount of… information / delineates/ information on... pictorial/ process expresses/ data about... diagram/ map/ pie denotes/ comparative chart and table/ compares/ shows data... bar graph and pie contrast / the trend of... chart ... indicates / figures the percentages / gives data on / of... gives information the ratio of... on/ presents how the... information about/ shows data about/ demonstrates/ sketch out/ summarizes... 74 / 201