Step 2: Compose your answer

The following are some useful strategies and common expressions that you can use to write about the data.

Move 1: Begin with introducing the data:

Data/Location of data

Verb

Summary of data

The data above/below

shows
provides
summarises
illustrates

the overall findings…
details of…
results of…

Table 1 and Figure 1

give
show
provide
display
summarise
illustrate


Summary of data

Verb

Data/Location of data

The overall findings…
The details of…
The results of…
The trend/pattern…
The outcome of the survey/ experiment…

is/are

summarized
illustrated
shown
displayed
given
provided

in Table 1 and Figure 1.

 

 

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