charts and tables vocabulary

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Key vocabulary for describing charts and tables Charts and tables : • Table: tableau • Bar chart: histogramme • Pie chart: camembert • Line graph: courbe • Chart: graphique • Diagram: diagramme To begin: • This chart shows… • According to this chart, … • We can see from this graph that… Time span: • From 2001 to 2003… • Over a period of two years, … • Since 2004… Upward changes: • There has been a 10% rise in… • There was an increase of 20% in 2006 • … has grown up/rose by 15% a year • … peaked in 1999 • … have risen a little = slightly Downward changes: • There was a decrease in… • There was a 10% fall • … reached in lower point in January 2009 • … have been dropping slowly but steadily No change: • … have remained stable = steady = constant • … stayed the same • There has been no change in … Forecast: • If present trends continue, it could increase by 10% • It should improve soon • It is expected to rise by the end of the year • A drastic change is bound to occur soon