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Describing presentation visuals challenge

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Describing presentation visuals challenge

Use as much of the language below as you can to describe some presentation visuals, ticking them off as you use the words and phrases. Your teacher will tell you if you can also draw extra things on the visuals and/ or search for visuals that you can use more language to describe.

Ask about any language which you couldn’t use, are not sure that you used correctly, etc. Then work together to think of drawings and/ or mimes to represent as much of the language as you can. The parts in italics can probably be drawn and the parts that are underlined can probably be mimed, but you don’t have to stick to those if you don’t want to.

Ask about any things which are underlined or in italics that you couldn’t think of a mime and/ or drawing for. Then change groups. Without speaking, draw and/ or mime vocabulary below until your partner guesses which thing you are trying to represent.

 

Brainstorming stage

Without looking below, write as many suitable words and phrases as you in each category.

Starting to describe the visuals/ parts of the visuals

 

 

 

 

 

Giving an overview/ Picking out key points

 

 

 

 

 

Comparing with other data

 

 

 

 

 

Commenting on the data (predictions, cause and effect, good and bad points, etc)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Changing topic

 

 

Compare with below. Other language is possible, so check if you write something different.

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Starting to describe the visuals/ parts of the visuals

The

The biggest

The main

The first

This

 

The bottom

The top

The left-hand side

The middle

The right-hand side

 

The other

The next

The accompanying

 

artist’s impression/ mock-up

calculation

(bar/ pie/ flow)chart

cross section

design

diagram

drawing/ sketch

family tree

(mathematical) formula

(bar/ line) graph

illustration/ image

list

map

mind map

organogram

photo

plan view/ birds’ eye view

quotation

slide

(… by…) table

text

video

comes from

consists of

describes

explains

gives

illustrates

includes

is based on

is made up of

means

represents

shows

simplifies

stands in for

summarises

was made by

was made to

 

 

a selection of

changes in

data on

details of

figures on

information on

key

some stats on

trends in

what I found out

what is known

what we know

 

 

 

 

(vertical/ horizontal) arrow

(horizontal/ x/ vertical/ y) axis

(vertical/ horizontal) bar

box/ cell

(speech/ thought) bubble

bullet/ bullet point

(1st/ 2nd/ right-hand) column

decimal

figure/ number/ statistic

fraction

key

(dotted/ solid/ dashed) line

(squiggly/ straight) line

part/ section

percentage

phrase (in bold/ italics)

ratio

Roman numeral

(top/ 2nd/ middle/ bottom) row

segment

stick man

symbol

(underlined) text (in capitals)

Giving an overview/ Picking out key points

Overall,

From the beginning to end of the … given

During the time period shown,

Looking at the whole…

Looking at the overall trend,

As soon as you look at…,

Without needing to look too closely,

 

As you can (probably/ hopefully) see

(Right/ Around) here/ At this point

If you look at what I am pointing at,

In the part that I am pointing at

Following my finger/ cursor/ pointer,

It might be difficult to see but

If you know what you are looking for,

If you look at this the right way,

Looking more closely at…

 

In the centre/ middle,

In the (top/ bottom) (left/ right) corner,

In this area/ section/ part,

 

Above…,

Below…,

Next to…,/ To the left/ right (of…),

At the bottom/ top (of…),

In the bottom/ top half of…

Within that,

 

Turning to/ Moving onto/ As for…,

 

what stands out is

you can (clearly) see

what jumps out at you is

the most important thing to look at is

the key to everything is

it should be obvious that

obviously

clearly

it is noticeable that

you should notice

 

what I should point out is

I’d like to draw your attention to

 

there is

 

you should be able to make out

something you might miss at first glance is

 

 

Comparing with other data

Describing similarities

Describing differences

Similarly

absolutely identical/ exactly the same

virtually identical

almost the same

very similar

share…

have… in common

In contrast

In complete contrast

However

but

Compared to…,…/ Comparing… and…,…

much/ far …er

considerably/ substantially more…

somewhat …er

slightly more…

totally different/ have nothing in common

(almost completely/ very) different

(almost) opposite


Commenting on the data (predictions, cause and effect, good and bad points, etc)

This (is)

definitely

will

must

almost certainly

probably

likely

may/ might

could possibly

almost certainly not

definitely not

should

thought to

said to

predicted to

forecast to

expected to

can

unlikely/ probably not

 

due to/ caused by/ follow

cause/ lead to/ result in/ followed by

affect

affected by

solve

solved by

cause issues with

reflect

improve

prove

suggest

disprove

grow/ expand/ rise/ climb (steadily/ at the same rate)

boom/ explode/ jump/ leap/ rocket/ soar/ shoot up

double/ triple/ increase …fold

creep up/ go up slightly

halve

drop/ decrease/ fall/ sink/ shrink/ decline/ go down

collapse/ crash/ plummet/ dive/ plunge/ plummet

accelerate/ increase exponentially

slow down/ increase but not at the same rate

(dip and) rebound/ bounce back/ recover/ pick up

fluctuate/ be unsteady/ experience turbulence

flatten out/ level off/ stabilise

stay flat/ remain steady

(reach a) peak (and then fall back/ slip back)

catch up with/ match

overtake

fall behind

One

The

A(n)

inevitable

likely

probable

possible

potential

conceivable

 

main

major

large

substantial

minor

advantage/ benefit/ good point/ positive aspect/ selling point

disadvantage/ drawback/ bad point/ negative aspect

 

of this…

 

of…

           

 

Changing topic

Turning (our attention) to…/ Moving onto…/ As for…

Now, let’s look at…/ Next, I want to focus on…

 

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