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Effective Language for Report Writing

This document provides suggestions for the structure and language to use in writing a report. It recommends including an introduction with the objective of the report and 2 paragraphs maximum of body content discussing the main topics or findings. Recommendations should be made using affirmative language and the conclusion should summarize the main points.

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Effective Language for Report Writing

This document provides suggestions for the structure and language to use in writing a report. It recommends including an introduction with the objective of the report and 2 paragraphs maximum of body content discussing the main topics or findings. Recommendations should be made using affirmative language and the conclusion should summarize the main points.

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REPORT: USEFUL LANGUAGE

Title or:

To:
From:
Subject:
Date:

Reason of writing (Introduction)

 The aim/objective/purpose of this report is to compare/examine/evaluate/describe/outline (some


suggestions)/analyse (some suggestions)/expose/present/give information on/regarding
the/recommend/consider/suggest
 This report aims to... etc.
 Nouns: information (remember: not informations), ideas, suggestions, situations, conditions, comments
 in order to improve/decide
 In case of suvey/discussion: It is based on a survey conducted among/It is the result of a discussion
which took place among

Body (2 paragraphs maximum)

 Headings from the task


 It should be considered, it is worth considering
 The first observation to make is (concerns)
 First of all/Firstly
 Secondly/ Furthermore/Moreover
 Lastly/Finally
 In fact
 According to (the majority of respondents)
 However, although, alternatively
 In spite of (the fact [that])/Despite (the fact [that]) + Noun, Pronoun or ...ing
 Predicting the future: The outlook for ... is (far from [+ing]) bright/optimistic/depressing/daunting
 The future looks bleak/remains uncertain/is promising
 This seems unlikely in the near/foreseable future
 It has been stressed that

Making/giving recommendations

 I would strongly recommend that ... should + bare infinitive


 In the light of the results of the survey I would advise against...
 I feel it would be to our advantage if...
 The best solution is/would be to...
 This will have an impact on + noun

Conclusion(s)

 As long as/provided that these recommendations are taken into consideration


 In conclusion...
 The reseach shows/demonstrates
 From the research/the evidence we conclude that

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