7 Apr 2016

How to Write a Report

Reason for writing (Introduction)

  • The aim/objective/purpose of this report is to ...
  • This report aims to... 
  • It is based on a survey conducted/carried out among...                            
  • Nouns: information, ideas, suggestions, situations, conditions, comments,
    measures, steps, solutions, causes, consequences, issues, ...
  • Verbs: recommend, consider, suggest, examine, evaluate, outline, analyse, present, give information on, to cause, to bring about...

Body
  • Headings from the task
  • It should be considered/taken into account... , it is worth considering...
  • According to (the majority of respondents, 50% of ...)
  • In spite of /Despite the fact (that) + sentence
  • In spite of /Despite +noun or ...ing
  • Predicting the future: The outlook for ... is bright/optimistic/depressing.  The future looks bleak/remains uncertain/is promising
  • This seems unlikely in the near future
  •  It is (therefore) believed / obvious that…would be ideal for…
  • The research shows/proves...  
 
Making/giving recommendations

  • We suggest/propose that + sentence
    We suggest/propose + ing ...
  •  In light of the results of the survey we believe the following measures should be adopted…
  •  In the short/long term, we suggest you should consider…
  •  My recommendations are as follows: …
  •  In my view, in future, we should…
  •  To improve the situation, we recommend…
  •  It is recommended that…  I would strongly recommend that ... should + bare infinitive
  • The best solution is/would be to...
  • This will have an impact on ...




Conclusion
  • In conclusion...To sum up,…To conclude,…
  • From the research/the statistics we conclude that...


Style

  • Do not use contractions.
  • Use passive forms whenever possible.
  • Use relative clauses to join ideas: The period during which he lived was full of uncertainty.
  • Use these formal words:  like such as   /   kids children   
           a lot (of) many / a large number of  + countable noun
            a lot (of) much / a great amount of / a great deal of + uncountable
             a lot (intensity) very much / significantly / dramatically 
  • Avoid using the word things / something,  etc. Use a more specific word (problems, situation, solutions, subjects, and so on).


Adapted from  http://cae-tips.blogspot.com.es



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