Useful language for writing reports

Report

Title or:

To:

From:

Subject:

Date:

Reason of writing (Introduction or background)

·         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