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LESSON 1- WRITE THE INTRODUCTION & THE OVERVIEW

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PARAGRAPH 1 (INTRODUCTION)

 Tense: simple present tense

 Sentence 1- Paraphrase Question

 This paragraph: one or two sentences long

 Ability to paraphrase  use synonyms

 Time expression

 The graph below shows the average daily spend of three

categories of international visitor to New Zealand from 1997 to 2017.

 Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant.

WRITE THE INTRODUCTION

 Word file” practice-line graph”

PARAGRAPH 2 (OVERVIEW)

Sentence 1- Overview of first main feature

Sentence 2- Overview of second main feature

Sentence 3- Make general comparison, if

appropriate

An overview : a general statement , highlighting the most important information in the table;

summary of the main features

Important information could include general

trends , change , comparisons etc.

WRITING THE OVERVIEW

LESSON 2: COMPARE/CONTRAST, USE OF PREPOSITIONS,

General trend

 Increase- decrease- steadiness

Change

 Rapid change- moderate change- slight change

Lowest point- highest point

 Comparative & superlative

Notable exceptions

Overall,

2000-2003: (3

groups) spending highest

Business the most Visiting friends

COMPARE AND CONTRAST

Linking words

Comparative

Superlative

COMPARE AND CONTRAST

 Use of linking word

 And

 But

 However, while, meanwhile

Overall,

2000-2003: (3

groups) spending highest

Business the most Visiting friends

LINKING WORDS

 Short adj/adv

 Adj/adv-er than

 Ex: The amount of

money spent on business was larger than that on the other two categories

REVIEW

GROUPING INFORMATION/ COMPARATIVE

 Linking words (and, but, while, meanwhile….)

 Comparative

 Superlative

USE OF PREPOSITION

 From….to…

 Between….and…

 Before……; after…

 By (year/month)  before (year/month)

 ….reached the peak at (number) 60 ( from 20 to 60)

 -increased by 40 tons, reaching 60 tons ( From 20 tons to 60 tons)

USE OF ADVERB

 Line graph, bar chart

 Just below/ above (number)

 Approximately (number)

Ex: In 2000, the price for ABC was approximately 20USD, but then,

it decreased gradually in the next 4 years

MENTIONING A NEW IDEA

 In detail, …

 In terms of…

 Regarding…

 Concerning………

GILHOOLY.PDF

VOCABULARY TO REPRESENT HIGHEST AND LOWEST

POINT IN GRAPHS:

 Highest point

 peak reach a peak / hit a peak / touch the highest point

 Lowest Point

 touch the lowest point / get the lowest point /

 The price of the oil reached a peak amounting $20 in February and again touched the lowest point amounting only $10 in July

 The price of the oil reached a peak amounting $20 in February and again touched the lowest point amounting only $10 in July.

 Student enrollment in foreign Universities and Colleges increased dramatically hitting a peak of over 20 thousand in 2004

 The highest number of books was sold in July while it was lowest

in December

LINE GRAPH

 Starting point, ending point

 Trend: upward/downward trend

 Peak/bottom

 Use of time expression

 Use of adverbs

 Introductory phrases

COMMON MISTAKES

 Facebook’s price had an upward trend while Yahoo was a

downward trend

 Apple decreased sharply in a one-year period

 Apple increased, then decreased, and was fluctuated during the period

 From 2011 to 2012, Apple’s price increased From 2012 to 2013 Apple’s decreased

 1-paragraph interpretation

 …about four famous companies in the world…

 China’s price production, because of some reasons, reduced…

 As you can see,  as can be seen,

 At the beginning of this survey,…. in (year)

 Facebook, which is a social network company, had…

 While Apple had 2 times and Yahoo and FB had 3 times of Google

 In 5 years of development, Google seem like got no progress

 Besides,….Instead of

 Consumerize?????

 Apple was the most fluctuated

LESSON 3: LANGUAGE FOR “TREND”, “CONSTITUTION”

TREND- INCREASE, DECREASE, STEADINESS, FLUCTUATION

1 Increase

• rise / increase / go up / uplift / rocket(ed) / climb /

upsurge / soar

• a rise / an increase / an upward trend / a growth

The population of these two cities increased significantly in the last two decades and it is predicted that it will

remain stable in the next 5 years.

3 S TEADINESS

• unchanged / level out / remain constant / remain steady / plateau / remain the same / remain stable / remain

static

• a steadiness/ a plateau / a stability/ a static

• The expenditure of the office remained constant for the last 6 months but the profit rose by almost 25%.

• The population of the country remained almost the

same as it was 2 years ago.

4 FREQUENT CHANGE

 Verb: wave / fluctuate / oscillate / vacillate / palpitate

 Noun: waves / fluctuations / oscillations / vacillations / palpitations

 The price of the raw materials fluctuated for the first three

months

 The graph shows the oscillations of the price of fuel from 1998 to 2002



Adj  Noun Adv Verb

THE GRAPHS BELOW SHOW THE EXPENDITURE ON HEALTH &

EDUCATION, IN UAE AS PERCENTAGES OF GDP AND INFANT

MORTALITY AND LIFE EXPECTANCY.

 health-education-infant-mortality-and-life-expectancy-uae

https://www.ielts-mentor.com/writing-sample/academic-writing-task-1/114-expenditure-on-WRITING A PIE CHART

LANGUAGE FOR DESCRIBING NUMBERS IN PIE CHARTS

 It is clear that represents the largest portion of _, whereas _ is undoubtedly the smallest

 Sales of _ stood at % in 1925 , which is the majority of _.

 (If the percentage is around 30%) – Nearly a third…

 (If the percentage is around 52%) – Over a half of all respondents…

 A small fraction …

 Exactly 30% of students…

 (If the percentage is around 25%) Roughly a quarter of respondents

 …whereas sales for _ were just 10%.

 In 1955 approximately three quarters were , whereas in 1960 this had fallen to just under a fifth.

MORE VERBS USED

 Account for (percentage)

 Stand at (percentage)

 The two pie charts below show the online shopping sales for retail sectors in Canada in 2005 and 2010.

Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

 Write at least 150 words

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USE OF ADJECTIVES AND ADVERBS

DESCRIBE PIE CHARTS

 Language to describe numbers/percentage

 Verbs used: account for, represent, stand at, comprise…

LESSON 4: REVIEW & PRACTICE

WRITING: A TABLE

Country GNP per

head (1982:

US dollars)

Daily calorie supply per head

Life expectancy

at birth (years)

Infant mortality (p

er 1000 live births

Bangladesh Bolivia

Egypt Indonesia USA

140 570 690 580 13160

1877 2086 2950 2296 3653

40 50 56 49 74

132 124 97 87 12

You should spend about 20 minutes on this task.

The following table gives statistics showing the aspects of quality of life in five countries.

Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make

comparisons where relevant.

Write at least 150 words

BEFORE YOU WRITE

 What is the table measuring?

 What type of language do you need to use (Change? Comparing

and contrasing?)

 What tense would you use?

 What do you put in the overview?

 Which country has the best quality of life and which has the worst?

 What information could you use for an overview / conclusion?

 How could you group the information?

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MAKE A PLAN

 Topic – standard of living, 5 countries

 Language – comparison

 Time / tense – 1982 = past

 Overview – USA far higher

Country GNP per

head (1982:

US dollars)

Daily calorie supply per head

Life expectancy

at birth (years)

Infant mortality (p

er 1000 live births

Bangladesh Bolivia

Egypt Indonesia USA

140 570 690 580 13160

1877 2086 2950 2296 3653

40 50 56 49 74

132 124 97 87 12

You should spend about 20 minutes on this task.

The following table gives statistics showing the aspects of quality of life in five countries.

Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make

comparisons where relevant.

Write at least 150 words

 Read the instruction carefully (kinds of graphs, tense)

 Paraphrase the instruction (key words replaced)

 Key features (highest/lowest, peak/bottom… ) overview

 Group information

 Write

 Use of preposition

 Use of verb/adverb/noun/adj

 Trend description

 Constitution description

 Lesson 1- write the introduction & the overview

 Lesson 2: compare/contrast, use of prepositions, use of adverbs, mentioning a new idea

 Lesson 3: language for “trend”, “constitution”

 Lesson 4: review & practice