IELTS Writing Task 1

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BAR CHART TABLE

IELTS WRITING TASK 1

5 Steps to Mastering Academic

task 1

IELTS WRITING TASK 1

BAR CHART TABLE

STEP 1, 2:

Identify Types of Charts, Look for Trends

SOME STEPS TO COMPLETE TASK 1

Simple Structures

A lot of DIFFERENT, FORMAL

VOCABULARY

USE THE VOCABULARY OF CHANGE

SOME STEPS TO COMPLETE TASK 1

1 • Write one sentence to introduce the subject and graphic.

2

• Write one or two sentences to show the relationship between the data or to comment on the main trend.

3

• Write an in-depth description of the information given

Include details from the most important to the least important

4 • Write one sentence to conclude your answer.

Practice rephrasing question in your own words

Practice rephrasing question in your own words

Don’t use the words

in the questions.

Don’t use the words

in the questions.

Try to summarize the information presented in one sentence.

Try to summarize the information presented in one sentence.

Make some notes

Make some notes

SOME STEPS TO COMPLETE TASK 1 TIPS:

THE COMMON PHRASES/ WORDS

About vocabulary

To make comparisons, you need to know the comparatives and

superlative of common adjectives Here are some example:

Adjectives Comparatives Superlatives

bad worse worst

big bigger biggest

expensive more expensive most expensive

good better best

great greater greatest

high higher highest

large larger largest

little less least

long longer longest

low lower lowest

many more most

much more most

new newer newest

old older oldest

THE COMMON PHRASES/ WORDS

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• To signal comparison or contrast within a

sentence you can use the following conjunctions:

As…as; not as…as; not so…as: whereas; but;

while; although…

• To signal comparison and contrast

between sentences you can use the following words and phrases:

However; By contrast; On the other hand; In

comparison…

THE COMMON PHRASES/ WORDS

LANGUAGE OF CHANGE

THE COMMON PHRASES/ WORDS

In general, when describing a chart of this type, you should describe the most important change first Then you should compare individual items( in this case, countries)

increased dramatically, significantly, considerably,

rapidly, substantially, steadily, sharply, markedly, greatly, slightly, exponentially, proportionally, strongly

by X% (by X per cent), by X (units), from X to Y, tenfold, fourfold

grew rapidly, steadily, slowly, gradually,

dramatically, substantially, enormously, quickly

by X% (by X per cent), by X (units), from X to Y

rose sharply, slowly, steadily, slightly, rapidly,

quickly, dramatically, significantly, substantially, gently, fractionally, considerably, gradually

by X% (by X per cent), by X (units), from X to Y

went up The above adverbs are not usually used with

"went up"

by X% (by X per cent), by X (units), from X to Y

THE COMMON PHRASES/ WORDS

THE OUTLINE OF THE IELTS

COMMON STRUCTURES

S + verb of change (usually in Simple Past) + Adverb + Time

There be + Adjective of change + Noun of change + (in Subject) + time

E.g The number of cars increased suddenly from June to December.

There was a sudden increase in the number of car from June to December.

TABLE ANALYSIS

A sample task:

The table below

shows the in which

TABLE: ANALYSING THE PROBLEM

Too much information

TABLE: ANALYSING THE PROBLEM

TABLE: SOLUTION

TABLE: MAIN FEATURES

s

TABLE: EXAMPLES

TABLE: ORGANIZING

The logical thing is almost always to write

one paragraph for the rows and one for the columns.

DESCRIBING ONE ACTUAL TABLE

The table above provides statistics on several major metro (MRT) systems around the world Summaries the information by selecting and reporting the main feature and make comparisons where relevant.

Common phrases to write the introduction:

The table/ figure show

According to the table + (that) +….

It can be seen in the table

 The table given compares the age, length and annual carrying capacity

of metro systems in London, Paris, Tokyo, Washington DC, Kyoto and Los Angeles.

 A glance at the table provided reveals a number of clear different….

DESCRIBING ONE ACTUAL TABLE

THE COMMON PHRASES TO WRITE IN THE OVERVIEW.

It’s clear (from the paragraph)

It’s evident + that…

It’s apparent (from the information)

 It is clear that the newer metro system are generally much shorter than the older ones.

 One particularly interesting fact highlighted by the figure is that…

BAR CHART: GENERAL INFORMATION

Bar chart is used for comparison purposes

To write a short description of this graph, ask

yourself and answer the following question:

1.What exactly does the chart show? (Use the chart title to help you answer this question)

2.What are the axes and what are the units?

3.What similarities are there?

4.Is it possible to put some of the columns into one

or more groups?

5.What differences are there?

Answering these questions will help you to write a short description of this simple bar chart.

The chart shows the reasons for study according to age

of student in 2014

BAR CHART: BAND SCORE

 There are 4 parts you need to write for your

IELTS writing task 1:

1) Introduction

2) Overview

3) Body paragraph A

4) Body paragraph B

 These paragraphs are very important

Þ It’s matter of organizing the information

Þ Note: Your organization is 25% of your mark

on IELTS Writing Task 1.

BAR CHART: BAND SCORE

=>Note: _don’t copy from

the chart but use your

own words

_always check

the date on your chart

The chart shows the reasons for

study according to age

of student in 2014

BAR CHART: BAND SCORE

2) Overview: contain key features ->

highlighting

=>Note:

 Band score 5 = no overview

 Band score 6 = an overview

 Band score 7+ = clear overview

BAR CHART: BAND SCORE

The chart shows the reasons for study

The chart shows the reasons for study

_ Band score 5=no

number/data to support the

sentences

_Band score 6+ =have

numbers with description in

the body paragraph.

BAR CHART: BAND SCORE

 These paragraphs are very important

Þ It’s matter of organizing the information

Þ Note: Your organization is 25% of your mark on IELTS

Writing Task 1.

BAR CHART: BAND SCORE

The distinction between men and women (the blue lines and the red lines)

How certain purposes of travel are more

common than others (how long the lines are)

Details:

little or no difference in “walking”

“holidays” and “personal business”

more men in “education”, “ entertainment ” and “commuting”

more women in “school run”, “visiting friends” and “shopping”

many more women in “school run” (5% difference)

many more men in “commuting” (8%

difference)Purposes

commuting and shopping much the most common (around 20% average) visiting friends and school run both around 15% average

personal business just under 10%

average sport/entertainment around 7%

average just more than education at 6% least common is walking and holidays

at around 3% each

BAR CHART: EXAMPLE

This bar chart shows the different reasons for making journeys in the UK in

2006 and how males and females differed in this

It is immediately apparent that the most common purposes for travelling were commuting and shopping, both being around 20 per cent of trips The next most common reasons were visiting friends and doing the school run at 15%, closely followed by personal business at around 10% Travelling for sport and entertainment (7%) was only just more common than journeys for educational purposes (6%) Finally, the fewest number of trips were travelling for holidays and walking, both of which accounted for around 3 per cent of all journeys.Typically, there were few major differences between males and females In holidays, personal business and walking both sexes took approximately the same amount of journeys, while slightly more men travelled for educational purposes and more women visited friends Notably, almost twice as many men

as women travelled for entertainment reasons and, likewise, around 7% more men commuted to work The two areas in which women travelled significantly more than men were shopping and the school run

BAR CHART: GAME – FILL THE BLANK

IELTS WRITING TASK 1

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