Tips for Writing Task 1 in IELTS Writing Task 1 is designed to test your ability to interpret and present information that is given in short form, often as data within a diagram, graph, [r]
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Writing Task 1 is designed to test your ability to interpret and present information that is given inshort form, often as data within a diagram, graph, chart or table You must present the
information in your own words as complete sentences within paragraphs, that is, not in note formunless specifically requested The minimum number of words you are required to write is 150 You are not asked to give opinions, make assumptions, or draw conclusions about the
information given The information may be presented to you in a number of ways, for instance, as:
• a graph
• a diagram of the stages of a process or procedure
• a bar or pie chart
• a sequence of events
• a table of information
• a picture of an object showing how it works.
1 USE "REFERENCE" STRUCTURES
When referring to a diagram, chart, table etc use "reference" structures such as those given below
This will assist the reader to know where your information comes from, and will effectively lead in
to what you have to say
+ The table/ chart/ diagram/ graph/ figures/ statistics/ diagram + shows (that/how) / describes (that/ how)/ illustrates (that/ how)
+ According to the/ As (is) shown in the/ As can be seen from the/ It can be seen from the/
We can see from the table/ chart/ diagram/graph/figures + that
+ It is clear-apparent from the + table/ chart/ diagram/graph/figures + that
Be careful not to use these "reference" structures too frequently to avoid unnecessary repetition
2 Decline and increase - task 1
Decline:
+ The price went down - fell - dropped - declined - decreased steeply
+ The price collapsed = suddenly decrease
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+ The price tumbled = to decrease quickly and by a significant amount = to fall greatly in value
in a short time without control
+ The price suffered/ experienced/ saw a steep/ sharp decline/ decrease/ fall.
+ There was a plunge/ steep fall/ drop/ decline/ decrease in the price.
+ The price sank to a new low/ go into free fall/ sank to a low point.
Increase:
+ The price increased/ grew/ went up/ rose rapidly
+ The price shot up
+ The price soared/ leaped/ climbed to a new peak/ hit a peak/ reach a peak/ reach a high + The price soared spectacularly more than nine times its value in the previous year.
+ The price had soared a further twenty percent.
+ The price enjoyed/ saw a leap/ a steady rise/ a sharp increase.
Fluctuate:
+ The price is erratic.
+ The price fluctuated/ moved up and down.
+ The price fluctuated sharply/ wildly/ slightly.
+ The price rose and fell over the period.
+ The price went through/ experienced a period of erratic behaviors/ erratic period/ a period of volatility/ a volatile/ wild fluctuation.
Recover:
+ The price then recovered, regaining its previous level.
+ The price regained its previous level.
+ The price dropped/ fell back to the January level.
+ The price shot up again to 200.
+ The price bounced back to 200.
+ The price bounced back after a steep plunge earlier this week.
+ The price made a steady recovery.
Stable:
+ The price was steady.
+ The price remain stable/ constant.
+ The price leveled off.
+ The price did not change over the period.
+ The price before stabilizing at / settling down to a more stable period.
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3 Making predictions.
Occasionally a graph showing trends predicts what may happen in future In that case you can not say that something will happen only that it may or could The modals may, might, or could are generally too vague and uncertain to be used, however The most common expressions for discussing possible future trends are:
+ It is predicted/ forecast/ projected/ expected/ suggested/ likely/ probable that +
will-clause
+ It is predicted that A will-clause
+ A is predicted to increase/ decrease
+ An increase/ decrease in A to by 2020 is expected.
+ The prediction is that A will-clause
+ The prediction for A to increase
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Note: It is predicted that + might/ may/ could + is too uncertain, too weak.
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USING THE CORRECT STYLE AND AVOIDING COMMON ERRORS
- Abbreviations: Here’s; shouldn’t; don’t; there’s These should not be used.
=> Write here is; should not; do not; there is
Trang 6- A lot of: This is very common, informal expression For countable nouns, use many (what many students do…) and for uncountable nouns use a great deal of (there was great deal of
expansion in the 1990s)
- A sentence beginning with And You should also avoid starting sentences with But and So.
- An incomplete sentence: The last sentence is not a complete sentence, since there is no main clause
- Big is not a formal word: Large is Similarly, A little number of students should be A small number of students.
An improvement of the above two sentences would read: This is a typical example of a style which many students use, and which should be avoided A large number of students do not realise that there is a problem
Can you see the additional improvements as well as the corrections?
- The repetition of do is avoided
- The personal pronoun (they) is avoided and the passive is used This is a way of making the
style more formal, but you need to be careful not to use the passive if the result sound awkward
- The weak adjective good is replaced by a more exact one: typical
Note: It is better to be a little informal and correct then to attempt to be very formal and make bad errors Remember walk before you try to run
b Avoiding a Narrative Style
A report is not a story, and so you should not use a story-telling style Here is an example of
what to avoid: Here are two graphs They show that there were many changes in the kinds of jobs the people of Alia mostly did in the last century: In the 1920s most people worked in
agriculture, as farmers, and they continued in this way for many years Later, however, a change gradually happened in the workforce.
c Avoiding Redundancy
Redundant means more than is necessary Students often use both redundancy and repetition either because they are translating from a language where these forms are commonly used, or to fill up space, because they fear that they can not produce 150 words about a graph or table, as thetest question requires However, it is better to write down more about details than to fill up your paper with statement that contain no real information
There are two important reasons to avoid using more words than necessary:
- It produces an unacademic style, being more suited to story-telling or literature
- Because there is no real information for the reader (or examiner) to focus on, any grammatical
or vocabulary errors in your writing become very noticeable
Redundant statements include the following:
- Those that provide information that is so obvious it is not worth stating Here is an
example:
Twenty percent of car accidents happen after dark, while the other 80% happen during daylight
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- Those that make a contrast explicit, when it is not necessary Here is an example:In
contrast, the position of women was just the opposite to that of men (Omit the introductory phrase, in contrast)
- Those that are used like topic-sentences, but are actually empty of content Here are some examples:
There are some differences between two countries The trends are not the same From the graph
we can see the various rates of change (Such sentences should simply be omitted)
In other words, you should aim to use the fewest number of words necessary to convey your meaning If you feel that you are not writing enough (150 words for the ielts exam) you should add more detail
d Avoiding Repetition.
Repetition is another very common form of redundancy and should be avoided for the same reasons: It is not academic in style Moreover, if you have a mistake in a phrase your are using, and you continue to use that same phrase repeatedly, your work will look bad Even if you use a phrase correctly, you can not gain good marks in a test if you do not show your ability to use a variety of expressions
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My work Share to everyone
You should spend about 20 minutes on this task.
The charts below show the main reasons for study among students of different age groups and the amount of support they received from employers.
Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make
comparisons where relevant.
Write at least 150 words.
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ranging from under 26 to over 49 years of age and how amount of support they received from their employers
The first graph shows the reason for study based on the age of student There was a gradual decrease in study for career reasons with age In the youngest group under 26 years old, the mainreason of study is for their career at about 80% of them This figure steadily declined by 10-20% every decade Only 40% of students aged between 40-49 and 18% of over 49 year-olds studied
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in that age group In the middle-age group, there was quite a equalization for both reasons of study
The second graph shows that the largest employer support was for their young staff under 26 year-olds at approximately 65% It droped rapidly as the staff getting older to 32% till the 30-39 age group, and then rose in the oldest age group up to about 44% In general, the highest level of support was for those students who mainly study for career purposes and the lowest level was forthe middle-age group
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Tớ giới thiệu một số động từ, danh từ phổ biến và giới từ, trạng từ đi kèm, thường dùng trong bàiviết task 1 (kèm hình tự vẽ )
Trang 10- Dip slightly or a slight dip
Like picture below (Tớ tự vẽ nên xấu tí, thông cảm nha )
-> There was a slight dip (e.g in the price) at around 45
-> The price slightly dipped from 90 to 95 then suffers a sharp decrease to 97
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- Level off or stablize or constant or remain
- Gradual recovery
Trang 12-> Before suddenly decreasing from 50 to 10 in 94, the price remained constantly at 50 in 93 then it made a gradual recovery in 2 stages.
-> After constantating at 50, the price suffered a period of decline, but it made a gradual recovery
in the next 3 years
-> After levelling off at 50 in 93, the price went into free fall from 50 to approximately 10 in 94 but then it recovered gradually
-> The price stablized at 50, followed by a sharp decrease then it steadily recovered
- Slight fluctuations
Trang 13-> The price levelled off at 35 in the first 3 years except a sudden drop in the middle of 94 then shot up to 100 with slight fluctuations from 97.
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Những bài mẫu của IELTS Task 1 khác, các bạn có thể xem tại link sau:
Writing Task 1 Examples
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IELTS Writing: connective words
This is the my post about connective words and here you will find words to use in sentences referring to examples, describing reasons or sequencing events in time.
Time
for instance
There are many schools in many countries you could go to study to, for instance the schools
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Examples Bar Chart and Line Graph connection in Writing Task 1
You should spend about 20 minutes on this task.
The chart below shows the amount of money per week spent on fast foods in Britain
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Write a report for a university lecturer describing the information shown below
You should write at least 150 words.
Sample Answer
The diagrams give information on expenditure and consumption of fast foods in the UK.
The chart shows that high income earners consumed by far the most fast foods, spending at least 12 pence more on hamburgers than on the other foods Average income earners also favoured hamburgers (33 pence per week), followed by fish and chips at 24 pence, then 11 pence on pizza Low income earners spent the least money, however fish and chips were their most popular fast food, followed by hamburgers and then pizza
Trang 18From the graph, we can see that in 1970, pizza was by far the most popular fast food The consumption of hamburgers and fish and chips rose steadily over the 20 year period, hamburgers exceeding pizza around 1982, and fish and chips consumption rising above pizza around 1997 The consumption of pizza was in decline over much of the period until
1985, but experienced a slight recovery to 1990.
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Examples Bar Chart and Pie Chart connection Writing Task 1 You should spend about 20 minutes on this task.
The bar chart below shows the reasons why adults choose to take up education courses The pie chart shows how adults believe the costs of their course should be shared
Write a report for a university lecturer describing the information shown below
You should write at least 150 words.
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The following charts show the results of a survey asking why adults study, and how they thought their education should be paid for.
The top three reasons given (‘for current job’, ‘interest in subject’, and ‘to gain
qualifications’) saw no significant difference in proportion, and were 44%, 40% and 38% respectively Enjoyment of learning was significantly lower than these motivations, and had a 20% share of the total Finally, the lowest two percentages were for adults who wanted to change careers (12%), and for those who saw studying as a way of meeting people (9%)
The pie chart shows that the people surveyed believed the student should foot the highest proportion of the bill for adult education courses (40%) Only slightly less, the employer
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Examples Table in Writing Task 1 You should spend about 20 minutes on this task.
The table below describes visitor numbers for various museums and galleries in the UK over three decades: 1981, 1991 and 2001
Write a report for a university lecturer describing the information shown below
You should write at least 150 words