IELTS WRITING (Task One)

Introduction and Overview Sentence

First meeting
W RI T I N G
OVERVIEW
 IELTS WRITING OVERVIEW
GRADING PERCENTAGE
Your overall writing score Task 2 is worth more
is a combination of Task points than Task 1. Task
1 and Task 2. Each task 2 (60%) and Task 1
is graded separately. (30%).

TIMING
GRADING Task 1 (20 minutes)
and Task 2 (40
How to calculate your overall score?
minutes).
Task 2 + Task 2 + Task 1
3
 MARKING CRITERIA

Task Achievement Coherence and Grammatical Range

Lexical Resource
Cohesion and Accuracy
• Word count: more The arrangement of the Sentence structures Variety of verbs,
than 150 words. data within paragraph (how to group the data adjectives, adverbs, and
• Addressing and between details) and tenses nouns in accordance to
requirements of the paragraphs-from the (based on the question) the data.
task (key features) earliest to the latest, the
accurately and highest to lowest,
appropriately. connector, and etc.
• Appropriate
paragraph structure
 02 Bar Gr aph

QUESTION

01Line Graph TYPE S

 04 Table

QUESTION

03 Pie Chart TYPE S

 05 Man-Made

QUESTION
TYPE S
07 Process
Natural

06 Maps
 that you have to avoid in IELTS Writing TASK ONE:

1) Personal
Pronouns
(I, you, we, they)
5) Explaining every
2) Contractions number
(don’t, doesn’t,
won’t, can’t) 6) Adding
narratives,
3) Brackets commentaries, or
assumptions
4) Copying the question
for introduction
paragraph
 01
UNDERSTANDING
THE INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW
SENTENCE IN LINE AND BAR GRAPH
 (INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW)
The line graph compares the fast food consumption of teenagers in
Australia between 1975 and 2000, a period of 25 years. Overall, the
consumption of fish and chips declined over the period, whereas the
OVERVIEW amount of pizza and hamburgers that were eaten increased.

The line graph below shows changes in the

amount and type of fast food consumed by (BODY PARAGRAPH 1)
Australian teenagers from 1975 to 2000.
In 1975, the most popular fast food with Australian teenagers was fish
and chips, being eaten 100 times a year. This was far higher than
Pizza and hamburgers, which were consumed approximately 5 times a
year. However, apart from a brief rise again from 1980 to 1985, the
consumption of fish and chips gradually declined over the 25 year
timescale to finish at just under 40.

(BODY PARAGRAPH 2)
In sharp contrast to this, teenagers ate the other two fast foods at
much higher levels. Pizza consumption increased gradually until it
overtook the consumption of fish and chips in 1990. It then levelled off
from 1995 to 2000. The biggest rise was seen in hamburgers as the
occasions they were eaten increased sharply throughout the 1970’s
and 1980’s, exceeding that of fish and chips in 1985. It finished at the
same level that fish and chips began, with consumption at 100 times a
year.
WRITING THE INTRODUCTION SENTENCE
The instruction has already provided the overview
What can you do to
towards the data, for example: write the introduction
You should spend about 20 minutes on this task.
sentence?

The pie chart shows the amount of money

that a children's charity located in the USA
spent and received in one year, 2016.
The easiest way for you to write down the
introduction sentence is by
paraphrasing :
a. Use Synonyms
b. Paraphrase the Whole Sentence
 Par aphr asing
Use Synonyms
The line graph below shows the number of people in London
who accessed social media applications from 2010 to 2020.
Paraphrase the highlighted words by using the synonym:
The table displays the number of people in London who used social media
applications between 2010 and 2020.

Paraphrase the Whole Sentence

The proportion of the population aged 50 and above in three different states
in the USA between 1920 and 2020 is shown in the graphs below.
The line graphs compare the percentage of individuals aged 50 and above,
as measured over a century in three U.S. states.
FORMULATING THE INTRODUCTION What can you do to
SENTENCE write the introduction
You can use these phrases to start your introduction sentence?
sentence:
The line graph shows…
The table reveals about…
The chart displays…
The line graph depicts…
The pie chart represents…
The line graph illustrates….
Don’t forget to use SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE to write
down your introduction sentence:

(+) S+V1/(V1+s/es)
(-) S+do/does+not+V1
 02
WRITING
THE INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW
SENTENCE IN LINE AND BAR GRAPH
 WRITING THE OVERVIEW SENTENCE
• Overview sentence
is presented after
Timestamp
the paraphrase. Overall Trend Year, month, day, and etc.
Increasing, decreasing, Categories
fluctuating, stable
• Write only the key Countries, age groups, gender,
types, and etc.
features without the Peak/Bottom Data Measurement
number. Highest/lowest, Percent, meters, kilograms, and
largest/smallest etc.

• Address important KEY FEATURES IMPORTANT DETAILS

details.
 Key Features and Details
1. What is the most visible data?
2. What are the details in the paragraph?

Key Features
Details
• The trend of
computer ownership • Measurement:
increased throughout percentage

• 2010 had the highest • Timestamp:

percentage/the 2002-2010
peak of the data.
 Formulating the
Overview Sentence
Sentence Opener:
• Overall…..
• It can be seen that….
Key Features Formulating Overview Sentence
• The trend of computer ownership
increased throughout 1. Overall, the computer ownership increased
• 2010 had the highest percentage/the
throughout 2002 to 2010, with the number of
peak of the data. percentages peaked in 2010.
2. It can be seen that the computer ownership
Details increased from 2002 to 2010, in which the
• Measurement: percentage number of percentage peaked in 2010.
• Timestamp: 2002-2010
What if There Are Multiple Graphs?
Key Features and Details
1. What is the most visible data?
2. What are the details in the paragraph?
3. What is the correlation between two graphs?
 First Graph
• Illustrates computer ownership
generally from 2002 to 2010.

• The percentage increased

throughout.

Second Graph
• Illustrates computer ownership
specifically by education level in 2002
and 2010.

• The percentage increased.

• Postgraduate qualification had the

highest percentage throughout. www.topenglishjogja.com
 Formulating the
First Graph Overview Sentence
• Illustrates computer ownership
generally from 2002 to 2010. Use Connector:
• The percentage increased • While
throughout • Meanwhile
Second Graph Formulating Overview Sentence
• Illustrates computer ownership Overall, both graphs illustrate computer
specifically by education level in ownership with slight difference. The first
2002 and 2010. graph displays computer ownership
• The percentage increased
• Postgraduate qualification had the generally from 2002 to 2010, while the
highest percentage throughout. second graph specifically depicts this
ownership based on education level, only
in 2002 and 2010.
 Key Features and Details
1. What is the most visible data?
2. What are the details in the paragraph?

Key Features
Details
• The trend
fluctuated with • Measurement:
some peaks and Euros
throughs. • Timestamp:
• The middle of 2006 2006-2010
and 2007 had the
highest
percentage/the
peak of the data.
The line graph below shows the changes in the share price of Outokumpu
companies in euros between January 2006 and December 2010.
 Formulating the
Introduction Paragraph
The line graph below shows the changes in the
share price of Outokumpu companies in euros
between January 2006 and December 2010.

Formulating the Introduction

Paragraph
1. The line graph demonstrates the variation in
Key Features
the share price of Outokumpu companies for
• The trend fluctuated with some peaks
and throughs.
the period from January 2006 to December
2010, which are presented in euros.
• The middle of 2006 and 2007 had the
highest percentage/the peak of the data.
(INTRODUCTION SENTENCE)

Details 2. Overall, it can be seen that share price

fluctuated widely throughout the timeframe
• Measurement: Euros
with some peaks between the year 2016 and
• Timestamp: 2006-2010 2017 and deep troughs in 2008.
(OVERVIEW SENTENCE)
 03
PRACTICING
THE INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW
SENTENCE IN LINE AND BAR GRAPH
 Write the Introduction
Paragraph from This
Graph
The graph below shows how elderly
people in the United States spent their
free time between 1980 and 2010.
Summarize the information by selecting
and reporting the main features, and
make comparisons where relevant.
 Write the Introduction
Paragraph from This
Graph
The chart shows components of GDP
in the UK from 1992 to 2000.
Summarize the information by selecting
and reporting the main features and make
comparisons where relevant.
 The bar charts show education data related to
young adults aged 15 years in 10 different
countries in 2015. The first chart shows in
which countries adolescents do the most
homework in terms of hours per week. The
second chart shows the nations that scored the
best on an international science test.

Summarise the data by selecting and

reporting the main features and make
comparisons where relevant.