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    Useful Phrases For IELTS Writing Part One Suggested Answers

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    Useful Phrases for IELTS Writing Part One Suggested Answers

    Explaining what the task shows


    The table/ pie chart/ bar chart/ line graph/ map/ flow chart/ diagram/ illustration/ figures…
    … shows/ represents/ gives data on/ presents statistics on/ compares…
    … information/ data/ figures…
    The vertical axis/ y axis is…
    The horizontal axis/ x axis represents…

    Explaining the paragraph structure


    These two sources of information will be examined in turn.
    I will start by explaining…/ First, I will look at…/ First of all, I will focus on…/ Firstly, I will
    describe…
    In the next paragraph I will…/ and the following paragraph will…/ and then I will…/ … and
    after that I will…/ and the final paragraph will be on…
    The information will be divided into… and… and looked at in that order.

    Selecting the most important information/ Giving overall


    information
    … stands out (because…)
    The first thing you notice looking at the graph is…
    The biggest/ largest/ most noticeable/ most important/ most obvious + difference/
    similarity/ trend is…
    Overall,…
    The main trend…
    Over the entire period shown,…
    It can be said that in general,…

    Mentioning parts of what the page shows


    The left-hand column/ first column/ middle column/ second column/ third column/ last
    column/ right-hand column
    The top row/ first row/ second row/ last row/ bottom row
    stage of the process
    in the North/ Northwest/ Southeast
    top right/ bottom left/ middle/ centre
    segment
    arrow
    axis/ axes

    Upward trends
    To rise/ go up/ increase/ escalate/ climb/ grow/ expand/ soar/ take off
    (nearly) double/ triple
    A rise/ An increase
    Reach a new high

    Downward trends

    To drop/ fall/ dive/ plunge/ crash/ decline/ decrease/ deteriorate/ plummet


    A drop/ A fall/ A crash/ A decline/ A decrease/ A deterioration
    Bottom out
    Shrink
    (nearly) halve
    Going up and down Not changing
    Fluctuate/ Be unstable Remain stable
    Reach a peak Flatten out
    Recover/ Bounce back/ Pick up

    Big changes Small changes


    Significant(ly)/ Substantial(ly)/ Dramatic(ally)/ Slight(ly)/ Gradual(ly)
    Considerable(/bly), Sharp(ly) Creep up
    Dive/ Plunge/ Crash/ Plummet
    Rocket/ Shoot up/ Soar/ Take off

    Comparing Contrasting
    (far/ much/ substantially/ significantly/ slightly) While…,…
    …er/ more/ less… In contrast,…
    (not) as…as… … shows a rather/ very different pattern/
    (very) similar/ almost the same/ almost trend.
    identical We can contrast this with…
    in some ways similar to… … is almost the exact opposite.
    Comparing the… with/ to… … is (a/ the) (major) exception…

    Sequencing

    Sometime later…
    After that…
    The next/ following stage is…
    This is followed by…
    This reoccurs…
    In the following hours/ days/ weeks/ months/ years,…
    Subsequently,…
    …, after which…
    As soon as…,…

    Starting the second main paragraph (= the second paragraph of


    the body of the text)
    Looking at…
    Moving on to…
    Turning our attention to…
    In contrast to the… above,…

    Conclusion/ Summary (only if you can’t find another way of


    reaching 150 words)
    We can therefore see that…
    Together, the graph and bar chart show that…

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