Writing Task 1 Precious Vocabulary

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IELTS Task 1 Academic Writing: Language Use
1) Introduce the Graph

You need to begin with one or two sentences that state what the IELTS
writing task 1 shows. To do this, paraphrase the title of the graph, making
sure you put in a time frame if there is one.
Language for the introduction:

Ex: The given diagram shows…
Introductory words Type of visual Verb
The given bar graph picture compares

The supplied chart pie chart delineates
The presented column presentation depicts
The shown data process table describes
The provided diagram table data enumerates
diagram expresses
map pie chart and gives
figure table gives data on
flow chart gives information on
graph bar graph and illustrates
illustration pie chart indicates
information outlines
line graph shows
shows data about
presents
presents information
about
provides
represents
summarizes
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2) Give an Overview
You also need to state what the main trend or trends in the graph are. Don’t
give detail such as data here – you are just looking for something that
describes what is happening overall.
Language for the Overview
Ex. Overall, the consumption of fish and chips declined over the period,
whereas the amount of pizza and hamburgers that were eaten increased.
Overview Language
As a general trend, Generally speaking,
As can be seen, In common,
As is observed, In general,
As is presented, It can be clearly seen that
As an overall trend, It is obvious that
At the first glance, it is clear Overall
3) Give the Detail

• You can now give more specific detail in the body paragraphs.
• When you give the detail in your body paragraphs in your IELTS writing task
1, you must make reference to the data.
• The key to organizing your body paragraphs for an IELTS writing task 1 is
to group data together where there are patterns.
• To do this you need to identify any similarities and differences.
• Look at the graph – what things are similar and what things are different?
Language to Similarities / differences
Exactly the same Almost the Same Not the same

absolutely the same as about the same as The reverse is the
equal to almost identical to case...
exactly the same as almost the same as It is quite the
nearly the same as opposite/ reverse...
identical to
just the same as practically the same
as
precisely the same
the same as

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Language to describe changes on a graph
Ex: Pizza consumption increased gradually until it overtook the consumption

of fish and chips in 1990. It then levelled off from 1995 to 2000
Increase Decrease No change

Fast Fast leveled out
doubled Collapse / a collapse plateaued / plateau
jump / a jump dive remained constant
leap / a leap drop / a drop in remained stable/ a
move upward go into free-fall halved stability
rocket(ed) plummet remain static
shot up plunge remained steady /
skyrocket take a nosedive steadiness
soar remained the same
surge Neutral was unchanged
tripled decline / a decline in
upsurge decrease/ a decrease in Ups and Downs
fall / a fall • changes Intermittently
Neutral go down / a downward
Climb / a climb trend • change sporadically
go up / an upward slide / a slide • erratically -erratic
trend reduce / a reduction • fluctuate
improve / an Slow • irregularly - irregular
improvement dip
increase / an increase slump • rise and fall
in a downward trend •
rise / a rise in a downward tendency a
Slow descending trend
an upward trend
an upward tendency
Language to describe low and high points on a graph
Low point High point

hit rock bottom culminated at
the bottommost point culmination of
the lowest point hit the peak
touch the lowest point / reached peak – the peak
the nadir reached the peak
reached the apex
reached the vertex
touched the highest point

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Adverbs/Adjectives to describe changes on a graph
Rapid/Huge Moderate Steady Slight

considerably-considerable moderately- steadily-steady fractionally-
dramatically-dramatic moderate ceaselessly-ceaseless fractional
enormous-enormously gradually-gradual mildly-mild
hurriedly-hurried progressively- slightly-slight
noticeably-noticeable progressive slowly-slow
overwhelmingly- sequentially- tediously-tedious
overwhelming sequential
quickly-quick
rapidly-rapid
sharply-sharp
significantly-significant
speedily-speedy
substantially-substantial
swiftly-swift
Words and Phrases of approximation
Language of approximation
about a little more than
almost a little less than
approximately more or less
around nearly
just about practically the same
just below roughly
just over roughly the same
just under well above
well below
Words and Phrases to show time
1. Between ... (year/ month) ... and ... (year/ month) ...
2. From ... (year/ month/ day/date) ...to ... (year/month/day /date) …
3. In... (year/ month) ...
4. On ... (day/ day of the week/ a date) ...
5. At ......, In ......, By ......
6. During ... (year)...
7. Over the period/ over the century/ later half of the year/ the year...
8. Over the next/past/previous days/weeks/months/years/ decades …

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Language for presenting percentages

You can present a percentage data in one of the three different ways. It is
suggested that you use all these formats in your report writing instead of
repeating the same style to show percentages in your writing.
% = In percentage / in %. % = In proportion % = In fraction
20% of One out of five, One fifth of

ten percent of One out of ten One tenth of
50% fifty percent of One out of two One half of

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IELTS Task 1 Academic Writing: Language Use

1) Introduce the Graph

Language for the introduction:

Introductory words Type of visual Verb

The given bar graph picture compares

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Language for the Overview

3) Give the Detail

Language to Similarities / differences

Exactly the same Almost the Same Not the same

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Language to describe changes on a graph

Ex: Pizza consumption increased gradually until it overtook the consumption

Increase Decrease No change

Language to describe low and high points on a graph

Low point High point

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Adverbs/Adjectives to describe changes on a graph

Rapid/Huge Moderate Steady Slight

Words and Phrases of approximation

Words and Phrases to show time

Best Fit Edu September, 2017

Language for presenting percentages

% = In percentage / in %. % = In proportion % = In fraction

20% of One out of five, One fifth of

Best Fit Edu September, 2017

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