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Writing Task 1 Vocab

The diagram shows employment rates among adults in four European countries from 1925 to 1985. In general, employment opportunities increased until 1970 and then declined throughout the next decade. Specifically, there was a 15% drop in employment rates in one country. The population of another country dramatically increased in 2002.

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Writing Task 1 Vocab

The diagram shows employment rates among adults in four European countries from 1925 to 1985. In general, employment opportunities increased until 1970 and then declined throughout the next decade. Specifically, there was a 15% drop in employment rates in one country. The population of another country dramatically increased in 2002.

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IELTS Writing Task 1: Report Writing

Introduction Part
Starting Presentation Verb Description
Type
The diagram shows the comparison
The given table represents of…
The presented figure illustrates the differences…
The shown illustration demonstrates the changes…
The provided graph presents the number of…
… chart gives information on…
flow chart provides data on…
picture outlines the proportion
presentation describes of…
pie chart expresses the amount of…
bar graph compares information on…
column graph shows contrast data about…
line graph indicates the percentages
table data gives data on of…
data gives information the ratio of…
information on how the…
process diagram present
map information about
pie chart and table …
bar graph and pie
chart…
Example:
The diagram shows employment rates among adults in four European countries
from 1925 to 1985.

*****

General Statement/ Overview Part


- In general...
- In common…
- Generally speaking…
- Overall…
- It is cleared that…
- It can be clearly seen that…
- As it is presented…

Example:
In general, the employment opportunities increased till 1970 and then declined
throughout the next decade.

*****

Report Body Part


- As it is presented in the diagram/ graph/ pie chart/ table…
- According to…
- As shown in the illustration…
- The diagram reveals that…
- The data suggest that…
- The table data shows that…
- It can be clearly observed that…
- It can be clearly noticed that…
- As can be seen in the…

Vocab to show changes (V/ N)


Trends Verb Form Noun Form
Increase rise a rise
increase an increase
go up an upward trend
uplift a growth
rocket (ed)/ skyrocket a jump
climb an improvement
improve a climb
jump
move upward
Decrease fall a fall
decrease a decrease
decline a reduction
drop a decline
collapse a drop
dip a collapse
go down a downfall
take a nosedive
reduce
Steady/ Steadiness/ Flat unchanged a steadiness
level out/ off a stability
remain constant a static
remain steady a flat
remain the same a plateau
remain stable
remain static
reach a plateau
Rapid ups and downs/ wave waves
Frequent changes fluctuate fluctuations
Gradual increase - an upward trend
an upward tendency
Gradual decrease - a downward trend
a downward tendency
a descending trend

Example:
There was a 15% drop in the ratio of student enrollment at this University.
Vocab to show changes (Adj/ Adv)
Type of change Adverb Form Adjective Form
Rapid change dramatically dramatic
rapidly rapid
sharply sharp
quickly quick
speedily speed
significantly significant
considerably considerable
noticeably noticeable
Moderate change moderately moderate
gradually gradual
progressively progressive
Steady change steadily steady
ceaselessly ceaseless
Slight change slightly slight
slowly slow
mildly mild
tediously tedious

Example:
The population of the country dramatically increased in 2002.

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Types of Changes/ Differences and Vocabulary to present them:

Great change/ Huge difference:


Adjectives Adverbs
Overwhelming Overwhelmingly
Substantial Substantially
Enormous Enormously

Big change/ Big difference:


Adjectives Adverbs
Significant Significantly
Considerable Considerably
Medium change/ Moderate difference
Adjectives Adverbs
Somewhat Somewhat
Moderate Moderately

Minor change/ Small difference


Adjectives Adverbs
Fractional Fractionally
Marginal Marginally
Slight Slightly

Words/ Phrases of Approximation


» Approximately
» Nearly
» Roughly
» Almost
» About
» Around
» More or less
» A little more than
» A little less than.
Time Preposition:
In – to talk about past or future (years, months, decades, centuries, seasons)
On – when you talk about days/ times (morning, afternoon, evening, night) of the
day
At – when you need to express an exact time

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