IELTS WRITING

TASK 1
1. General information

• 20 minutes
• 150-170 words
• worth 33% of total writing mark
• THIS IS A REPORT, NOT AN ESSAY
 WRITING TASK 1 BAND DESCRIPTOR

Marking criteria

Task achievement
25% 25%
Coherent and cohesion

Lexical resource

25% 25%
Grammatical range and accuracy
 Main types of charts

Diagram/
Bar chart Line graph Table Pie chart Map Combination
process

aaa bbb aaa • aaa

Series 1 ccc ddd

bbb • bbb
Series 2 eee fff
ccc • ccc

Sales

1st Qtr 2nd Qtr 3rd Qtr 4th Qtr

_five countries in Europe = five European
countries
_the percentage of internet users
_shopping on the Internet = online
shopping

The bar chart illustrates the percentage of

internet users in five European countries in
2000, while the pie chart shows the
average amount of money each person in
the given nations spent on online
shopping.
The bar chart illustrates the
percentage of six age groups of
Australian women when they
became mothers for the first
time in 3 different years (1966,
1986 and 2006).
The showed map describes how the waterfront
area of the town called Darwin change over the
period of 5 years, from 2009 to 2014.
The provided
pie charts
illustrate the
proportion of
workers in 3
different fields
(Manufacturing
, sales, services)
in 1960 and
2010.
The given diagram
illustrates the
process of
producing ceramic
pots.

Produce =
manufacture
The given table presents the figure of 5 types registered
vehicles in Australia and the overall percentage growth in
2010, 2012, 2014.
INTRODUCTION
(paraphrase lại đề bài)
3. Main
structure
OVERVIEW
(summarise lại)

BODY 1

BODY 2
 Noun

TREND
FOR DESCRIBING
4. VOCABULARY
There Be + a adj noun in
phrase
variation
decline
Gradual từ từ
decrease
Moderate vừa phải
dip
Modest khiêm tốn
drop
Sharp nhanh và nhiều
fall
was a Dramatic
peak The price of oil
There has been a Slight nhẹ, ít in
fluctuation The cost of gas
Steep dốc
growth
Steady từ từ
increase
Significant đáng chú ý
rise
Considerable đáng kể
Slump (sự
Rapid nhanh
giảm đột
ngột)
Noun phrase verb adj noun
variation
decline
Gradual từ từ
decrease
Moderate vừa phải
dip
Modest khiêm tốn
drop
Sharp nhanh và nhiều
See fall
The price of oil Dramatic
Experience peak
The cost of gas a Slight nhẹ, ít
Witness fluctuation
Steep dốc
growth
Steady từ từ
increase
Significant đáng chú ý
rise
Considerable đáng kể
Slump (sự
Rapid nhanh
giảm đột
ngột)
 TREND
FOR DESCRIBING
6. VOCABULARY
Noun phrase verb adverb
rise
gradually
jump
moderately
grow
modestly
climb
sharply
increase
dramatically
rocket
The price of oil slightly
fall
The cost of gas steeply
drop
steadily
decline
significantly
decrease
considerably
go down
rapidly
plummet
slowly
plunge
 INTRODUCTION
FOR THE
5. VOCABULARY
STARTING PRESENTATION TYPE VERB DESCRIPTION
The Diagram Show The comparison of…
The given Table Represent The differences
The supplied Figure Illustrate between...
The presented Illustration Present The changes...
The shown Graph Give The number of...
The provided Chart Provide The proportion of...
Flow chart Delineate The amount of...
Picture Outline The trend of...
Presentation Describe The percentage of...
Pie chart Express The ratio of...
Bar graph Compare How the...
Column graph Contrast
Line graph Indicate
Table data information Give data on
Process Give information on
Map Present information about
Demonstrate
Summarize
 TYPES
ANALYSING

TASK 1
 • Chủ đề

(có sự thay đổi tgian)

1. BAR CHART
• Nơi chốn
• Khoảng thời gian
Introduction
• Đơn vị

• So sánh điểm đầu & cuối ( do có sự thay đổi tgian)

• Số liệu nào nổi bật nhất
Overview • Ít nổi bật nhất

• Có sự thay đổi tgian: trend tăng lên, trend giảm xuống, trend
giống nhau
Body
Tự hỏi mình:
1. topic? Nhóm đối
tượng
2. địa điểm?
3. khoảng tgian?
4. Đơn vị?
 The chart below shows =
illustrates the percentage =
proportion= figure =rate of people
=women, men and children who
ate= consuming five portions =
servings of fruit and vegetables
per day =each day in the UK from
2001 to 2008.
Percentage= tỉ lệ phần trăm
Percent = phần trăm (đơn vị)
Consume= tiêu thụ
Cách paraphrase:
_Dùng synonyms (đồng nghĩa),
antonyms (trái nghĩa), gần
nghĩa
_ Liệt kê
_Thêm khoảng thời gian vào
Overview:
_Overall = nhìn chung
_Account for = chiếm
_Increase (n, v) =tăng = rise
Gradually = steadily = dần dần _Reach a peak = chạm đỉnh/ to peak
Drop= fall = decrease = giảm _Respectively =lần lượt
(Real test 13/06/2019)
The chart below shows the number of jobs in tourism-related
industries in one UK city between 1989 and 2009.
Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main
features and make comparisons where relevant. _có bao nhiêu nhóm?
Write at least 150 words. _thời gian ?
_đơn vị ?
_địa điểm?

Paraprhase :
đồng nghĩa, trái nghĩa, liệt kê, đổi
tgian , tổng tgian
 The chart below shows the number of jobs in
The given bar chart illustrates changes in the number of occupations =jobs in tourism-related industries in one UK city
between 1989 and 2009.
tourism-related industries in one UK city from 1989 to 2009.
=> See a steady(adj) increase (n)
Overall, it is clear that, except for the year 1994, restaurants registered the highest
number of jobs provided in this city while that of travel and tours remained lowest => Increase (v) steadily (adv)
over the research/given period.
In 1989, the number of jobs in restaurants stood at the highest starting point of reach a peak
about 1100. This figure then saw a steady increase and reached a peak of just over Rise sharply
1600 in 2004 before declining to well under 1400 in 2009. Hotels recorded the
Drop gradually
second largest number of occupations during the entire period, with the only
exception in the year 1994 when it had 1400 jobs and overtook the leading position Fall
previously held by restaurants. After that, the number of hotel-related posts Decline
dropped gradually to just over 1000 in 2009.
Decrease considerably
The number of jobs in travel and tours also witnessed the same trend as that of
hotels as it reached a peak of roughly 1050 in 1994 before decreasing considerably Just over
to about 420. The last sector – sport and leisure – experienced the most Nearly
unpredictable (khó đoán) pattern in the number of jobs provided. In the first five
Just under
years of the surveyed period, this figure fell to approximately 660. Then, it rose
sharply to 1050 in 1999 before dropping back to nearly 700 in 2009. Roughly

Approximately =xấp xỉ
Account for = comprise = chiếm…%
 • Chủ đề

(ko có sự thay đổi tgian)

1. BAR CHART
• Nơi chốn
• Khoảng thời gian
Introduction • Đơn vị

• Số liệu nào nổi bật nhất ?

• Ít nổi bật nhất ?
Overview

• Với dạng bài không có sự thay đổi theo thời gian, chúng ta có hai
cách chia thân bài:
• Cách 1: Nhóm các hạng mục so sánh lại với nhau và chia thành hai
đoạn văn
• Cách 2: Mỗi đoạn thân bài miêu tả số liệu riêng của một chủ thể so
Body sánh (quốc gia, nam và nữ, thành phố…)
• Lưu ý: vì đây là dạng bài chỉ có một năm, nên chúng ta không thể
diễn tả tăng hay giảm mà chỉ liệt kê và so sánh số liệu.
MODEL ANSWER 1:
You should spend about 20 minutes on this task.
The chart below gives information about the most common sports played in New Zealand in 2002.
Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
Write at least 150 words.
The bar graph provides information about the most Common sports played in New
Zealand in 2002. It gives figures for both boys and girls and clearly shows that their
participation in sports is fairly equal. However, their sporting preferences tend to be
different.

According to the graph, the most popular sport among girls is netball, with
participation rates reaching 25 per cent. A similar percentage of boys prefer soccer,
which is clearly their favourite sport. Ten per cent of boys also enjoy playing cricket
but hardly any girls take part in this game. While swimming is popular among both
boys and girls, fewer boys participate in this sport - about 13 per cent compared to
approximately 22 per cent of girls.

Other sports such as tennis, basketball and martial arts have lower levels of
popularity, and a significant percentage of boys and girls say they enjoy sports not
referred to on the chart.
(153 words)
MODEL ANSWER 2:
You should spend about 20 minutes on this task.
The bar chart below shows shares of expenditures for five major categories in the United States, Canada, the United
Kingdom, and Japan in the year 2009.
Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
Write at least 150 words.
The bar chart compares how consumers in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and Japan
allocated different shares of total spending to categories such as food, housing, and transportation in 2009.

We can see that the United States had the highest housing expenditure share, 26% of total expenditures in
2009. The United Kingdom and Japan followed, with 24% and 22%, respectively. Canada had
the lowest housing share at 21%. Housing was the largest expenditure component in all
countries except Japan.

By contrast, Canada had the largest transportation share of all four countries at 20%. The United States and
the United Kingdom had the next-highest transportation shares, 17% and 15%, respectively. Japan had the
lowest, at 10%.However, in Japan, consumers spent 23% of their total expenditures on food in 2009. The
United Kingdom had the second-highest share at 20%. Canada, with 15%, and the United States, with 14%
had the lowest food expenditure shares among the countries studied.

Overall, the data indicates that housing and health care shares of total expenditures were higher in the
United States than in Canada, the United Kingdom, and Japan in 2009, whereas Americans had the lowest
clothing share. Canada had the highest clothing and transportation shares, and Japan had the highest food
share, among the countries compared.
(214 words)
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MODEL ANSWER 3:
You should spend about 20 minutes on this task.
The chart below shows the percentage of male and female teachers in six different types of educational setting in the
UK in 2010.
Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
Write at least 150 words.
The bar chart gives information about the gender of teachers in six types of educational institutions in
the UK in 2010. It shows what percentage of teachers was male and what percentage was female.

Women dominated the teaching profession in primary education, but less so at lower and upper
secondary education. It was particularly true of nursery school, where the share of female teachers
was above 95%. Similarly one-sided was the situation in primary school, where over 90% of teachers
were also female.

At secondary and upper secondary level this pattern was less pronounced, where there were nearly
equal proportions of male and female teachers. On the other hand, male teachers outnumbered
female teachers in high-level education, where the proportion of men was twice that for women.

Overall, the higher the level of education, the more male teachers dominated, and the reverse
occurred with respect to female teachers.
(150 words)