Ielts Line Graphs The Basics 107889

Increased
Jumped
Rose
Flew
Grew
Went up
Climbed
Rocketed
(big
increase)
Decreased
Fell
Dropped
Went down
Sank
Plummeted
(big decrease)
Fluctuated (v)
a fluctuation (n)
Peaked (verb)
Hit a peak
(noun)
Bottomed out
Levelled out
The Grammar
Adjectives describe a noun. Adverbs describe a verb.
A funny man He ran quickly
A beautiful woman She wrote quietly.
In IELTS, it is good to use adjectives and adverbs to show

that you can use good grammar.
The Grammar
Adjective + Noun Verb + adverb
a quick rise Rose quickly

a steady fall Fell steadily
a slow increase Increased slowly
a significant decrease Decreased significantly
The number of people rose. Then

the number of people fell. After, These are all verbs
the number increased.
Now we have some adj +

Firstly, the number of people rose
nouns and verbs +
sharply. Then there was a steady fall.
adverbs, to show good
After, the number increased slowly.
grammar.
Look at the lines again. Can you make an
adjective and noun?
Remember….
• You don’t need to learn all the vocabulary for
IELTS line graphs.
• Just make sure you know 2 or 3 ways to
describe each different change in the line.
Model Answer
https://www.ielts-exam.net/academic_writing_samples_task_1/854/
What else is important?
• You should have about 4 paragraphs.
• You should use a range of vocabulary and
grammar.
• You should use connecting words- In addition,
Moreover, However etc
• You need an overview of the main ideas
• You need to make comparisons
The Introduction Paragraph
Be very specific about what you can see. How many years
does the graph show? What is the information about?
Change the words from the question (paraphrase), so
you don’t lose points for repetition.
For example if the question says:

This chart shows > change to > The graph illustrates/The
graph gives information about
The amount of people who went shopping > change to>

The number of customers who… etc
Example= https://www.ielts-exam.net/academic_writing_samples_task_1/854/
The summary
What people drink in Hue
Milk tea
Juice
Overall, milk tea was more popular than juice from 2005 to
present. Throughout the period, the trend for milk tea
rocketed upwards, whereas juice fell.
2005 2010 2015 Present

Overall
• Remember, to get overall trends you can look
at the first and last part of the line graph and
say that the overall trend is up or down.
Writing
Vocabulary for things that are different:
In contrast
Whereas
However
But
Why do we need to compare in IELTS?
Ways to compare- (1) – Linking Words
Vocabulary for things Vocabulary for things
that are different: that are the same
In contrast Both
Whereas Similarly
However In the same way
But
Ways to compare- (2) – The
information
Group information together.
Which lines are similar and which ones are

different?
If you see 2 lines which have a similar idea, put

them in the same paragraph and compare them.
Use words like ‘more than’, ‘the biggest’, ‘the

most dramatic increase’. These words compare
one line to all the others.
Give an Overview
• The main trends (try not to write specific data)
• Words you might want to use: Overall,
‘most/least’
• Look at the start and end to get an overall
idea of the trend. If it is lower at the start and
higher at the end, the overall trend is
upwards.
Overall, the consumption of fish and chips declined over the
period, whereas the amount of pizza and hamburgers that were
eaten dramatically increased.
In 1975, the most popular fast food with Australian teenagers was
fish and chips, eaten 100 times a year. This was far higher than pizza
and hamburgers, which were consumed approximately 5 times a
What can we group together?
year. However, apart from a brief rise again from 1980 to 1985, the
consumption of fish and chips gradually declined over the 25 years
to finish at just under 40.
In contrast to this, teenagers ate the other two fast foods at much higher
levels with a similar trend. 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 times they were
eaten increased sharply throughout the 1970’s and 1980’s, exceeding that of
fish and chips in 1985. It finished at a similar level that fish and chips began
with consumption around 100 times per year.

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Increased

In IELTS, it is good to use adjectives and adverbs to show

a quick rise Rose quickly

The number of people rose. Then

Now we have some adj +

For example if the question says:

The amount of people who went shopping > change to>

2005 2010 2015 Present

Which lines are similar and which ones are

If you see 2 lines which have a similar idea, put

Use words like ‘more than’, ‘the biggest’, ‘the

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