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Ielts Writing Task 1

Graph
What to include

Introduction Body paragraph Body paragraph


1 2
• Smart copy • Trend details • Trend details
• Overview
Introduction
• Smart copy
• Overview
Smart copy- some more words

• represent • denote
• depict • compare
• enumerate • show contrast
• illustrate • indicate
• present • give data on
• provide • demonstrate
• delineate • sketch out
• outline
• describe
Writing an overview
• The most outstanding thing
Body paragraph
• As presented in the diagram(s)…
• Getting back to/turning to the details...
• The table data clearly shows that…
• It is clear from the data that ….
Body paragraph
• As presented in the diagram(s)…
• Getting back to/turning to the details...
• The table data clearly shows that…
• It is clear from the data that ….
• As presented in the diagram(s)/ graph(s)/ pie chart(s)/ table...
Getting back to/turning to the details...
8. Now, turning to the details...
9. The table data clearly shows that...
10. The diagram reveals that...
11. The data suggest that...
12. The graph gives the figure...
13. It is interesting to note that...
14. It is apparently seen that...
15. It is conspicuous that...
16. It is explicitly observed that...
17. It is obvious...
18. It is clear from the data...
19. It is worth noticing that...
20. It is crystal clear/ lucid that...
21. It can be clearly observed that...
22. It could be plainly viewed that...
23. It could be noticed that...
24. We can see that...
TRENDS: UPPPPPPPPPP

• rise • climb • jump


• increase • upsurge • leap
• go up • soar • move upward
• uplift • shoot up • skyrocket
• rocket • improve • surge

Classify the words


General Up a lot Note: nouns and verbs
soar soar (n+v)
TRENDS: DOWNNNNNNNNN

• fall • drop • go down


• decrease • reduce • take a nosedive
• decline • collapse • slump
• plummet • dip • slide
• plunge • dive • go into free-fall

Classify the words

General Down a lot Down a little Note: nouns and verbs


TRENDS: NO UP NO DOWN

level out
Remain+
constant / steady / the same / stable /
static/unchanged
TRENDS: OOPS THAT’S TOO MUCH

wave
fluctuate
oscillate
vacillate
palpitate
TRENDS: OOPS THAT’S TOO MUCH

peak/summit

bottom
Bouncing around a point
TRENDS: quick or slow

• dramatically / rapidly / sharply / quickly / hurriedly / speedily / swiftly /


significantly/ considerably / substantially / noticeably

• moderately / gradually / progressively / sequentially

• steadily/ ceaselessly Find adjectives

• slightly / slowly / mildly / tediously.


TRENDS: a lot or just a little

• Overwhelming
• Substantial/Enormous
• Significant
• Considerable
• Medium
• Moderate Find adverbs
• Fractional
• Marginal /Slight
Different structures
• S + V + adv
The proportion increased slightly.

• There + [be] + a/an + adj + n


There was a slight increase in the proportion.

• [Time]+ [see/witness] + a/an + adj + n


The period from 1940 to 1960 witnessed a slight increase in the proportion.
Changes
B
C

A
from A to B
between A and B
by C
Practice
MARKING CRITERIA
• TA show them what they need
(sufficient info, 150 words+, formality)
• CC linking between sentences and paragraph
• LR vocabulary
• GRA grammar

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