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Preparation For The IELTS Academic Writing Task 1:: Describing Trends

The document provides guidance on preparing for and completing the IELTS Academic Writing Task 1. It discusses describing facts and figures from graphs, describing trends in line graphs, selecting relevant details, comparing and contrasting details, grouping information, and describing processes. It emphasizes accurately describing the key details while avoiding copying directly from the text. Vocabulary use is an important part of the task and achieving a high band score, requiring a range of precise and accurate words without repetition.

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Preparation For The IELTS Academic Writing Task 1:: Describing Trends

The document provides guidance on preparing for and completing the IELTS Academic Writing Task 1. It discusses describing facts and figures from graphs, describing trends in line graphs, selecting relevant details, comparing and contrasting details, grouping information, and describing processes. It emphasizes accurately describing the key details while avoiding copying directly from the text. Vocabulary use is an important part of the task and achieving a high band score, requiring a range of precise and accurate words without repetition.

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Preparation for the IELTS Academic Writing task 1:

Being able to understand and describe graphic information or data is an


important academic skill. IELTS Academic Writing Task 1 tests your ability to
describe factual information, presented in a graphic and diagrammatic form,
clearly and accurately.

Describing Facts and Figures:


A fact is different from an opinion because it is objective and often involves measurement. For
example, the graph on the left shows what a group of students think about a film they have just
seen.
Having looked at this graph, you could say that half the students did not like the
film. Or you could say that 50 percent of the students did not like the film. You
could be even more specific and state that 15 out of 30 students did not like the
film. These are all facts.

Describing Trends:
Line graphs are used to show a trend or pattern which usually takes place over a
period of time. It is
important to look at the overall pattern on a line graph as well as the significant
features within it.

You must show the examiner that you have considered all the presentation and
every important data given there and you have chosen the right facts to write
down in your presentation. Don't write every detail presented in the graph.This
will cause to reduce your score.

Summarising:
In the IELTS test, there maу be a lot of information to describe, in a limited
number of words. If is essential that you select the appropriate details and
organise the material in a relevant way in order to fulfil the task requirements
satisfactorily.
Compare:
When you interpret graphs, tables and charts, you will find that you have to
compare and contrast some of the details. Your examiner will be checking that
you can structure your answer well and connect your ideas appropriately. The
following table may help you do this.
- If you employ too many linking words or structures or if you use these
transitional words or structure incorrectly then you will lose marks.

Grouping Information:
When organising your answer it may also help to 'group' some of the information.
This is particularly the case when there is a lot of data, as in the graph on the
right.
- Don't interpret the important facts and information inaccurately and check that
your sentences are grammatically correct.

Describing A Process:
In Writing Task 1 you may occasionally be asked to describe a process or other
pictorial information such as a cycle or map. In order to produce a report
describing a process you should take a similar approach to the one you used in
describing data. You should examine the information carefully - which will be in
pictorial form - and make sure you understand it. Look specifically at the
beginning and the end of the process. Then, following the same principles as
outlined in previous units, you should provide an opening sentence that
summarises the overall function of the process.
- Never copy the text that appears in the question. Copying the sentences from
the question will decrease your IELTS score.If you need to use the sentences or
words appeared in the question, try to use a different sentence structure or
synonyms for the words.

You will also be given an answer booklet. You have to write your essays in the
answer booklet. Notes are not acceptable and essays under the word limit will be
penalised.

You are given graphic or pictorial information and you have to write a description
of this information. Bar charts, line graphs, pie charts and tables are most
frequently given for this task. However, you could also be given an object or
series of pictures or diagrams or a flow chart to describe.

If graphs are used there may be just one – usually a line graph or a bar chart. However, there
could also be more than one of the same type of graph or a combination of graphs and charts.
For example, you could get a bar chart and a pie chart together or a line graph and a table.
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Academic IELTS Writing Task 1 question requires you to use several


vocabularies to present the data given in a pie/ bar/ line/ mixed graph or to
describe a process or a flow chart. Being able to use appropriate vocabularies,
presenting the main trend, comparing & contrasting data and presenting the
logical flow of the graph ensure a high band score in your Academic IELTS
writing task 1. This vocabulary section aims to help you learn all the
vocabularies, phrases and words you need to know and use in your Academic
writing task 1 to achieve a higher band score. The examiner will use four criteria
to score your response: task achievement, coherence and cohesion, lexical
resource, & grammatical range and accuracy. Since lexical resource will
determine 25% of your score in Task 1, you have to enrich your vocabulary to hit
a high band score. To demonstrate that you have a great lexical resource, you
need to: 

» Use correct synonyms in your writing.


» Use a range of vocabulary.
» Do not repeat words and phrases from the exam question unless there is
no alternative.
» Use less common vocabulary.
» Do not use the same word more than once/twice.
» Use precise and accurate words in a sentence.
It is advisable that you learn synonyms and use them accurately in your writing in
order to give the impression that you can use a good range of vocabulary.

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