REWORDING THE INTRODUCTION
Re-word the introduction: Unemployment rates, India and Brazil(1995-2000)
The graph illustrates how many people were unemployed in India and Brazil over a-five year period.
What is overview?
Overview is a paragraph of task 1 which is usually written after re-wording the introduction. The candidate should write a general overview of main trends and most important information in the chart. Don't write any numbers or percentages in this paragraph.
tell the verbs to describe increase
go up, increase, improve,rise, grow,
Tell the adjectives with their adverb forms
slight-slightly
Tell another phrases to " as regards"
if we look at
regarding,
as for
with respect to
Re-word the introduction by using how much and the amount of:
CHOCOLATE PRODUCTION , COLOMBIA(1997-2007)
THE GRAPH SHOWS HOW MUCH CHOCOLATE WAS PRODUCED IN COLOMBIA OVER A DECADE FROM 1997 TO 2007.
THE LINE GRAPH PROVIDES DATA ABOUT THE AMOUNT OF CHOCOLATE WHICH WAS PRODUCED IN COLOMBIA OVER A-TEN YEAR PERIOD BETWEEN 1997 AND 2007.
Tell the time phrases
from.... to...... , between.... and.... during/throughout the period from... to.... during a period of 10 years/ over a decade, over a ten-year period
over the period in question,
tell the verbs to describe big increases and give examples
double, jump, rocket, shoot up soar, surge
Tell the verbs with their noun forms
rose- a rise
tell linking words which mean "and then"
after theatfollowing this
after which
at this point
next
subsequently
this was followed by
Re-word the introduction with "how many, the number of"
DVD sales, UK and USA (2005-2008)
1. The graph illustrates how many DVDs were sold in the UK and the USA over a three-year-period from 2005 to 2008.
2. The graph highlights data about the number of DVDs which were sold in two different countries between 2005 and 2008.
give examples with
a downward trend
an upward trend
There was a significant upward trend.....
there was a downward trend....
tell the verbs to describe decrease and big decrease. tell the difference
decrease: decline, decrease, drop,fall, go down
big decrease: halve, plunge, plummet
Tell the phrases which mean "about"
around, just over, just under, around ,nearly, approximately
give examples with "with respect to"
With respect to the income of single-paren family, the number began at just under $2000 in 2002.
Tell examples of introduction by using "how much , the amount of, how many, the number of"
Car sale in the UK,2000-2010
Coffee production in Kenya 1999-2005.
Find synonyms for the phrases below
in general, it can be seen that, whereas, the time period covered by the graph
in general=overall
it can be seen that= what stands out from the chart is that,
whereas=while,
the time period covered by the graph=over the period in question
give exaples with...
levelled off
hit a peak
hit a through
remain stable
The figure remained stable in the first three years
Income hit a trough
Earnings hit a peak
Give exaples with "after that"
The number of female teachers began at 2000 in 2001, after that there was a considerable rise to 4000 in 2004.
give examples with "by contrast, on the other hand"
By contrast, the sales of coffee went in the opposite direction
IELTS examiner will mark your test according to 4 categories. What are they?
1. Task achievement. How well you describe sth,how much information you have included, how you have selected the information
2. Coherence and cohesion. how well you choose your paragraphs, how well it flows from beginning to end
3. Lexical resource. this means vocabulary, how ranged,appropriate. spelling errors will hurt your score.
4.Grammatical range and accuracy. Are you making grammar mistakes? Are you using complex sentence structures.
tell an example of interesting point in overall
interestingly, interesting point is that, strikingly
tell 4 structures tha can be used in task 1
1. S+V+ADV
2. tHERE WAS A/AN+ADJ+N
3. S+witnessed/experienced/saw/had+A/an+ADJ+N
A/An+ADJ+N +was observed/witnessed/experienced/seen.
Give examples with "as for"
As for male teachers, the trend was relatively similar.
give exaples with "despite..., having..."
Despite falling sharply to 20000, the figure then rose in 2001