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Useful Phrases For IELTS Writing Part One Suggested Answers

The document provides useful phrases for structuring responses in IELTS Writing Part One. It includes phrases for explaining charts and graphs, comparing and contrasting trends, sequencing information, and concluding the essay. Phrases are given for describing upward and downward trends over time, as well as stability and fluctuations. Transition words are presented for starting new paragraphs and comparing different parts of the information.

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Useful Phrases For IELTS Writing Part One Suggested Answers

The document provides useful phrases for structuring responses in IELTS Writing Part One. It includes phrases for explaining charts and graphs, comparing and contrasting trends, sequencing information, and concluding the essay. Phrases are given for describing upward and downward trends over time, as well as stability and fluctuations. Transition words are presented for starting new paragraphs and comparing different parts of the information.

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Useful Phrases for IELTS Writing Part One Suggested Answers

Explaining what the task shows


The table/ pie chart/ bar chart/ line graph/ map/ flow chart/ diagram/ illustration/ figures…
… shows/ represents/ gives data on/ presents statistics on/ compares…
… information/ data/ figures…
The vertical axis/ y axis is…
The horizontal axis/ x axis represents…

Explaining the paragraph structure


These two sources of information will be examined in turn.
I will start by explaining…/ First, I will look at…/ First of all, I will focus on…/ Firstly, I will
describe…
In the next paragraph I will…/ and the following paragraph will…/ and then I will…/ … and
after that I will…/ and the final paragraph will be on…
The information will be divided into… and… and looked at in that order.

Selecting the most important information/ Giving overall


information
… stands out (because…)
The first thing you notice looking at the graph is…
The biggest/ largest/ most noticeable/ most important/ most obvious + difference/
similarity/ trend is…
Overall,…
The main trend…
Over the entire period shown,…
It can be said that in general,…

Mentioning parts of what the page shows


The left-hand column/ first column/ middle column/ second column/ third column/ last
column/ right-hand column
The top row/ first row/ second row/ last row/ bottom row
stage of the process
in the North/ Northwest/ Southeast
top right/ bottom left/ middle/ centre
segment
arrow
axis/ axes

Upward trends
To rise/ go up/ increase/ escalate/ climb/ grow/ expand/ soar/ take off
(nearly) double/ triple
A rise/ An increase
Reach a new high

Downward trends

To drop/ fall/ dive/ plunge/ crash/ decline/ decrease/ deteriorate/ plummet


A drop/ A fall/ A crash/ A decline/ A decrease/ A deterioration
Bottom out
Shrink
(nearly) halve
Going up and down Not changing
Fluctuate/ Be unstable Remain stable
Reach a peak Flatten out
Recover/ Bounce back/ Pick up

Big changes Small changes


Significant(ly)/ Substantial(ly)/ Dramatic(ally)/ Slight(ly)/ Gradual(ly)
Considerable(/bly), Sharp(ly) Creep up
Dive/ Plunge/ Crash/ Plummet
Rocket/ Shoot up/ Soar/ Take off

Comparing Contrasting
(far/ much/ substantially/ significantly/ slightly) While…,…
…er/ more/ less… In contrast,…
(not) as…as… … shows a rather/ very different pattern/
(very) similar/ almost the same/ almost trend.
identical We can contrast this with…
in some ways similar to… … is almost the exact opposite.
Comparing the… with/ to… … is (a/ the) (major) exception…

Sequencing

Sometime later…
After that…
The next/ following stage is…
This is followed by…
This reoccurs…
In the following hours/ days/ weeks/ months/ years,…
Subsequently,…
…, after which…
As soon as…,…

Starting the second main paragraph (= the second paragraph of


the body of the text)
Looking at…
Moving on to…
Turning our attention to…
In contrast to the… above,…

Conclusion/ Summary (only if you can’t find another way of


reaching 150 words)
We can therefore see that…
Together, the graph and bar chart show that…

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