WRITING TASK 1:

GRAPH WITH A TREND

1. INTRODUCTION:

The given/ provided show(s) Subject Timeframe

bar chart(s)/ illustrate(s) over a sixteen-year

pie chart(s)/ period, beginning in
line graph(s)/ demonstrate(s) 2000
diagram(s)
give(s) information over a course of 16
about years, commencing
from 2000 commence from
delineate(s) = begin in
throughout/ during
a period of 16
years, starting from
2000.

Examples: The graph below shows the average number of Vietnamese students studying
in France, Russia, and America between 2000-2015.
shows
-> The given/ provided line graph _______ the average figure for Vietnamese learners
enrolling for/ attending schools/ who enrolled for schools in three different/ distinct
countries/ nations namely France, Russia and America over a sixteen-year period,
__________
beginning_______
in 2000.

2. OVERVIEW:

Overall, it is clear that (1)…Also it obvious that (2).

(1) Trend
______: increase/ decrease
(2) _______:
volume
Min
Max
Biggest change
Ex1: Complete the given table:
Verbs Synonym words Similar expression
increase rise see A rise/ an
(1) c____
limb up increase
___ up
go (2) w________
witness A
g_____
grow g______
growth
undergo An
(3) ex________ upward
experience
trend

Decrease decline, fall see/ witness a fall/ decline/ decrease

(4) go down
____ (5) ______________
undergo/ ex ...a downward
drop trend

Stay (7) remain See a stability

unchanged/constant unchanged
Stay (6)______
stable _______
remain
constant
________
remain stable
(8) ___________
fluctuate Experience a fluctuation/ an erratic
trend
hit a peak of (9) ______
reach the
highest point

(10) hit the low (11) hit the ………..

lowest
point

Adjective Adverb Synonym

Slight slightly
………… Marginally
Moderate …………
moderately
(12) sharp
……… sharply (13) drastically
dramatically
d………..
(14) c…………
considerably (considerable)
(15) s………….
substantially
Rapid Rapidly Swiftly
 Steady (16) ……….
steadily (19) g………..
gradually
s……....
slowly
 AT, TO, BY, OF
Example: domestic water consumption in 1997: 2400m3, in 2000: 3400m3
1. AT + the value in a year
Ex: In 1997, the amount of domestic water consumption stood __/
at was ___
at 2400m3.

2. S increase(s)/decrease(s) + TO + value in the year

S saw an increase/decrease TO + value in
Ex: In 2000, the amount of domestic water rose to
____ 3400m3.

3. S increase(s)/decrease(s) +BY + value (2000’s data – 1997’s data)

Ex: In 2000, the amount of domestic water consumption rose by ______m3
1000

4. S saw/witnessed/experienced a rise/fall + OF + value (2000’s data – 1997’s data)

Ex: In 2000, the amount of domestic water domestic water
consumption …………………………………………………………….
saw a rise of 1000 m3

 DESCRIBING CHARTS WITHOUT EXACT NUMBERS:

between and
Giữa 2 số liệu b......... 9000 ....... 95000
Dưới j....... under
justunder, a little ..............
Trên ...................,
just over ........................
a little over
Khoảng ....................., ..........,
approximately around .................
about
roughly