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1 Writing a Description: TYPES of IELTS Writing_Task 1

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2 IELTS Writing Task 1_ LINE GRAPHS

Study the following sample of IELTS Writing Task 1 and complete the sentences a – g that follow!

IELTS Writing Task 1

You should spend about 20 minutes on this task. Write a report for a university lecturer
describing the information in the graph below. You should write at least 150 words.

Cases
600
500

400

300
200

100

0
1960 1965 1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995

Incidence of X disease in Someland

a) From 1988 to ………….. Someland was free of the disease.

b) That number rose steadily to 200 by …………. …… and then more sharply to ………………
in 1977.

c) In conclusion, the graph shows that the disease was increasingly prevalent until the
…………… when it was eradicated from Someland.

d) The graph shows the number of cases of X disease in Someland between the years
……………….. and ……………….. .

e) At this point the number of cases remained stable until …………… before plummeting to
……………….. by 1988.

f) As an overall trend, it is clear that the number of cases of the disease increased fairly
rapidly until the mid ………………, remained constant for around a decade at ………….
cases before dropping to zero in the late …………….. .

g) In ………….., the number of cases stood at approximately 100.

Now arrange the completed sentences a – g into a text of three paragraphs: opening, body and
concluding paragraph! Use a different piece of paper
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your paper with WRITING TASK 1 WORKSHEET 1

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2.1 Expressing movement: Nouns and Verbs

For each trend there are a number of verbs and nouns to express the movement. We can use a verb of change,
for example: Unemployment levels fell; or we can use a related noun, for example: There was a fall in
unemployment levels.

Direction Verbs Nouns

Upward Rose (to), Increased (to), ,Went up (to), A rise, An increase,
Climbed (to),, Boomed Growth, An upward trend,
A boom (a dramatic rise)
Fell (to), Declined (to), Decreased (to), Dipped A decrease, A decline, A fall, A
Downward (to), Dropped (to), Went down (to), Slumped drop, A slump (a dramatic fall),
(to), Reduced (to) A reduction
Levelled out (at) Did not change
Remained stable (at) Remained A levelling out
Level out steady (at) Stayed constant (at) No change
Maintained the same level
Fluctuated (around) Peaked (at) A fluctuation Reached a peak
Plateau at) (of) Reached at plateau (at)
Stood at (we use this phrase to focus on a
Others particular point, before we mention the
movement, for example:
In the first year, unemployment stood at … )

2.2 Describing the movement: Adjectives and Adverbs

Sometimes we need to give more information about a trend as follows: There has been a slight increase in
the value of the dollar (degree of change) or Unemployment fell rapidly last year (the speed of change).
Remember that we modify a noun with an adjective (a slight increase) and a verb with an adverb (to increase
slightly).

2.3 Describing the degree of change

Adjectives Adverbs Adjectives Adverbs

dramatic dramatically significant significantly
sharp sharply marked markedly
huge moderate moderately
enormous enormously slight slightly
steep steeply small
substantial substantially minimal minimally
considerable considerably

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2.4 Describing the speed of change

Adjectives Adverbs Adjectives Adverbs

rapid rapidly steady steadily
quick quickly gradual gradually
swift swiftly slow slowly
sudden suddenly

Use of different sheet of paper to answer the questions in 1 to 4 below. When finish, Go to Agape Indah
Google Class to submit it, if you want feedback from your teacher! Label your paper with WRITING
TASK 1 WORKSHEET 2

……… (From Ready for IELTS p.14 ) …..

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3 IELTS Writing Task 1 LINE GRAPH Writing Practice

1. Read the Writing Task 1 question below and the three introductions a-c which follow.
Decide which is the best introduction and why, then complete the gaps in d
Use of different sheet of paper to answer the questions. When finish, go to Agape Indah Google Class to
submit it, if you want feedback from your teacher! Label your paper with WRITING TASK 1
WORKSHEET 3

Writing Task 1 You should spend 20 minutes on this task.

The Graph below provides a breakdown of the UK weekly market share of visits to three social networking
websites between March 2007 and March 2008. Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the
main features, and make comparisons where relevant. Write at least 150 words.

……… (From Ready for IELTS p.15 ) …..

d. Now complete the gaps in the following model answer for the task with the correct form of a
suitable verb. There may be more than one possible answer.

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……… (From Ready for IELTS p.15 ) …..

2. Study the grap below and answer questions a-d then, write a description of the chart (e)!
Use of different sheet of paper to answer the questions. When finish, go to Agape Indah Google Class to
submit it, if you want feedback from your teacher! Label your paper with WRITING TASK 1
WORKSHEET 4.
……

a). Whtat is the chart about?

b). What tense/ tenses will you use in your description of the writing task?
c). Do you have to make a comparison in your description? If yes, of what?
d). Do you need to give some personal opinions in your description? Why?
e). Write a description in NOT LESS than 150 words

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