Writing ( 60 minutes )

20 minutes for the first writing task

40 minutes for the second writing task
Task 1 : bar chart , pie chart , line graphs ,tables
- You should write 150 words
- Topic sentence
- You should spend 20 minutes on the
following topic
- Analyzing data ( information )
- Steps for this task
- 1- understand the main topic of the figures
- 2- understand the shapes and the numbers
and what are the colors symbolizing for

You should spend about 20 minutes on this task.

The pie charts below show the devices people in the 18 to 25 age group
use to watch television in Canada in two different years.

Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features,

and make comparisons where relevant.

- Paraphrase the topic sentence

- The charts / figures / statistics/the graph ( illustrate /s ,indicates,

show,explains,presents , provides ,gives )( object ) information /data /statistics
 a rise
an increase
a surge
a growth
a peak

a fluctuation about /on used devices in Canada by

a variation
Nouns the groups aged between 18 to 25
a period of stability ( between 2009-2019 ) over 10 years/
a plateau during the period of 10 years .
a fall
a decrease - According to the chart / the given
a decline figures / pie charts / the bar chart ,
a dip

to rise
- It is clear / apparent that …………….
to increase
to surge - It can be seen that ……………..
to grow
to peak
- The percentage of ……/ the
to skyrocket
proportion of / the amount of ………/
Verb to fluctuate the number of …………….
s to vary

to fall - …………………. Differed from 2009

to decrease to 2019
to decline
to dip
to dive -
to plunge
-
to show an upward trend
to show a downward
trend IELTS Writing - Academic Task
to hit the highest point
to hit the lowest point
1-
to reach a peak
to show some fluctuation
Vocabulary
The following words and phrases will help you
to fluctuate wildly
describe trends:
to remain stable
to remain static
to remain unchanged MORE USEFUL WORDS AND
Phrases to stay constant PHRASES
to reach a plateau 1. Percent – the word percent comes after a
to level off
to flatten out number
the highest
the lowest Examples:
the second highest
the third highest More than 25% of the students are from
Brazil.
compared to
compared with More than 25 percent of the students
relative to come from Brazil.
2. Percentage - The word percentage
sharply
suddenly comes after words like the, a, this and
rapidly
abruptly
dramatically
significantly
Adverbs steadily
considerably
markedly
 that. Often, it is preceded by an adjective.
Examples:
A small percentage of residents have lived in the building for more than 20 years.
The percentage of students who live on campus has fallen sharply since the fire.
3. For numbers up to ten, write the numbers in words. For numbers over 10, you
can write the numbers in numbers.
Examples:
Five percent of the employees were late this month.
More than 50 percent of the students handed in their assignments late after the
long weekend.
4. If the sentence starts with a number, always write it in words.
Examples: Wrong: 25 students were from China.
Right: Twenty-five students were from China.

GRAMMAR
Take note of the following prepositions which you will need to describe dates, numbers
and comparisons:
Dates
In December,
In 2005,
From 2001-2010,
By 1998,
Between 1965-1969
Numbers
Increase of 25%
Decreased by 10%
Fell from 200 in July to 150 in August
Comparison
Compared to
Compared with
Relative to

- There is / was a …sharp /gradual …. Rise

( increase ) in the percentage of cars in 20009 by
20 %
- - the percentage of cars increased( gradually) by
34%
- …………………………. Fell down (slightly) to
30%
- Category / class /group ( categories ) different /
various /several )