ELNOVIAMY, MA

IELTS
Writing
Meeting 1: Structure of Essay, Common Mistakes

PREPARED FOR
IELTS PREPARATION CLASS - BATCH 2023

Today's Highlight
General Structure of Essays.

Overview

Analyzing the Graph

Programme
Common Mistakes in Writing Task 1
Layout Types of
graphs
 Overview
General Structure of Essays.
Vocabularies of Changes
Analyzing the Graph

Selecting Relevant Features

Natural Transitions

Improving Grammar Rules

Common Mistakes in Writing Task 1

Not Writing a Clear Overview
Your overview is the most important part
of your whole
response for IELTS Writing Task 1.

A clear overview means a 7 Task Achievement Score.

An overview means a 6 Task Achievement Score.
No Overview means a 4 - 5 Task Achivement Score.
Common Mistakes in Writing Task 1
Giving Personal Opinion
We don't want to know that the peak of tourists in
Japan in August is because of the cherry blossom
 blooming season.

Trying to Write About Everything

Every Academic Task 1 question states ‘Summarise the
information by selecting and reporting the main
features...’. ‘Summarise’ means that you should only
mention the main points, or as the question states,‘the
main features.’

Common Mistakes in Writing Task 1

Over-complicating the
 Question
Common Mistakes in Writing Task 1
 Not Organising Ideas Logically
The most logical way to organise a Task 1 report is:

Paragraph 1- Introduction
Paragraph 2- Overview of main features
Paragraph 3- Details of main features 1
Paragraph 4- Details of main features 2

Types
of
Graphs
Dinamic Static
Trends
 WENT UP

VERB NOUN
INCREASE… THE INCLINE
INCREASED INCLINED WAS. . .
GREW THE GROWTH OF...
ESCALATED DON’T USE: THE ESCALATION OF...

THERE WAS AN
SHOT UP, ROCKETED, FLY UP, BOOMED

WENT DOWN

VERB NOUN

DECREASED DON’T USE:

SHRANK , PLUMMETED, DIED
DECLINED THERE WAS DECREASE…
FELL THE DECLINE WAS. . .
DEMINISHED
 THE FALL OF... LOST
STAGNANT

VERB NOUN
REMAINED STEADY
DON’T USE:
REMAINED STABLE STUCK , IMMOBILIZED
LEVEL OUT
PLATEAU LEVEL OUT
CONSTANT
STAY AT

UP AND DOWN
 VERB NOUN
FLUCTUATIVE

FLUCTUATED FLUCTUATION
VARIED VARIATION
ERRATIC

DON’T USE::

HOW INTENSE?
 VERBS ADVERBS
decreased dramatically
increased sharply
escalated substantially
fluctuated considerably
rose markedly
fell slightly
 declined - rose -
stable- decreased

slightly - sharply
significantly- relatively

1.
Refined sugar until around 1986. 2.
The total amount of sugar consumption to 1984. 3.
Corn sweetener dextrose and edible syrups remained . 4.
From 1986 to 2010, refined sugar consumption
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