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How To Write-Ielts Task 1
How To Write-Ielts Task 1
Writing
Spelling
Pie chart
Bar chart 3
Line graph
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Diagram
Table
Process
Writing Task 1 – General information
Structure
Introduction
The line graph illustrates the amount of fast food consumed by teenagers
in Australia between 1975 and 2000, a period of 25 years.
You should spend about 20 minutes on this task.
Example: The chart below shows the percentage of male and female teachers in six
different types of educational setting in the UK in 2010.
Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and
make comparisons where relevant.
Write at least 150 words.
Wha
Wha
How
How tt
The bar chart gives information about the gender of teachers in six types
of educational institutions in the UK in 2010. It shows what percentage of
teachers was male and what percentage
Where
Where was female.When
When
Practice
Work in groups, each group one time sends a student to the front. Each
time teacher shows one introduction on the screen, the students then
pick the most suitable graph for each introduction.
1. The bar chart illustrates the number of male and female students studying
Computer Science at a UK university over three years.
2. The graph shows the preferred leisure activities of Australian children
aged 5-14. As might be expected, it is clear from the data that sedentary
pursuits are far more popular nowadays than active ones.
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4. The two graphs show that oil was the major energy source in the USA in
both 1980 and 1990 and that coal, natural gas and hydroelectric power
remained in much the same proportions. On the other hand, there was a
dramatic rise in nuclear power, which doubled its percentage over the ten
years.
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6. The graph shows consumption of energy in the U.S. since 1980 with
projections through 2030.
Structure
Body
other reasons
for pleasure
go to New Zealand
The largest percentage
other reasons
for pleasure
1. What’s the purpose of the 1st sentence? To introduce the subject
2. Does the summary contain all the main information from the
chart, including numbers? Yes
Yes. “other”
come from
other countries
60 percent
Number + percent
60 percent (%)
13 percent (%)
percent
10 percent
percent (X2)
percentage of people
what international visitors to New Zealand do
when they are on holiday
85%
go sightseeing 45%
50%
going to museums
40%
people
2. bosses 6. matches
3. boys 7. parties
4. feet 8. wives
5. men
2. children 3. countries
4. cities 5. lives
6. families 7. watches
8. potatoes 9. activities
10. crashes