IELTS WRITING TASK 1

TASK 1
I. INTRODUCTION
1. CC T THNG S DNG PARAPHRASE

1. graph = line graph

2. chart = bar chart/ pie chart/table/flow chart
3. shows = illustrates (or 'compares' if the graph is comparing)
4. proportion = percentage
5. give information about = show data about
6. the number of = the figure for
7. the proportion of = the figure for
8. people in the USA = Americans
9. from 1999 to 2009 = between 1999 and 2009
10.from 1999 to 2009 = over a period of 10 years/over a 10 year-period
11.how to produce = the process of producing
12.in three countries = in the UK, France and Spain (i.e. name the countries)
13.increased = rose / saw an increase / there was a rise
14.graph = line graph
15.trends in = changes in
16.US consumption = consumption in the United States
17.chart = flow chart (also: bar chart, pie chart, table)
18.the diagram = the figure
19.to produce forecasts = to forecast
20.the total number = the overall number
21.various mobile phone features = different functions of mobile phones
22.maps show = diagrams illustrate
23.an island before and after = some changes to an island
24.in 1999 = in the year 1999
25.the proportion of different categories of families living in poverty = the
poverty rates among six types of household
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26.in 1980 and 2000 = over two separate years/figures are given for 1980 and
2000/in two different years
27.i vi dng process:
Qu trnh nhn to:
+ The figure illustrates the process used by..to.
+ The flow chart provides information on how the Australian Bureau of
Meteorology gathers all the data from different sources to broadcast
accurate weather forecast.
+ The flow chart illustrates the process of up-to-the-minute information
collection used for producing reliable weather forecasts by the Australian
Bureau of Meteorology
Qu trnh t nhin:
+ The picture illustrates the way in which.
+ The figure illustrates the natural process of.
+ The diagram illustrates the various stage
Tip:
"The figure for / figures for" is a great phrase that not many people use (e.g. the
graph shows figures for unemployment in three countries).

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