TIPS FOR IELTS WRITING – TASK 1 Nguyen Thi Tuyet Nhung English Department, School of Foreign Languages, Tra Vinh University

CHART-WRITING ADVICE (150 word text) 1. Introduction paragraph: should be one to two sentences introducing what the task is about and your sentence/sentences should be paraphrased, using a different structure, synonyms or antonyms

CHART-WRITING ADVICE For one chart The graph/chart/table/diagram shows ... The graph/chart/table/diagram gives/provides information about/on ... The graph/chart/table/diagram indicates ... The diagram illustrates ... For two charts The graphs, charts, diagrams show/give information about/on…

CHART-WRITING ADVICE 2. Overview paragraph: Write a sentence to mention an overview of the chart. This can be an increasing trend, a decreasing trend, a fluctuating or a steady trend.

CHART-WRITING ADVICE 3. Body paragraph: Write between 4 and 5 sentences to describe the chart/s or compare where there is relevant information. Keep practicing writing types of sentences and clauses to make your writing the most effective. Only write the most relevant, remarked information in your text Be careful about the information displayed in chart/s, which can be presented in percentage, numbers, percent…

CHART-WRITING ADVICE Useful words: a. Words for big difference: noteworthy, remarkable, striking, outstanding, prominent, salient, underlying, predominant, significant, substantial, sharp, major… (adj) EX: The remarkable change in the number of students enrolled university was in the year 2016. b. Words for going up: upward, growing, increasing, going up, accelerating, rising, escalating…(adj) Verbs-nouns: rise-rise, increase-increase, grow-growth, escalate-escalation,….

CHART-WRITING ADVICE c. Words for going down: downward, decreasing, dropping, going down, falling Verbs and nouns: decrease-decrease, drop-drop-fall- fall d. Words to modify verbs (actions/events) significant-significantly, minor=slight – slightly, Marked-markedly, increasing-increasingly, decreasing-decreasingly, dramatic-dramatically, substantial-substantially, sharp-sharply, gradual- gradually, steady-steadily, unsteady-unsteadily, staggering-staggeringly, insignificant-insignificantly, rapid-rapidly, sluggish -sluggishly, positive- positively, negative-negatively, large-largely, prominent-prominently, important-importantly,

CHART-WRITING ADVICE Some more words The percentage of = the proportion of = the rate of (tỷ lệ %) The consumption of = the use of (việc tiêu thụ) From 2000 to 2012 = between 2000 and 2012 Role (key role, central role, important role…) abrupt – abruptly sudden – suddenly

CHART-WRITING ADVICE unexpected – unexpectedly surprising – surprisingly expected-expectedly fundamental- fundamentally Ex: fundamental change The number of people enrolling university increased significantly in 2017. There was a significant increase in the number of enrolled students in 2017.

CHART-WRITING ADVICE Good luck. Now, write your descriptions of the charts/diagrams in your textbook (Complete IELTS bands 4-5 or 5 – 6.5) Good luck. Any comments can be sent to Nguyen Thi Tuyet Nhung for further classes.