Task 1 writing ielts General information • Time: 20 minutes + 2 -3 minutes: understand the question + details + 15 minutes: write quickly Answer all parts of questions Paraphrase information General – detail/ specific + 2 minutes: check-up: punctuation, content, coherence, spelling • Word limit: 150 words (170 words preferred) H0W TO ORGANIZE TASK 1 • Introduction: paraphrase from the question • Body: general trend – specific trend • Conclusion: no need - No comment + own idea Unit 1 describing trends • Nouns and verbs A rise Rose to An increase increased to Growth went up to An upward trend climbed to A boom boomed (a dramatic rise) ------------------- ------------------------------------ A decrease fell to A decline declined to A fall decreased to A drop dropped to/ dipped to A slump went down to A dramatic fall fell dramatically A reduction reduced to • Noun and verbs A levelling out levelled out (at) No change did not change remained stable at remained steady at stayed constant at maintained the same level Unit 1 (cont) • Degree of change Dramatic dramatically Sharp sharply Huge Enormous enormously Steep steeply Substantial substantially Considerable considerably Significant significantly Marked markedly Moderate moderately Slight slightly Small Minimal minimally The speed of change Rapid rapidly Quick quickly Swift swiftly Sudden suddenly Steady steadily Gradual gradually Slow slowly Unit 2 (use comparison) • More males than females choose the TV. • Fewer males than females choose mobile phone. • The TV was more popular among males than females. • The most popular form of communication was the internet • As many females as males rank TV as the least important invention. • Nearly as many females as males rank TV as the least important invention. • Not as many females as males rank cars as the most important invention. • Slightly/ considerably/ substantially/ more women than men voted for the bicycles Unit 2 (cont) • Red is the most popular car colour. • Professional is the second most prevalent employment category. • Spain is the least common holiday destination. • Twice as many women are employed in ABC company as … • Far more women are employed in ABC company than… Helpful expressions • The diagram reveals that… • To some extent: trong 1 chung muc nao do • To a lesser extent: trong pham vi/ qui mo nho hon • A glance at … reflects : nhin qua… cho thay rang • A similar situation was seen…mot truong hop tuong tu duoc nhin thay la . Task 1 writing ielts General information • Time: 20 minutes + 2 -3 minutes: understand. coherence, spelling • Word limit: 150 words (170 words preferred) H0W TO ORGANIZE TASK 1 • Introduction: paraphrase from the question • Body: general trend –