ielts writing task

Task 1 writing
ielts

General information
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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
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Word limit: 150 words (170 words preferred)

H0W TO ORGANIZE TASK 1
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Introduction: paraphrase from the question
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Body: general trend – specific trend
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Conclusion: no need
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No comment + own idea

Unit 1
describing trends
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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)
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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
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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)
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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