Writing ielts academic

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Writing IELTS Academic
Part 1
Pie Charts and Bar Charts

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Writing Task 1
• Describe, summarise, compare or explain the
information in a graph, table, chart, map or
diagram (in your own words)
• 150 words
• 20 minutes

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Graph types

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Useful general vocabulary
respondents – участники опроса (ответчики)
interviewees
surveyors – люди, проводящие опрос
interviewer
(the) data (sg/pl: the data is/are) - данные
(the) statistics – статистика (совокупность
данных)
feature – свойство, признак, черта чего-либо
percentage – процент(ы) (количество в
процентах)
per cent /percent(s) - процент (ы) (%)
proportion – доля, часть от общего количества
segment – доля, часть
correlation – соотношение, связь между
двумя фактами
trend – направление, тенденция развития
account for … – составлять
Oil accounts for 40% of Norway's exports
make up
represent
the number of (people/native speakers/English
learners / holiday-makers/ workers/ days/ jobs/
subscribers …) - количество (исчисляемые
существительные)
the amount of (time/money/work) – количество
(неисчисляемые сущ-ные)
process - процесс
development / … in progress - развитие
stage - этап
axis - ось
vertical - вертикальный
horizontal - горизонтальный
index - показатель

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A pie chart. Fast food

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Look at the pie chart.
Read the questions and answer them.

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Read the summary.
Check your answers.

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Comparatives. Find the subjects

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Write your sentences using the prompts

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Adding data

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Structure.
Find and mark:
- Topic sentence
- Overview sentence

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More Comparing Structures
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Overall, there is a significant/insignificant/slight difference between…/in…
… there is a wide/narrow disparity between…/in…
In contrast to …
…….. is lager/smaller/higher/lower by….
In comparison to …
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by a narrow/wide margin of ….%
…… is approximately …... larger/smaller than …….
……. is twice/three times/four times as large/great/high as……
(The company…) uses/consumes/produces/manufactures more/less…… (uncountable noun)
than…
… more/fewer …… (plural count noun)
….. is considerably/slightly higher/larger/smaller/lower than….
….. is almost as high/large/small/low as that in….
…… is double/half that of ….
EXTREMES
…. is the largest/smallest/highest/lowest
…. has the second/least wide/greatest proportion/amount/quantity of …. (uncountable noun)
…. produces/uses/consumes …. number/quantity … of …… (countable noun)

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Apply the language you have learnt

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Structure
- Topic sentence
- Overview sentence

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Before you write