IELTS writing file

Youshouldspendaroundtwentyminutesontask1.Taskoneisnotworthasmanymarksas tasktwoandsoyoushouldmakesurethatyoukeepwithintherecommendedtwentyminute timeframe. Whatisbeingtestedisyourabilityto: objectivelydescribetheinformationgiventoyou reportonatopicwithouttheuseofopinion usesuitablelanguagetodescribethegraph TASKONEisareportbasedonsomegraphicinformationprovidedonthequestionpaper.With fewexceptions,thegraphicinformationwillcomeinoneoffiveforms1)alinegraph,2)bar graph,3)piechart,4)tableor5)diagramillustratingaprocess. Guidelinesforagoodanswer Doesthereporthaveasuitablestructure? Doesithaveanintroduction,bodyandconclusion? Doesitincludeconnectivewordstomakethewritingcohesivewithinsentencesand paragraphs? Doesthereportusesuitablegrammarandvocabulary?(Intermsofgrammardont forgetaboutgrammarconsistency!ifyouhavestarteddescribingagraphinPresent,all thecorrespondingverbformsshouldbeinPresent,ifinPastmakesureyouarewriting thewholeessayinPast) Doesitincludeavarietyofsentencestructures?(forexample,PassiveandActive sentences,VerbpatternsandParticipleclausesetc.) Doesitincludearangeofappropriatevocabulary? Doesthereportmeettherequirementsofthetask? Doesitmeetthewordlimitrequirements? Doesitdescribethewholegraphadequately? Doesitfocusontheimportanttrendspresentedinthegraphicinformation? Reportstructure Yourreportshouldbestructuredsimplywithanintroduction,bodyandconclusion. Introduction Usetwostandardopeningsentencestointroduceyourreport.Theseopeningsentencesshould makeupthefirstparagraph.Sentenceoneshoulddefinewhatthegraphisaboutthatis,the date,location,whatisbeingdescribedinthegraphetc. Describingtheoveralltrend Sentencetwo(andpossiblythree)mightsumuptheoveralltrend.

Describingthegraphindetail Thebodyofthereportwilldescribethegraphorgraphsindetail.Youwillneedtodecideonthe mostclearandlogicalordertopresentthematerial. Concludingsentences Yourreportmayendwithoneortwosentenceswhichsummariseyourreporttodrawarelevant conclusion. SinceTASKTWOismoreimportant,itmaybeagoodideatodotask2firstandtask1later. However,makesureyouwriteforeachtaskintheallottedareasincetheanswersheethas separateareasdesignatedforeachtask. Whatisbeingtestedisyourabilityto: Presentapointofviewwithconvincingevidence Challengeanalternatepointofview Focusonthetopicandavoidirrelevancies Communicateinastylethatiseasytofollowandcohesive. UseEnglishaccuratelyandappropriately MakesureyouidentifythekeywordsinthequestionItsreallyimportanttobe absolutelysurethatyouknowwhatisexpectedofyou.Lookcarefullyatthequestions andunderlineorcirclethewordsthatTELLYOUWHATTODO.Isitanopinion,a discussion,problemsolutionoracombination?Ifyougetthiswrongthenyouwilllose marks Takesometimetoplanyourwriting Choosethecorrectlinkingwords AvoidrepetitionTrynottorepeatwordswherepossible.Sometimesifthewordsarein thequestionyoumayneedtousethemmorethanoncebutbyvaryingtheformofthe wordadjective,adverb,nounorverbforexampleorbyusingsynonyms,youare showingtheexaminerthatyouhaveawiderangeofvocabularyandalsothatyoucan useEnglishveryflexiblythiswillhelpyoutogetahigherbandinwriting.