Unit 1

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COMPLETE IELTS (4-5)

Warm-up

What are the main reasons for visiting New Zealand?

Task TypesTask Types

Minimum 150 words , you will lose marks if you are under this number of words.The task is to DESCRIBE data or a process. Do not give opinions or solutions.Your language should be academic and formal in style. Do not use abbreviations or contractions.You should allow no more than 20 minutes to complete the task. You shouldn’t write your opinion shouldn’t write your opinion or copy words from the task prompt – rephrase and use synonyms instead.

Never use bulletsNever use bullets, write as if you were writing an essay or a letter.

Writing Task 1 – Writing Task 1 – General information

Structure

!!!!!!You need to remember that you are describing a graph to

someone who doesn’t see it. Write what the graph is about, its

dates and location.

The Introduction

You should spend about 20 minutes on this task.

The line graph below shows changes in the amount and type of fast food consumed by Australian

teenagers from 1975 to 2000.

Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons

where relevant.

Write at least 150 words.

The line graph illustrates the amount of fast food consumed by

teenagers in Australia between 1975 and 2000, a period of 25 years.

The Body should describe the most important trendsmost important trends, while all information

is summarized to avoid unnecessary details.

Notice how many distinctive features the diagram has and divide

information into paragraphs, one paragraph per featureone paragraph per feature. You should link the

paragraphs by sentences that logically connect them to one another.

Important!Important! You need to write about all the periods of time and all the

subjects of graph. If it shows several years (1992, 1993, 1994) – write

about all of them, if it is about men and women – write about both.

Remember, summarizing doesn’t mean throwing away information. The

secret here is to select what’s important, organize it, compare and contrast.

The Body

The Conclusion / OverviewThe Conclusion should sum up sum up the global trends

shown on the graph and compare them if possible.

Overall, the consumption of fish and chips declined over the

period, whereas the amount of pizza and hamburgers that were

eaten increased.

Use your own words when writing the summary, not lift words and phrases from the question.

Order the information in a logical way (e.g. from largest to smallest)

Include an overview of the main points of the information given.

Remember!!

for a holiday

29%

The number of people who go to New Zealand on business.

other reasons

for pleasure

go to New Zealand

The largest percentage

see friends and family thirteen percent

other reasons

for pleasure

1. What’s the purpose of the 1st sentence?To introduce the subject

2. Does the summary contain all the main information from the chart, including numbers? Yes

3. Is the information presented in a logical way (e.g. from the highest figures through to the lowest)? Yes

4. What is the purpose of the final sentence?

To give a general overview of the main features of the information.

The chart shows where visitors to New Zealand come from.

Australian

UK: 12 percent US: 9 percent

12 percent

Yes. “other”

They come from English – speaking countries

second

come from

other countries

60 percent

Number + percent

60 percent (%)

13 percent (%)

The percentage of + noun

The percentage of teenagers

The percentage of people

percent

percentage

percent

10 percent

percent of the population

percent (X2)

percentage of people

what international visitors to New Zealand do when they are on holiday

85%go sightseeing 45%

50%40% going to museums

people

2. bosses

3. boys

4. feet

5. men

6. matches

7. parties

8. wives

2. children 3. countries

4. cities 5. lives

6. families 7. watches

8. potatoes 9. activities

10. crashes