IELTS PRACTISE - DESCRIBING A LINE GRAPH

If you ask and answer the correct questions you will describe a line graph correctly and accurately, which will maximise your IELTS score for a task 1 line graph essay.

Ask and answer the following questions:

1. What changed?2. How did it change?3. How much did it change?

Example:

The line graph illustrates the yearly growth population trends of Denmark, over a span of 12 years, commencing 1996 and ending in 2007. Although there were no noticeable fluctuations over that time span, the data does indicate that overall the population of Denmark increased steadily during the entire period. (49 words)

At the beginning of the period (1996) the population of Denmark stood at 5.25 million, where it then continued to increase gradually until it reached 5.30 million people in 1998, a total increase of 50,000. The subsequent four years, from 1998 to 2001, also saw a growth increase when it rose by another 50,000 people, from 5.30 to 5.35 million. From then on, between 2001 and 2004, Denmark’s population continued to rise steadily by the same number, 0.05 million (50,000) people. Finally, from 2004 until 2007, the trend of Demarks increasing population remained consistent and hit a peak of 5.45 million, a further increase of 0.05 million, (50,000 people). (109 words)

To sum up, Denmark’s population increased by 0.2 million (200,000) people over the entire 12 year period. (17 words)

Total 175 words