HACKING TIPS
WRITING IELTS TASK 1
for graphic, bar, pie, line graph, maps, and process
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Popular Mistakes, You don’t want to make !
Mistake Correct Version
Production was increased Production increased
It is shown by the chart that The chart shows
There were some countries increased Some countries increased (SVO)
Regions that had Some regions had
A slightly decreased A slight decreased or decreased slightly
While production went up While, although, because, whereas, etc
Keep it in the middle
On May / on 1990 In May / in 1990
Don’t That’s do not , that is
Keys & Grammars
Try to remember some of them !
Try to remember some of them !
Try to remember some of them !
WORLD POPULATION 1900: 1,600 MILLION WORLD POPULATION 2000: 6 BILLION
Asia Europe North America Africa Latin America Others Asia Europe
North America Africa
3% 3% Latin America Others
4%
Middle East and North Africa
5%
6%
3%
8%
25% 10%
60%
54%
5%
14%
The two pie charts below show changes in world population by region between 1900 and 2000
Summarize the information by choosing and reporting the key features, and make any relevant comparisons
write at least 150 words
PARTS BEGINNING REST OF
Paraphrase
The chart / table shows / indicates
Introduction Paraphrase
/ gives / illustrates/ compares / presents / that
We can see from the chart / table that
It is interesting to see that … the global population increased
Overall
In General, Generally, Overall dramatically in the last century
The most notable trend is that
Turning to the first graph, it can be seen that
On the other hand,… ..the European percentage….
Body Surprisingly,… Interestingly …
For Example,.. ….the African share…
One thing that clearly stands out that,
…Earth’s population is likely to
Conclusion In conclusion, Overall, We can Conclude that
increase further…
Subject Verb Other
…from…to
The world population….
….by…
The percentage of the world
Increased
population in Asia…
decreased As we can see in the second
The population percentage in
went down pie chart,…
Asia…..
rose sharply Turning to the second chart,
The percentage in Africa
went up slightly Overall,
The European percentage
remained the same Furthermore,
Inconclusion
* NOT ASIA WENT DOWN