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Dynamic Ielts Language

This document outlines the general structure for IELTS Task 1 Writing, detailing types of tables and the components of a response including introduction, overview, and body paragraphs. It also provides language for describing bar charts, trends, degrees of change, and comparisons. The document includes specific verbs, nouns, adjectives, and adverbs to effectively communicate data trends and comparisons.

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Dynamic Ielts Language

This document outlines the general structure for IELTS Task 1 Writing, detailing types of tables and the components of a response including introduction, overview, and body paragraphs. It also provides language for describing bar charts, trends, degrees of change, and comparisons. The document includes specific verbs, nouns, adjectives, and adverbs to effectively communicate data trends and comparisons.

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HANDOUT 1

General structure for IELTS Task 1 Writing

Types of Table

Dynamic: data changes over a time period


Static: data for a particular time

General structure

Introduction (1 sentence): Paraphrase the question

Overview (1 – 2 sentences): Give an overview (Trend/Order)

Body paragraphs (3 – 4 sentences/paragraph)

Describe data “1 – 2 – 3 – 4”
Describe trends/changes
Compare and contrast

Language for describing Bar charts

Language for trends

Verbs Nouns

To increase, to go up, to rise, to grow, to An increase, a rise, a growth, an upward


Increase
climb, to jump, to soar, to rocket trend

To decline, to decrease, to drop, to fall,


A decline, a decrease, a drop, a fall,
Decrease to go down, to plummet (fall suddenly),
downward trend
to plunge (fall suddenly)

Fluctuate To fluctuate, to oscillate A fluctuation, an oscillation

Remain/stay unchanged
Unchanged
Remain/stay/stand stable
Language for degrees of changes

Degree Adjectives Adverbs

Sharp Sharply
Rapid Rapidly
Very strong Quick Quickly
Steep Steeply
Dramatic Dramatically

Considerable Considerably
Strong Significant Significantly
Substantial Substantially

Mediate Moderate Moderately

Steady Steadily
Stable
Gradual Gradually
Slight Slightly
Weak Slow Slowly
Minimal Minimally

Language for comparisons


Nouns: Difference, disparity, discrepancy, gap

Differentiate E.g: There is a significant difference between girl’s and boy’s performance in
class.

In contrast / by contrast, …
Contrast
A contrary trend was found for …

Similarly, …

Similarity A similar trend/pattern was seen for …

Relatively similar to …
There was a similarity in the figures for … between A and B

Be almost exactly the same as …

X is + Adv + Comparative Adj + than Y


Adjectives
E.g: The number of girls is slightly higher than that of boys.

● X is just/only/merely + (fraction) of Y

E.g: The number of girls is just one fifth that of boys.


Comparatives
Fractions
● X is a half of Y
● X is a quarter of Y
X is two times/fold, three times/fold … + Comparative adj + than Y
Multiple
E.g: The number of girls is two times higher than that of boys.

● A is the + Superlatives + N

E.g: Canada is the largest natural gas producer.

● A + V + the + Superlatives + N

E.g: Canada produces the largest amount of natural gas.

Superlatives ● The + Superlatives of X could be seen/recorded in …

E.g: The largest amount of natural gas produced could be seen in Canada.

● Most >< least

E.g: The most/least popular form of entertainment in the UK was going to the
cinema.

Outnumber, outstrip, double, treble/triple, quadruple, outshine, outgrow,


By using Verbs
outweigh …

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