WRITING TASK
1
LESSON 1
A COMPLETE STRUCTURE OF IELTS WRITING TASK 1
Verbs, nouns and adverbs that mean “Upward/ downward trend”
Word Meaning Example
Rise/ increase Tăng The income of Global Growth rose by $120 million.
Decline/ decrease/ drop/ Giảm The income of Global Growth declined to $12 million.
fall
Go up/ down Tăng/ giảm The income of Global Growth went up to $120 million.
Slowly/ slightly Chậm/ yếu The income of Global Growth slowly went up to $120
million.
Considerably/ Vừa The income of Global Growth significantly went up to $120
significantly million.
Rapidly/ steeply Mạnh, lớn (đột ngột) The income of Global Growth steeply went up to $120
million.
Verbs, nouns that mean “fluctuation, peak and bottom”
Word Meaning Example
Fluctuate Dao động The income of Global Growth fluctuated between $120
million and $170 million,
Fluctuation Sự dao động There was a fluctuation around $140 million in the income
of OptiQuest.
Peak Đạt đỉnh The income of Global Growth peaked at $190 million.
Bottom Đạt đáy The income of OptoQuest bottom at $40 million.
Reach a high of Đạt điểm cao nhất The income of Global Growth reached a high of $120
million.
Hit a low of Chạm điểm thấp nhất The income of Global Growth hit a low of $80 million.
Verb phrases that mean “stability ”
Word Meaning Example
Remain unchanged or Giữ nguyên The number of students at ABC remained unchanged or
stable/ constant at stable/ constant at 1000 students.
Stabilize at Bình ổn The number of students at ABC stabilized at 1000 students.
Witness/ see (no change/ Không có sự thay đổi The number of students at ABC witness no change at 1000
a stability) students.
Fill in the gaps with a suitable word
1. The stock market d___________
decreasedsignificantly from $3 billion to $1 billion
throughout the day.
2. The i___________
increase in oil prices was caused by increased demand.
3. The number of COVID cases continues to fl___________in
fluctuate some areas.
drop
4. The temperature is expected to d_____ tonight.
5. The price of housing has f__________
fallen by 20% in the last year.
Rapidly increased
6. The population of the city has ra________ in__________ over the last
decade.
Decreased
7. The interest rate d _______ slightly
s___________ from 5% to 3%
8. The number of tourists de_________sig___________ during the pandemic.
Decreased
Increase/
decrease
FROM …TO ….
The income of Global
Growth rose from X to Y
BY/ OF
The income of Global
Growth rose by X
FLUCTUAT
E
BETWEEN … AND…
The income of OptiQuest
fluctuated between X
and Y
AROUND
The income of OptiQuest
fluctuated around Y
REMAIN
UNCHANGED/
STABILIZE
AT
The income of
Brighstar remained
unchanged at X
Peak/
bottom
AT/ OF
Bottomed at X
Peaked at X
Hit a low of X
Reached a high of X
The average amount of
money on cell phone
services increased
(1)___________$300 (2)
_______around
from $500 (3)
to
_______2001
betwee
(4)__________2006. After
n that, and
this figure
continued to increase. It
rose (5)__________nearly
$800 into2010. In
contrast, the average
expenditures on
residential phone
decreased significantly
(6)__________$650
from in
2001to(7) _________ only
$400 in 2010.
STRUCTURES FOR TASK 1
Music streams grew significantly from 5% in 2011 to 40%
in 2018
S + V + ADV + [data] + (time)
There was a significant growth to 40% in music streams
between 2011 and 2018
There be a/an ADJ + N + [Data] + in S + (time)
Music streams witnessed a significant growth to 40% in
S + witnessed/ experienced/ saw a/an + ADJ + N + [data] + (time)
2018
STRUCTURES FOR TASK 1
The percentage of students with very good qualifications
stood at 75%, about three times as much as that of students
with excellent qualifications.
S1 + stood at + [data], times + as much as that of S2
The percentage of students with very good qualifications
stood at 75%, compared with only 22% of students with
excellent qualifications.
S1 + stood at [data] + compared to [data] + S2
At 75%, the figure for students with very good
qualifications was about three times as much as that of
students with excellent qualifications.
At [data], S + V + times + as much as that of + S2
The percentage of students with very good qualifications
stood at over 75%, 53% higher than that of students with
excellent qualifications
S1 + stood at + [data], chênh lệch + higher than S2
