IELTS HOPECO: Tips for Academic Writing Task 1 - Analysing Diagrams with a Time Period

YES

1.  Turn every table into a line chart
2.  Look for some of the most important features of the diagram:

• the extremes                                         
• the constant                                          
• a peak                           
• a trough
• only category to always rise / fall
• biggest / smallest increase
• two categories the same         
• the continued rise / fall
• comparison of change
• between two categories

 

3.  Add words like predicted, expected, forecast, and anticipated for the future
4.  Use synonyms for male and female:

• men                  
• women                         
• boys    
• girls    
• the opposite gender    
• the opposite sex
• their counterparts

Remember: Be careful when you are writing about younger people - children are not men and
Women

5.  Use a variety of phrases when writing about activities:

• boys like to participate in                                           
• girls like to take part in hockey                                    
• football is the favourite pastime pursuit baseball 
• meditation is the least favoured leisure
• time activity

6.  Try to use different phrases when writing about age groups.
 
NO

1. Write about everything in the diagram
2. Use abbreviations for days and months
3. Use singular nouns if plural nouns are needed
4. Use opinions

 


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