IELTS HOPECO: Tips for Academic Writing Task 1 - Writing a General Statement
YES
1. Use the simple past (you can use the simple present when there is no time period)
2. Write about trends for diagrams with time periods - do not rely on words like dramati-cally or dramatic to make the sentence important.
3. Write about the largest and smallest category / figure when there is no time period
4. Look to see if it is possible to divide the categories into different groups:
- divide all of the categories into two or three new groups
- divide a few categories into a new group
5. Practice using different standard phrases in order to develop your writing skill:
- An overview of the diagram
- A closer study of the diagram shows that
- An overview of the bar chart
- A closer look at the diagram highlights the fact that.
- In general,
- Generally speaking,
NO
- Use the words up or down
- Include information that is too specific
- Include figures
- Write more than between 25 and 30 words for the introduction
- Spend too long writing either the introduction or general statement. Aim to write both in no more than 5 minutes.
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