Day 1.

Writing
1 Look at these examples of the types of diagram you might encounter in the
IELTS exam. Then label the diagrams with words from the box

line

horizontal axis
 vertical axis
bar

bar chart key

title

segment

row
pie chart
table column
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Example 1: The line graph shows information about
visitors to New Zealand from 2000 to 2010.
→ The line graph illustrates data about how many people
visited New Zealand, over a 10-year period between 2000
and 2010.
→ The line graph gives information about the number of
people who visited New Zealand, over a period of 10
years between 2000 and 2010.
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Example 2: The graph shows information about book
sales in the UK, 2010 – 2017.
→ The line graph illustrates data about how many books
were sold in the United Kingdom, over a 7-year period
between 2010 and 2017.
→ The line graph gives information about the number of
books which were sold in the United Kingdom, over a
period of 7 years between 2010 and 2017.
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Example 3: The graph shows information about sugar
production in Vietnam, 2008-2016.
→ The line graph illustrates data about how sugar was
produced in Vietnam, over an 8-year period between
2008 and 2016.
→The line graph gives information about the production
of sugar in Vietnam, over a period of 8 years between
2008 and 2016.
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Example 4: The graph shows information about sugar
production in Vietnam, 2008-2016.
→ The line graph illustrates data about how sugar was
produced in Vietnam, over an 8-year period between
2008 and 2016.
→The line graph gives information about the production
of sugar in Vietnam, over a period of 8 years between
2008 and 2016.
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Example 5. The graph below shows the proportion of the
population aged 65 and over between 1940 and 2040 in three
different countries.
→ The provided graph illustrates data about the population of 65
years old or more of three nations from 1940 to 2040.
→ The given graph compares three countries(, namely the US,
the UK, and Canada) in terms of the percentage of the
population aged 65 years old or more from 1940 to 2040.
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1. Complete these two rewrites of the topic Coffee production in
Kenya, 1999-2006.
a. The graph shows information about how much coffee was produced
in Kenya between 1999 and 2006.
b. The graph highlights data about the amount of coffee which was
produced in Kenya, over a seven-year period between 1999 and 2006.
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2. Complete this table
b. The graph shows information about how many DVDs were sold
in the UK and the USA between 2005 and 2008.
The graph shows data about the number of DVDs which were sold
in the UK and the USA between 2005 and 2008.
c. The graph shows information about how much chocolate which
was produced in Colombia …
The graph shows data about the amount of chocolate which was
produced in Colombia …
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3. Write an introduction for these two topics
a. The graph shows information about how much
gas was produced in Russia over a period of 5 years
from 2003 to 2008.
b. The line graph compares the number of people
who were employed in public sector in UK over a
period of 4 years between 2006 and 2010.
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4. Look at the graph about bakeries and discuss
these questions.
a. The earnings of Robbie’s Bakery and Bernie’s
Buns went up, but the income of Lovely Loaves
went down.
b. In 2000, the most popular bakery was Lovely
Loaves, but in 2010, the most popular bakery was
Robbie’s Bakery.
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6. Read this overview and find synonyms for the phrases
below.
b. what stands out from the graph is that
c. there were upward trends in the income of both
Bernie’s Buns and Robbie’s Bakery.
d. while
e. the earnings of Lovely Loaves saw a substantial fall
f. the period in question
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8. Add the words from the box to the correct places in
this sample overview.
Overall, what stands out from the graph that there were
considerable upward trends in the income of both
Bernie’s Buns and Robbie’s Bakery, while the earnings of
Lovely Loaves saw a substantial fall over the period in
question. Another interesting point is that Lovely Loaves
was the most popular bakery in 2000, but in 2010
Robbie’s Bakery earned more money than the others.
1 What does the title say the graph is about?
The world’s most expensive cities
2 What dose the vertical axis describe?
The cost per square metre in each city
3 What does the horizontal axis describe?
Cities
4 What do the columns/bars represent?
The cost per square metre in each city
5 Which is the tallest and shortest bar?

shortest – Monaco, tallest – New York/ Singapore

6 How do the bars compare to one another?

Manaco, Hong Kong and London very similar, New
York and Singapore significantly more expensive
 7 What does the title say the graph is about?
Home ownership in some European countries
8 What does the vertical axis describe?
Percentage of people owning their own homes
9 What does the horizontal axis describe?
Some European countries
10 What do the highest/lowest points of the line show?
Romania has the largest percentage of homeowners and Switzerland the
smallest
11 What is the general trend of the line?
Most of the countries have similar figures, except for Romania
12 Are there any sharp decreases or increases?
Romania has a much higher percentage of homeowners than
the other countries
13 Average house size in selected
countries
14 Different countries
15 Australia/ Hong Kong
16 Australia/ USA
 17 Average size of houses in
selected European countries
18 Two: country/ size
19 Denmark
20 Italy
21 France/ Germany
1 The pie chart provides information about the
average house size in selected countries and the
table in selected European counties
2 the USA
3 45m2
4 selected
5 most house in Europe are much smaller than in
the selected non-European countries
6 Hong Kong
Increase Decrease
Climb Decline
up Go down
Rocket Plummet
Soar Plunge
Drop
rose
remains/ has remained/ remained
has decreased
are going to go up
have rocketed
dramatic slight steady
substantial modest stable
unchanged
significant
 Significant/ substantial/ dramatic
steady

slight/ modest
Unchanged/
stable/
steady
1-C
2-A
3-B
 moderately gradually sharply
dramatically slowly rapidly
substantially consistently
Significantly/ considerably/ substantially/ dramatically

Slightly/ moderately
Gradually/ steadily/ slowly/ consistently

Sharply/ quickly/ rapidly

 B Dubai went up

C Hong
Kong

A London

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