Writing task 1

Basic infor.
Time: 20 mins
Words: 150 words => 170-180

Types of charts
1. Pie
2. Bar
3. Mixed
4. Line
5. Process
6. Table
7. Map

Structure (NO CONCLUSION NEEDED)

1. Introduction
Illustrate (s) The percentage/ proportion of + N (%) Time (2010-2020)
Demonstrate The amount of + N uncountable Between … and …
Give The number of + N countable From … to …
The
information
graph
about Place
(name of
Indicate The figure FOR + N both Over/ during a 10-year
that type)
period, starting from 2010
Depict The data of + N both Over a decade, starting
from 2010

2. Overview (NO NUMBER LISTED)

a. Trend (upward >< downward)
Overall,
In general,
It is obvious/ clear/ evident that A witness(es/ed) an upward trend while the opposite is/was true for
B.
b. Significant feature (highest >< lowest)
Another striking point/ noticeable feature is that
 3. Body
a. Language of changes
Fall + adv // plunge & plummet reach a plateau
Drop (n,v) level out
Decrease stay unchanged
Decline remain stable

Increase (n,v) // rocket & soar điểm cao nhất

Rise reach the highest point
Grow (v) => growth (n) reach a peak OF
Climb peak AT

Điểm thấp nhất

Vary (v) => (n) variation hit the lowest point
Fluctuate (v) => (n) fluctuation hit a low OF

b. Level of changes
• Slight / minimal
• Steady / stable / slow / gradual
• Significant / dramatic / substantial / sharp / remarkable / considerable

c. Sentence structure
• A + adj + N + is/was witnessed/ seen / experienced / observed + IN + the number/amount of + N
e.g.: Một sự tăng nhẹ được chứng kiến trong số lượng người sử dụng xe buýt.
=> A slight increase was witnessed in the number of bus users.
• the number/amount of + N + witnessed/ saw / experienced / observed + A + adj + N
=> the number of bus users witnessed a slight increase
• the number/amount of + N + V + adv +from…to… // BY/ OF + [con số chênh lệch]
• The year [number] + witnessed/ saw / experienced / observed + A + adj + N + IN + the
number/amount of + N

Số học sinh ở trường A gấp đôi số học sinh của trường B trong năm 2010.
 The number of students of school A was double (adj) THAT of school B in 2010.
 The number of students of school A was twice as many/much as THAT of school B in 2010.
 The number of students of school A doubled (v) THAT of school B in 2010.
Có một sự tăng gấp đôi về số lượng người thất nghiệp từ năm 2010 đến 2020.
 There was a two-fold growth IN the number of unemployed people from 2010 to 2020.
 The number of unemployed people increased twofold from 2010 to 2020
 two-fold (adj/ adv)

Gấp 3: triple (adj/v) / 3 times as much as / three-fold

Lượng người chọn hamburger gấp 3 lần lượng người chọn pizza.
 The number of people choosing hamburger is triple THAT of pizza.