IELTS WRITING

Task 1 (Total 60 minutes) Task 2

1/3 of total writing score 2/3 of total writing score

Advised to spend 20 minutes Advised to spend 40 minutes
(At least 150 words) (At least 250 words)
SESSION 1
IELTS WRITING TASK 1
(Academic)

1. IELTS WRITING TASK 1:

Requirement (Yêu cầu) : at least 150 words (Ít nhất 150 từ)
The given part includes 2 elements: -Cue card –the graph

Past
1.Cue tense
for
(Body
Introduction +Over
view)

2.Graph

Features needed to report -Trend and Patterns (Xu hướng, Dạng thay đổi)
-Comparisons :Similarities and Differences (So sánh :
(Những điểm cần viết)
giống nhau hay khác nha)
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 2. Four Criteria for assessing IELTS writing ability (4 tiêu chí để chấm IELTS Writing)

2.1 Coherence and Cohesion = How well is your text structures (cách sắp xếp các câu) (1/4)
- Make sure each paragraph has a central idea (Mỗi đoạn có ý cụ thể)
- Use linking words and cohesive devices (Sử dụng từ nối và cấu trúc nối đề chuyển ý cho mạch lạc)
(However, In addition, Similarly, Finally …)

2.2 Grammatical Range and Accuracy = how good is your grammar (1/4)
- Write sentences with precision (Ngữ pháp chính xác)
- Use a wide range of grammatical structures and tenses
(sử dụng nhiều cấu trúc câu khác nhau và thì khác nhau)

2.3 Task Achievement = How well you answer the question(1/4)

- Present the given information accurately (Thể hiện thông tin chính xác)
- Answer all parts of the task
- Provide a clear overview
- highlight key features and support detail with data

2.4 Lexical Resource = how is your vocabulary (từ vựng) (1/4)

- Use a wide range of vocabulary through synonyms, … (Dùng từ đồng nghĩa)
- Use less common lexical items
- Avoid errors in spelling and word formation (American and British spelling)

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 3. STRUCTURE FOR WRITING (CẤU TRÚC BÀI VIẾT)
(Increase Coherence and Cohesion score)

Introduction
(Paraphrase
from cue card
-Viết lại theo ………………………………………………………………………1-2 SENTENCE……………………………………………………..
cách của mình
từ đề bài)

Overview ……………………………………………………………………2 SENTENCES……………………………………………………..

(Short description …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
without figures- (Reporting the most noticeable features: trend, objects having biggest and smallest features, …)
Đặc điểm chung (Những đặc điểm rõ nhất bao gồm : xu hướng, đối tượng có chỉ số lớn nhất và nhỏ nhất)
nhưng không ghi Chú ý : Không để số liệu vào đoạn này
số liệu)

…………………………………………………………………3-4 SENTENCES……………………………………………………..
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
Body paragraph 1
(Reporting key features and support details with figures, data)
(Usually past tense)
(Đi sâu vào vừa chỉ ra đặc điểm chính và nêu ra số liệu để củng cố ý đặc điểm đưa ra)

…………………………………………………………………3-4 SENTENCES……………………………………………………..
Body paragraph 2 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
(Usually past tense)
(Reporting trends + details with figures)
(Đi sâu vào vừa chỉ ra đặc điểm chính và nêu ra số liệu để củng cố ý đặc điểm đưa ra)

4. Types of sentences -> Using many types of sentences to increase

Grammatical Range and Accuracy score

4.1 Simple sentence (Nên dùng 1 câu đơn – Thường nên đặt ở Introduction)
S1 + V1 + …
Ex 1: I go to my school and pass the exam of mathematics.
Ex 2:The line graph illustrates the average per capital amount of carbon dioxide emissions in
the United Kingdom, Sweden, Italy and Portugal from 1967 to 2007.

4.2 Compound sentence (Nên dùng ít nhất một câu ghép) (Using but, and, so, nor, yet)
S1 + V1 + … , and S2 + V2
Ex 1: I love my cat, and he loves me.
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 Ex 2: In 1967, the carbon dioxide emissions per person for the Portugal was merely close to
1 metric tonne, and just over 4 tonnes of CO2 emissions was registered for Italy.

Ex 3: I really need to go to work, but I am too sick to drive.

Ex 4: I am counting my calories, yet I really want dessert.

Ex 5: He ran out of money, so he had to stop playing poker.

Ex 6: They got there early, and they got really good seats.

Ex 7: They had no ice cream left at home, nor did they have money to go to the store.

4.3 Complex sentence (Nên dùng nhiều câu phức)

Which, Who, Where, When, Although, Even though, before, after, While, Whilst, Whereas

Ex 1: I am using a laptop, which is very luxury.

Ex 2: The amount of carbon dioxide for Sweden rose relatively rapidly, to just above 10
metric tonnes in 1977, before falling sharply to nearly 5.5 tonnes by 2007.

4.4 There is/are/was/were

Ex 1: There were almost 8.5 tonnes of CO2 emissions in Sweden in at the beginning of the
period

4.5 Passive sentence

S + is/are/was/were + V-ed
Ex 1: A dramatic increase in the amount of CO2 emissions in Italy was seen in the first 10
years of the period.

4.6. Conditional sentence

Type 1: If S1 + V1 , S2 + will/can +V2
Type 2: If
Type 3: If
Ex 1: If I study grammar well, I will get a great score in writing.
Ex 2: If we look at the chart, a dramatic increase in Italy’s carbon dioxide emissions can be
seen.

4.7. Special Structures

….; however, …
….; meanwhile, …
Year + saw/witnessed + an increase/decrease
S + registered/saw/witnessed/went through/entered an increase/decrease 4
5. TYPES OF IELTS WRITING TASK 1: CÁC DẠNG CỦA IELTS WRITING TASK 1

5.1 Line graph

5.2 Pie Chart

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5.3 Table

5.4 Bar Chart

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5.5 Mixed chart

5.6 Process

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5.7 Maps