IELTS GRAPH WRITING ONE

STEP 1
ANALYSE THE GRAPH

1. ANALAYSE THIS LINE GRAPH BY ANSWERING THE QUESTIONS

2. ARE THESE SENTENCES ABOUT THE GRAPH TRUE OR FALSE

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STEP 2
REWITE THE GIVEN PROMPT FOR THE INTRODUCTION

1. REWRITE THE RUBRIC ON TOPIC VISITORS TO AUSTRALIA BY USING HOW MANY AND THE
NUMBER OF PLURAL NOUN WHICH WE USE WITH COUNTABLE NOUNS.
1. The graph shows information about how many p________ v_______ Australia over an
eight-year period between 2000 and 2008.
2. The graph illustrates data about the number of p________ w___ v_______ Australia over
an eight-year period between 2000 and 2008.
2. REWRITE THE RUBRIC ON TOPIC CAR SALES IN THE USA, 2008-2010
1. the graph shows information about how many
________________________________________________________________________.
2. the graph illustrates data about the number of
___________________________________________________________________________.
3. LOOK AT THE SENTENCES BELOW WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE IN THESE SENTENCES FROM
THE ONES ABOVE.

4. COMPLETE THESE SENENCES OF THE TOPIC COFFEE PRODUCTION IN KENYA,1999-2006.

1. The graph shows information about how much
___________________________________________________________________________
2. the graph highlights data about the amount of
___________________________________________________________________________.

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5. COMPLETE THIS TABLE

6. WRITE AN INTRODUCTION FOR THESE TOPICS.

1. Gas production in Russia (2003-2008)

2. employment rates in the public sector, the UK (2006-2010)

MANY TOPICS ARE ABOUT MONEY AND PEOPLE SO TRY TO LEARN WORDS RELATED TO
THESE TOPICS.
MONEY: SPENDING. INVESTMENT, EXPENDITURE
PEOPLE: HOME OWNERSHIP, UNEMPLOYMENT

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STEP 3
WRITING AN OVEVIEW
You need to write a general overview of the main trends and the most important
information in a graph EITHER IN THE INTRODUCTION OR IN A NEW PARAGRAPH (BOTH ARE
ACCAPTABLE IN IELTS). DO NOT WRITE ANY NUMBERS OR PERCENTAGES IN AN OVERVIEW.

AND WRITE A ONE SENTENCE

OVERIEW IN INTRODUCTION

1. LOOK AT THE GRAPH AGAIN AND ANSWER THE QUESTIONS

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2. MATCH THE SENTENCE HALVES

3. READ THIS OVERVIEW AND FIND SYNONYMS FOR THE PHRASES

1. In general
2. It can be seen that
3. the income of Barnie’s Buns and Robbie’s Bakery rose
4. whereas
5. the income of Lovely Loaves went down significantly
6. the time period covered by the graph
4. MATCH THE PHRASES 1-2 WITH THE DEFINITIONS A-B

5. ADD THE GIVEN PHRASES TO THE CORRECT PLACES

PERIOD SAW THAN UPWARD WAS WHAT WHILE

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6. WRITE AN INTRODUCTION AND AN OVERVIEW FOR THE GRAPH

Step 3
LANGUAGE TO DESCRIBE TRENDS IN MAIN BODY PARAGRAPH 1 AND 2
VERBS AND ADVERBS
1. PUT THE VERBS IN THE CORRECT COLUMN OF THE TABLE

Verbs to Verbs to Verbs to Verbs to notes

describe describe describe big describe big
increases decreases increases decreases
Vebs to
describe big
increases and
decreases DO
NOT NEED AN

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 ADVERB but the
verbs in 1st and
2nd columns
need an adverb

2. WHICH OF THE ADVERBS IN THE BOX DESCRIBE:

3. LOOK BACK AT THE GRAPH ABOUT THREE BAKERIES IN LONDON AND COMPLETE THE
SENTENCES WITH A VERB.

4. THE VERBS AND PHRASES IN BOL DESCRIBE CHANGES. CHECK THEIR MEANINGS.

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ADJECTIVES AND NOUNS
1. COMPLETE THIS TABLE WITH THE NOUN FORM OF THE VERBS

PAST SIMPLE VERB NOUN PAST SIMPLE VERB NOUN

rose fluctuated
fell plunged
Levelled off decreased
declined dipped
soared recovered
plummeted jumped
dropped surged
increased grew

2. WRITE THE ADJECTIVAL FORM OF THE ADVERBS

1. dramatically
2. steadily
3. considerably
4. negligibly
5. remarkably
3. WRITE A SENTENCE WITH AN ADJECTIVE AN NOUN O DESCRIBE THE CHANGES ABOUT THE
GRAPH ABOUT 3 BAKIERIES IN LNDON.

4. REWRIT THE SENTENCES BY MAKING NECESSARY CHANGES

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LINKING PHRASES
READ THE MODEL

1. IN PARAGRAPHS 3 AD 4, FIND:

2. REWRITE THE SENTENCES

1. Income then rose sharply. ___________________________________________________
2. There was then a gradual rise to around 105.000 pounds.
__________________________________________________________________________.

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3. REWRITE THE SENTENCES WITH THE GIVEN PHRASES IN BRACKETS.

JOINING TWO CHANGES TOGETHER

1. READ THIS PARAGRAPH AND UNDERLINE ALL THE LINKING WORDS AND PHRASES WHICH
MEAN THEN.

2. JOIN THESE CHANGES USING THE GIVEN LINKING PHRASE IN BRACKETS WITH NECESSARY
CHANGES.

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3. CHOOSE THE CORRECT VERB FORM.

4. REWRITE THESE SENTENCES

5. THINKING OF THE LINKING DEVICES AND DESPİTE/HAVING … JOIN THE IDEAS IN THE PARAGRAPH.

PREPOSITIONS AND ARTICLES

1. READ THE PARAGRAPH AND CHOOSE THE CORRECT PREPOSITION

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2. DECIDE WHICH PREPOSITION TO USE WITH BY ANALYSING THE PARAGRAPH ABOVE

3. ADD THE MISSING PREPOSITIONS TO THE PARAGRAP

ARTICLES

5. THERE ARE 12 MORE MISSING ARTICLE IN THE PARAGRAPHS FIND AND ADD AN ARTICLE

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INTERPRITING THE DATA IN A GRAPH

1. COMPLETE THE SENTENCES ON 3 BAKERIES IN LONDON

2. COMPLETE THE COMMENTS IN THE PRAGRAPH WITH ONE WORD ONLY.

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3. LOOK AT THE GRAPH ABOUT EMPLOYEMENT AND COMPLETE THE SENTENCES

1. Forty-eight per cent of people worked in the private sector in 2000, which meant

2. There was a slight rise in the percentage of people who worked in the public sector, to just over
50% in 2010, this figure being

3. The percentage of people employed in the public sector rose sharply between 2002 and 2004,
soring

4. The percentage of people who worked in the private sector went down steadily to 20 % in 2010.
This meant…

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GRAPHS WITH A FUTURE TREND

1. ANALYSE THE GRAPH

2. CHANGE HE PHRASES INTO FUTURE

3. MATCH THE 2 HALVES OF THE SENTENCES.

4. WRITE 2 MORE SENTENCES USING FUTURE TENSES

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TABLES AND BAR GRAPHS WITH TRENDS

CHOOSE ONE OF THE GRAPHS AND WRİTE AN ESSAY OF AT LEAST 150 WORDS IN 20 MINUTES

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