IELTS WRITING TASK 1

UNIT 1: BASIC INFORMATION (Buổi 1)

33% tổng điểm bài thi writing: The percentage that contributes to your Total score
150 số lượng từ tối thiểu cần viết trong task 1: The minimum number of words you should
write
20p thời gian tối đa nên dành cho task 1: The amount of time you should spend on this task
MARKING CRITERIA
-Task achievement = How well you answer the question.
+ present the information accurately
+ answer all parts of the task
+ provide a clear overview
+ highlight key features and support detail with data
-Coherence and cohesion = How well is your text structured
+ manage paragraphing
+ make sure that each paragraph has a central idea
+ use linking words
-Lexical resource = How good is your vocabulary
+ use a wide range of vocabulary
+ use less common lexical items
+ avoid errors in spelling and word formation
-Grammatical range and accuracy = How good is your grammar
+ use a wide range of grammatical structures and tenses
+ manage punctuation
+ avoid errors in sentences
TYPE OF QUESTIONS
-Line graph: Biểu đồ đường -Bar chart: Biểu đồ cột
-Pie chart: Biểu đồ tròn -Process: Quy trình
-Table: Bảng số liệu -Mixed: Biểu đồ hỗn hợp
-Map: Bản đồ
STRUCTURE
-Introduction: Giới thiệu
Paraphrase the question + add a time frame (If needed)
-Overview: Tổng quan
Describe the main trend + the biggest/smallest figures
-Body 1: Thân bài
-Body 2: Thân bài
Kết bài có thể viết or không viết

UNIT 2: INTRODUCTION + OVERVIEW (Buổi 1)

1. Introduction
The graph below(có thể bỏ) shows the amount of money spent on books in Germany,
France, Italy and Austria between 1995 and 2005.
=>The given graph/table/map...
Cụ thể: The line graph/ barchart/table
=>Show: Illustrate/ reveal/ compare/ give infomation about/....
=>Between...and...: from...to.../over a period of 30 years/starting from/during a 30-
year period/.....
The amount of:How much/how many + N + S + V
In Germany, France, Italy and Austria: In four different countries, namely Germany,
France, Italy and Austria/In four different European countries, namely Germany,
France, Italy and Austria
EX: The given line graph illustrates how much money people spent on books in four
different countries, namely Germany, France, Italy and Austria over a period of 10
years, starting from 1995.
2. Overview: wite from 1 to 2 sentences + overview is the most important
sentence in your answer
Xu hướng đối với biểu đồ đường, con số lớn nhất or nhỏ nhất, sự thay đổi đáng kể rõ
rệch nhất: General trend, the biggest/smallest figures, the noticeable changes
Không được đưa ra con số or thông tin cụ thể: Specific details/data
+ Overall, it can be seen that...
+ Overall, it is obvious that
+ The number of X saw an upward/a downward trend over the period shown
+ The number of X in Y was highest (không cần the)
+ The biggest/ most significant change was seen in the number of X

EX: Overall, it can be seen that the amount of money spent on books in all mentioned
countries saw an upward trend over the period shown. Moreover, the figure for
Germany was highest.
Exercise: The bar chart below shows shares of expenditures for five major categories
in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom and Japan in the year 2009.
Summarise the informatin by selecting and reporting the main features and make
comparisons where relevant.
 =>The given bar chart compares how much American, Canadian, British and Japanese
people spent on five main expenses (chi phí, sự tiêu dùng), namely food, housing,
transportation, health care and clothing in the year 2009. Overall, it can be seen that
people from all mentioned countries spent more money on accommodation, food and
transportation than on the other categories.
Note: -The other: những cái còn lại trong tập hợp đang so sánh
-Other: Những cái khác

UNIT 3: LINE GRAPH (Buổi 2)

Verbs Stay: Giữ nguyên
Go up: Tăng Remain: Giữ nguyên
Increase: Tăng Unchanged: Không đổi
Grow: Tăng Stable: Không đổi
Rise: Tăng Steady: Không đổi
Rocket: Tăng mạnh (n,v) Fluctuate: Giao dộng
Go down: Giảm Vary: Giao động
Decrease: Giảm Slowly: Tăng chậm
Decline: Giảm Slightly: Tăng dần
Drop: Giảm Moderately: Giảm chậm
Gradually: Giảm dần Dramatically: Đáng kể
Rapidly: Tăng nhanh
STRUCTURE
X + V + ADV + TIME
The amount of money spent on books rose slightly from 1995 to 1999.
THERE WAS A + ADJ + N IN X + TIME
There was a slight rise in the amount of money spnet on books from 1995 to 1999.
A +ADJ + N WAS SEEN/WITNESSED IN X + TIME
A slight rise was seen in the amount of money spent on books from 1995 to 1999.
THE YEAR Y SAW/WITNESSED A + ADJ N IN X
The year 1999 saw a slight rise in the amount of money spent on books.
PREPOSITIONS
The amount of money spent on books rose slightly from 1995 to 1999.
The amount of money spent on books rose slightly from 80 milion to 90 milion dollars
from 1995 to 1999.
The amount of money spent on books rose slightly by 10 milion dollars from 1995 to 1999.
There was a slight rise of 10 milion in the amount of money spent on books from 1995 to
1999.
Note: Body 1 nói về các đường tăng Body 2 nói về các đường giảm or chia đôi biểu đồ ra
thành hai phần ở hai Body.
LINKING DEVICES
- It can be seen that S + V
- In terms (luôn ở dạng số nhiều) of + N: - Moreover: Hơn nữa
Về mặt gì đó - Furthermore: Hơn nữa
- However: Tuy nhiên - In addition: Ngoài ra
- On the other hand: trên 1 bàn tay khác - Additionally: Ngoài ra
- In contrast: Ngược lại
- Although: Mặc dù
Ex: The amount of money spent on books in Germany decreased gradually from 90 milion
to around 85 milion from 1999 to 2003.
The amount of money spent on books in Austria remained unchanged from 1999 to 2001.
There was a significant growth in the amount of money spent on booka in Austria from
2001 to 2005.
The year 1997 witnessed a slight increase in the amount of money spent on books in Italy.
The amount of money spent on books in France increased from around 55 milion to 60
milion in 1997, then the figure continued to grow in the following year.
UNIT 4: BAR CHART (Buổi 2)
The following bar chart shows the different modes of transport used to travel to and from
work in one European city in 1960, 1980 and 2000.
Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make
comparisons where relevant.

 The given bar chart reveals how citizens in one European city commuted by 4
different means of transportation, namely bus, car, bike or walking in three years:
1960, 1980 and 2000. Overall, It can be seen that the percentage of people who
chose to go work by bus, bike or walk to work saw a downward trend. However, the
opposite was true for cars.
STRUCTURE
BODY 1
- More/few/less + N + V + than...
In 1960, more people preferred walking than driving.
- A higher + N + V + than....
In 1960, a higher number of people preferred walking than driving.
- Be more/less + adj. + than....
 In 1960, walking was more popular than driving.
- The highest N + of + N + V
In 1960, the highest percentage of people preffered walking.
- The most/least + adj + N + V
In 1960, the least popular mode of transport was cars....
- As + adj + as
In 1960, walking was as popular as driving.
BODY 2
- Reach a peak of (đỉnh cao của cái gì đó)
The percentage of people driving reached a peak of over 35% in 2000.
- Peak at
The percentage of people driving peaked at over 35% in 2000.
- Reach its highest point
The percentage of people driving reached its highest point of over 35% in 2000.
- Hit its lowest point
The percentage of people walking hit its lowest point of around 10% in 2000.
Ex: Walking was chosen by most commuters in 1960 with under 35% of people who went
to work on foot.
Bus was the most popular mode of transportation 1980 (around 25%) while walking was
the least preferres (about 17%).
In 2000, over 35% of people drove to work, which made car the most popular choice of
transport modes in this year.
The percentage of commuters using buses fluctuated between 1960 and 2000.
The proportion of people driving to work saw a dramatic growth of 30% from 1960 to 2000.
The percentage of people cycling and walking to work decreased noticeably during the
period shown (to around 5% and 9% respectively).
Exercise: The bar chart below shows shares of expenditures for five major categories in
the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom and Japan in the year 2009.
Summarise the informatin by selecting and reporting the main features and make
comparisons where relevant.
  The given bar chart compares how much American, Canadian, British and Japanese
people spent on five main expenses (chi phí, sự tiêu dùng), namely food, housing,
transportation, health care and clothing in the year 2009. Overall, it can be seen
that people from all mentioned countries spent more money on accommodation,
food and transportation than on the other categories.

UNIT 5: PIE CHART + TABLE (BUỔI 3)

PIE CHART
The two pie charts below show the online shopping sates for retail sectors in Canada in
2005 and 2010
Summarise information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make
comparisons where relevant.
The two given pie charts compare the percentages of online shopping sales across different
retail sectors in Canada in the years 2005 and 2010. There was an upward trend in video
games and food and drinks sectors of online sales while the opposite was true for home
furnisings and electronics and appliance setor.
STRUCTURE
Take up: Bao nhiêu phần trăm (chiếm)
Account for: chiếm bao nhiêu
Comprise: chiếm
Consist of: chiếm bao nhiêu phần trăm
Constitutes: chiếm

BODY 1
Carbohydrates accounts for 60% of the healthy for sport. This is 10% lower than the
proportion of carbohydrates in normal healthy diet, and 20% more than the proportion in
an average diet. On the other hand, protein take up 40% of the average diet while this
proportion in a healthy diet and a diet for sport is lower (30% and 25% respectively). The
third compround shown in the charts is fat. Fat constitutes ẽactly one fifth of both the
average diet and the healthy diet, but the figure drops to only 15% for the healthy sports
diet.
TABLE
The table below shows the cinema viewing figures for films by country, in milions.
Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make
comparisons where relevent.

The table compares four countries in terms of the number of people who watch four
different genres of film at the cinema: Action, Romance, Comedy and Horror. Overall, it
can be seen that more Indian people watch films at the cinema than the other three
nationalities. In all four countries, Action is the most popular genre of film. Im terms of
popularity, Action is the most favorite kind of movies with nearly 30 milion people coming
to the cinema to watch it. In contrast, Horror films are the least popular with around 16
milion viewers. Firthermore, Irish people’ least preferred genre is Romance (Under 4
milion views), while in New Zealand, thr number of viewers of Comedy is lowest, at 3.9
milion. Moreover, it can be seen that the number of cinema viewers in highest India (24,5
milion people), while this figure for Japan is lowest. In terms of genres, the numbers of
people who watch Action, Romance and Comedy movies were highest in India while the
biggest audience of Horror is seen in Ireland.

UNIT 6: MAP (BUỔI 3)

TYPE OF QUESTION
-One map -Present >< future -Past
-Two map or more -Past >< present

INTRODUCTION
The map illustrates two potential locations (S1 and S2) for a new supermarket in a own
called Garlsdon.The main difference between the two sites is that S1 is outside the town,
whereas S2 is in the town centre. S1 is in the countryside to the north west of Garlsdon,
whose population is 65000 residents. S2 is located in the town centre, which is surrounded
by a residential area. In addition, there are two industrial zones to the north and the south
of the centre. Both supermaket sites are close (gần) to the railway that runs through (chạy
qua cái gì) Gralsdon from Hindon to Cransdon. There are main roads that connect Gralsdon
with Hindon in the northwest, Bransdon in the southwest and Cransdon on the sountheast.
These three roads meet at the town centre, which is a no traffic zone, so there woild be no
access to S2 by car, while S1 lies on the main road to Hindon.
VERBS
Be removed: bị phá bỏ Be open up: được mở ra
Be demolished: bị phá đi Be converted into sth: được biến đổi
Be torn down: bị tháo bỏ, dở bỏ chuyển đổi thành

Be built: được xây dựng Be replaced: được thay thế bằng

Be constructed: được xây dựng Be relocated: được đổi chuyển sang vị

trí khác
Be added: được thêm vào
Be expanded: được mở rộng về
WRITE
The diagrams illustrate the existing (đang tồn tại) plan of a university’s sports centre and
its proposed plan. Overall, this sports centre is likely to undergo some significant changes.
The most noticeable changes are the development of the two outdoor courts and the
addition of various sports facilities.