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1 Analyze the question

2 Plan the answer

3 Write the answer

4 Check the answer (proofread)

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1 Introduction paragraph 20-30

words

• Write an opening sentence by paraphrasing & introducing the task

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2 Overview paragraph 20-30
words

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• The key feature of the diagram
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• All the key points are collected and put in the overview paragraph
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3 Body paragraph 110-130
words

• You need to support your key features

at least 160 words
• using numbers, percentages, statistics from your diagram
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Line graphs Bar charts Pie charts

Tables Flow charts Maps

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Introduction paragraph 20-30

words

The graph/chart/table/diagram Paraphrasing the title

• Shows / Illustrates / Represents / Depicts 1- shows the number of people ... = shows how many people ...
• Gives/provide information about/on 2- shows the amount of money ... = shows how much money ...
• Gives reason why (Only if the graph provides reasons for sth) 3- depicts the process of making jam... = depicts how jam is made...
• Explains why (Only if the graph provides explanation for sth) 4- spending = expenditure
• Compares (Only if several items are compared)
5- rate = percentage
6- ratio = proportion
7- information = data
8- share = portion
9- place = site
-Time periods
from 1985 to 1995 = between 1985 and 1995
in 1985 = in the year 1985
in 1985 and 1995 = in the years 1985 and 1995
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Introduction paragraph

The chart below gives information about the age of women in Australia
when they gave birth to their first child in 1966, 1986 and 2006.

The bar chart depicts the rate of Australian women who bore a baby for the
first time in different age groups in the years 1966, 1986 and 2006.

The three pie charts show the production, consumption of coffee and
where the profit goes around the world

The pie charts provide information about the worldwide consumption,

production, and profit distribution of various sectors related to the coffee
business.
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Introduction paragraph

The diagram below shows how instant noodles are manufactured.

The diagram above showcases the comprehensive process of manufacturing

noodles in a food factory.

The Diagrams below show a small local museum and its surroundings in
1957 and 2007.

The illustrations represents changes to a museum building and grounds in

the years 1957 and 2007.
The maps show the layouts of a museum and its surrounding area in the
years 1957 and 2007.
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Overview paragraph
❑ Chrome has the majority of contribution to Browser market.
• Write the most noticeable eye- 1 ❑ The browser market is totally dominated by Chrome.
catching feature first
❑ Chrome is by far the most popular type of browser among the users of the internet.
• You need to include 3 key features

on average
❑ Safari is the second most popular browser in the market.
2 ❑ Nearly one third of the market is dominated by Safari.
❑ Safari took up/ accounted for / occupied just less than one third of the whole share

3 ❑ Firefox, Edge Legacy, IE, and Samsung internet were not preferred by many.
❑ Firefox, Edge Legacy, IE, and Samsung internet had minor impact in the market.
❑ Firefox, Edge Legacy, IE, and Samsung internet contributed by the lowest percentages.
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Overview paragraph
❑ Notepad was the most sold item in all the locations.
1 ❑ Notepad was the customers’ most favorite item in all the locations.
❑ Notepad maintained the highest number of selling in all the stores.

❑ Laptop, printer paper, and backpack were customers’ least favorite item in all the
2 locations.
❑ Laptop, printer paper, and backpack were the least sold items in all the locations.
❑ Laptop, printer paper, and backpack maintained the lowest number of selling in all the
stores.

❑ Stores in Denver and Seattle sold the items in massive quantity compared to other
3 locations.
❑ The number of items sold in Denver and Seattle was considerably higher than other
locations.
❑ The majority of items were sold in Denver and Seattle
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Overview paragraph

1❑ People, especially in Ireland and Turkey, spend a great deal of money on Food, drinks and Tobacco.
2❑ While the spending rate in other countries is quite similar, Italians’ buying habit had a higher percentage contribution.
3❑ A very small proportion of people paid money for leisure and education, and Spanish people had the lowest percentage of expenditure.
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Overview paragraph

1 ❑ As it is clear, the village has undergone massive changes including establishing new facilities, demolishing a port and a forest park and
repurposing some structures.
❑ It is visible that there is a new infrastructure for housing and reconstruction has been done at the cost of destroying the agricultural
land and demolishing commercial fishing.
❑ Overall, a huge transformation, which includes infrastructure facilities, more residential buildings, and flattening a fishing port, has
taken place in the village
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Overview paragraph

1 ❑ As is observed from the illustration, the central heating machine comprises several mechanical aspects and forms a
complex system.
❑ It is evident that the process of heating a house takes place in multiple stages starting from filling the tank by cold water to making
hot water flow through radiators.
❑ From an overall perspective, the complete process consists of / involves a number of stages to heat a living house.
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Body paragraph

- People in Ireland and Turkey spend a great deal of money on Food, drinks and Tobacco.

- As indicated, Turkey had the most significant rate of spending with 32.14% ratio, and
Ireland comes next the rate of 28.91%.
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Body paragraph

- The browser market is totally dominated by Chrome.

- Looking into more details, Chrome took up just more than half of the whole pie chart.
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TREND LANGUAGE

Upward trends Downward trends Stable trends Fluctuating trends

Verb Noun Verb Noun Verb Verb Degree of change (large movement) Degree of change (small movement)
rise rise Fall (back) fall
Fluctuate (widely)
Remain the same/steady Dramatic(ally) Slight(ly)

increase increase decrease decrease considerable(ly) Gentle(ly)

stay the same/steady Enter a period of fluctuation

grow growth decline decline Sharp(ly) Relative(ly)

Maintain the same level Rise and fall erratically
peak peak drop drop Great(ly) Inconsiderable
Experience a period of stability Vary (widely/considerably/enormously)
huge(ly) Marginal(ly)
jump jump reduce reduction
Remained relatively unchanged There are wild fluctuations in the rate of ….
Rapid(ly) Slow(ly)
soar - collapse collapse
Experience a period of erratic behavior Remarkable(ly) Minimal(ly)
Reach a plateau
climb climb Go down -
Shows some fluctuation/variation Enormous(ly) -
shrink -
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improve improvement
Substantial(ly) -
- upturn - downturn

Since 1984, cinema attendance has Over the period 1971 to 1997 as a As indicated, from 2007 onward the The trend for female students began
risen considerably across all age whole, there was a slight decline in trend remained the same. lower at 1000 and then fluctuated
groups. the consumption of butter. between 2000 and 3000 but the
general trend was upward.
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Body paragraph
Describing location Describing changes

library faculty bank library cafeteria Theater

fountain

faculty
Park Park Car park

- The convenient store is located between the bank and the library.
- The convenient store is next to the bank.
- The convenient store is on the left the bank.
- The library is opposite / in front of the park.
- The library is in the top left-hand corner of the campus.
- The faculty is in the north of the campus.
- The fountain is in the center of the campus.
- The library building expanded / increased in size.
- The park shrank / decreased in size.
- The faculty was moved/ relocated to the bottom right-hand corner of the campus.
- The university created / developed a car park in the south of the campus.
- The old bank became the new theater. The bank was replaced with a theater building.
- A road was built/constructed along the campus
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Reporting a Map

The maps below show the village of Stokeford in 1930 and 2010.

Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main

features, and make comparisons where relevant.
The maps below show the village of Stokeford in 1930 and 2010.
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Reporting a Process

The diagram above illustrates the manufacturing process of noodles in a food factory.
There are eight stages in producing instant noodles which take place one after another.

The process of making instant noodles starts from storage silos where the flour is stored
and moved to a mixing machine where the flour is mixed with water and oil. In this step,
the thick dough is created so that when the dough passes through various processing,
rollers are taken out as thin sheets. Further, these dough sheets are cut into strips. In
the fifth stage of manufacturing, these stripes are formed into noodle discs. These
noodle discs are cooked in oil and then dried in the sixth step. These dried noodles are
then moved to cups where vegetables and spices are added. The last stage is to apply
labels and seal the boxes mechanically. Finally, when these boxes are packed, they are
moved to containers from which it will reach the stores where it needs to be sold.
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1 Analyze the question
• Paraphrase the graph description
• You have your introduction sentence.
• After that, mark all the key features,
trends, changes, etc.
The bar chart below shows the sector contributions to India’s gross domestic product from
1960 to 2000.
The bar chart illustrates the relative percentage contributions made by the agricultural,
industrial and service sectors to the Indian Economy between 1960 and 2000.
Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make
comparisons where relevant.
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3 Write your answer
• Based on your plan write an
overview of your report.
• After writing your overview
you need to support the
overview in detail.
IELTS Preparation Course
My plan
- Agriculture dropped
- Services increased sharply
- Industry went up slowly and then remained steady
The bar chart illustrates the relative percentage contributions made by the agricultural,
Intro industrial and service sectors to the Indian economy between 1960 and 2000.
Over the whole time period, the significance of agriculture declined steadily while services
Overview grew in importance decade by decade. A different pattern emerged for industry, which initially
showed a slow increase but then plateaued from 1980 onward.
Body In 1960, agriculture contributed by far the highest percentage of GDP, peaking at 62%, but it
then dropped in steady increments to well below a quarter by 2000. The service sector, on the
other hand, had a relatively minor impact on the economy in 1960. This situation changed
gradually at first, then its percentage contribution jumping from 28% to 43% between 1980
and 1990. By 2000, it matched the highest point reached by agriculture in 1960, showing a
reversal in the overall trends.
Industry remained a steady contributor to India’s wealth throughout the period. As a sector, it
grew marginally from 16% in 1960 to exactly a quarter in 1980 then remained static for the
next two decades, maintaining a constant share of the overall GDP.