IELTS Notes by Jahanvi Desai

IELTS NOTES
By
JAHANVI DESAI
IELTS Notes By Jahanvi Desai
-: Writing Task-1 :-
You will be provided any diagram/ graph and according to the given information,
you need to write 150 words by summarising and comparison.
It can be:
1. Pie Chart
2. Table
3. Line Graph
4. Bar Graph
5. Map
6. Process
The standard format for writing task-1 is:
● Introduction
● Body Paragraph
● Conclusion
In some of the cases where you need to compare more than one (e.g. Pie Chart,
Line Graph, Bar Graph, Table), in such cases the format will be:
● Introduction
● Body Paragraph 1
● Body Paragraph 2
● Conclusion
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Pie Chart
➢ 75 - Big piece of cake, Lion’s share

➢ 50 - Half of the pie
➢ 25 - A quarter, one-fourth
➔ Highest - Lion’s Share

➔ 2nd highest - Second big piece of cake
➔ Lowest - The meager portion, The least portion, The least share
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Introduction The pie chart bespeaks / depicts ____

for the year ___.
Paragraph From the aerial view of pie chart, we

can construe that/ depict that,
the lion’s share of ___ was grabbed by

___ with ___ (in the year___)
E.g. The lion’s share of energy usage
Highest
was grabbed by oil with 34% in the
year 2007.
On contrary, ___ was holding the

Least meager portion with (% or unit) i n
year___.
25% One fourth portion of pie was occupied

by ______.
2nd ______ captured the second big piece

of cake with (% or unit).
3rd The third dominating player was ___

with (% or unit) in the year ___.
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The third dominating player was ___

with (% or unit) in the year ___
Multiple Pie charts
which decrease / increase to (% or
unit) in year _____.
1. ____ and ____ were at (% or

unit) and (% or unit) respectively.
Range 2. The other competitors who occupied

good portion were ___, ___, and ___
with (% or unit) , (% or unit)
and (% or unit) respectively.
1. Half of the portion accounts to

__(Place)___.
General
2. 1% less than a quarter / half pie was
attributed to _____.
Conclusion Overall, close scrutiny of pie chart says

that ____ was dominating whereas ___
was lagging behind.
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Table
The table depicts / compares _______.
The data in between the years ____

and ____.
Introduction and General
The ___ depicts ____ over the period of
_____ (30 years / 3 decades) among
___.
____ top list of ___ with (% or

Highest + Multi-year unit) in ___(year)___ that increases /
decreases to (% or unit) in the
following / next year.
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____ holds the second position with
(% or unit) in __(year)__ and next

For comparing 3 years year / decade it covers (% or unit) .
< and ended up at (% or unit) in
last year.>
Drastic change has been notice in ___.

As it started with (% or unit) which
For major change rose / decreased drastically to (%
or unit) and closes at (% or unit)
in the last year.
___ had (% or unit) of ____ which

trimmed down little bit to (% or
unit) .
There was a minimal difference

between ____ and ____ in __(year)__
which showed slight increase / decrease
in later year.
General ___ faced highest increase / decrease

from (% or unit) to (% or
unit) with (% or unit) to (%
or unit) respectively.
E.g. 25% to 10%
- Reduced to 10%
- Reduced by 15%
___ followed with a difference of

(% or unit) , coming a value of
(% or unit) in __(year)__.
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Overall, after the analysis of entire

table, it is quite noteworthy that ____
Conclusion dominated in __(year)__ whereas ____
ruled in __(year)__.
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Line Graph
From the aerial view of the graph, we

can clearly see that, ____ rose
Starting dramatically from (% or unit) to
(% or unit) and reach to its top node
with (% or unit) in the year
__(year)__.
The least ___ was of ___ as it showed
Least negligible increase from __(start
year)__ to __(last year)__ with (%
or unit) to (% or unit) respectively.
____ showed stagnant trend from
Constant __()__ to __()__ with a range of
(% or unit).
The graph of ___ showed huge
Fluctuation fluctuation from (% or unit) to
(% or unit) in the span of (3) years /
decades and ended up at (% or
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unit) in the last year.

____ bounced to / reached to its zenith
/ apex / pinnacle / top node / peak with
___ of ___ escalated to (% or unit)

and then there was a freefall from
Increase (% or unit) to (% or unit) in the
year of __(year)__.
___ went up whoppingly and reached

to its apex with (% or unit) in
(2003).
___ expedite its hike and rose to

(% or unit) from which it trimmed to
____ keeps on vacillating from

__(2004)__ to __(2005)__ <before it
Fluctuation reach to its zenith with (% or unit)
in __(year)__. >
After being intransigent for few years,

____ stimulated and reached to (%
or unit) < that is scrolled up / down to
(% or unit) > and again suffered a drop
of (% or unit) in the year
__(year)__.
Overall, we can construe that, ____

Conclusion was dominating and ___ was at least
position.
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MAP
To show change The ___ has undergone tremendous

modification with passage of time.
The striking feature is that, ___ was

New construction demolished whereas ___ was a new
construction.
Expansion The area of ____ has been expanded

for more comfort.
Shrinked On contrary, _____ trimmed down to

half.
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As it is (No change) ____ has remained untouched.
_____ was / were totally diminished

and replaced by ___ in __(year)__.
___ replaced by ____< in order to
Replace enhance the beauty of ____>.
___ replaced by ____< in order to
make it more technologically advanced
>.
Increase The number of ___ has increased from
__(1995)__ to __(1965)__.
New addition ___ has been added to the new layout.

Overall, many new amenities are / were
Conclusion added in the (1965 / recent time) which
has made the whole ____ more
beautiful, comfortable and advanced.
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-: I mportant Points to Remember :-
❖Line graph / Bar graph / Table:

● Constant
○ Stagnant
○ Static
○ Stationary
○ Immutable
○ Vegetate
○ Intransigent at same place
● Increase
○ ___ inflated to ____
○ Rose to ____
○ ____ stimulated and reached to ____
○ Bounce to ____
○ Mushroomed to _____
○ Escalated to ____
○ Increment to ____
○ Proliferated to ____
○ Hike to _____
○ ___ went up whoppingly
○ ___ expedite the hike and rose to ___
○ ___ rose and reached to its apex
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● Decrease
○ There was a freefall from ___ to ____
○ ___ slided back to ____
○ Bounce back to ____
○ Scrolled down to ____
○ Rolls down to ____
○ ___ lose the momentum and reach to ___
○ ____ tumbled down to ___
○ ____ curtailed down to ___
○ ____ retrenched to ____
○ Tighten up _____
○ ____ suffered a drop and reach to ____
● Top
○ Apex
○ Zenith
○ Pinnacle point
○ Top node
○ Top notch
○ Paramount position
○ Vertex
● Lowest Point
○ Minimum
○ Least value
○ Bottom point
○ Meager point
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● Fluctuation
○ Vacillate
○ Wavering
○ Oscillation
○ Ups and downs
○ It showed a rampant behaviour and reach to_____
○ It showed a rampant behaviour and ended to_____
○ It showed a rampant behaviour and stopped at_____
○ It showed a rampant behaviour and got static at_____
○ It showed a rampant behaviour and stick to_____
❖Maps:
● Merge
○ Integrated
○ Combined
○ Intertwine
● Replace
○ Supersede by
○ Replace by
○ Taken place by
○ Supplant by
● Shrink
○ Tighten up
○ Trimmed down
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● Remove
○ Demolished
○ Diminish
○ Remove
○ Eliminated
○ Discarded
● As it as
○ Untouch
○ As it is
○ No change
○ Static at position
● New
○ A new ass-on is ____
○ Constructed
○ Introduced
○ Developed
○ Built
● Increase
○ Expanded
○ Proliferated
○ Burgeon
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❖Pie Chart:
● For major portion
○ Colossal
○ Lion’s share
○ Big piece of cake
○ Giant
○ Huge
○ Gigantic
● Small portion
○ Meager
○ Minor
○ Least
Advantages Disadvantages
Merits Demerits
Positive Pejorative, Negative
Pros Cons
Benefits Drawbacks
Brighter side Darker Side
Upside Downside
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Risk Benefits
Threats Boon
Hazards Perk
Danger
Peril
Menace
Problem Solution
Trouble Remedy
Difficulty Way out
Issue Answer
Mess Key
Panacea
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-: Writing Task-2 :-

Introductions and Conclusions:
To core out, glancing at the holistic

Conclusion - Agree / Disagree
approach and taking the rationale
premise, we can construe that,
After glancing at positive and

Conclusion - Positive / Negative pejorative ramifications, we can
construe that,
For 70% starting line There are glut premises to espouse my

argument on this contentious issue.
30% starting line People rejecting the former opinion

refute it by saying that,
Without procrastinating / delaying, we

can rationally construe that,
People rebuting the former opinion

refute it by manifest that,
Conclusion After paying heed on both premise, we
can finally conjecture that,
Though, ___ seems to be pandora’s

box, it is definitely persistent
development.
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There are glut advantages and surplus

disadvantages which we will discuss in
the subsequent part of essay.
Intro - Advantage / Disadvantage
Though, there are ample of ___
associated with it, but ___ can note be
neglected.
This essay will probe into this

General contentious issue trotting out the
possible remedies of it.
On rationale ground, I vouch the

Intro line to show support __(former / latter)__ statement.
For 2 statements
Without being skeptical, I second the
__(former / latter)__ statement.
Thinking on logical ground, I

corroborate the given statement.
For single statement
Without ant skepticism, I vouch the
statement.
A rigorous and sublime efforts are

To give advice on definitely a requisite to overcome the
proliferation of _____.
After probing into this contentious

Conclusion issue and considering the gravity of
matter, we can conjecture that,
To core out, after discussing the

Conclusion - Positive / Negative holistic scenario, the positive
arguments win more score as compared
to pejorative.
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To core out, no hard feelings for

__(contra opinion)__, but __(your
opinion)__ holds an upper edge.
Conclusion - Agree / Disagree To core out, pendulum may swing back
and forth, but upside of __(our
opinion)__ holds an upper edge
compared to the down side.
To core out, it is a need of an hour, that

Conclusion - Problem / Solution we all work simultaneously to
overcome the glut problems, which can
pave the way to the bright future.
Best of Luck
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The standard format for writing task-1 is:

➢ 75 -​ ​Big piece of cake, Lion’s share

➔ Highest - Lion’s Share

Introduction The pie chart bespeaks / depicts ____

Paragraph From the aerial view of pie chart, we

the lion’s share of ___ was grabbed by

On contrary, ___ was holding the

25% One fourth portion of pie was occupied

2nd ______ captured the second big piece

3rd The third dominating player was ___

The third dominating player was ___

1. ____ and ____ were at ​ (% or

Range 2. The other competitors who occupied

1. Half of the portion accounts to

Conclusion Overall, close scrutiny of pie chart says

The table depicts / compares _______.

The data in between the years ____

____ top list of ___ with ​ (% or

____ holds the second position with

(% or unit) ​ in __(year)__ and next

Drastic change has been notice in ___.

___ had ​ (% or unit) ​of ____ which

There was a minimal difference

General ___ faced highest increase / decrease

___ followed with a difference of

Overall, after the analysis of entire

From the aerial view of the graph, we

unit)​ in the last year.

___ of ___ escalated to ​ (% or unit)

___ went up whoppingly and reached

___ expedite its hike and rose to

____ keeps on vacillating from

After being intransigent for few years,

Overall, we can construe that, ____

To show change The ___ has undergone tremendous

The striking feature is that, ___ was

Expansion The area of ____ has been expanded

Shrinked On contrary, _____ trimmed down to

As it is (No change) ____ has remained untouched.

_____ was / were totally diminished

New addition ___ has been added to the new layout.

-: I​ mportant Points to Remember​ :-

❖Line graph / Bar graph / Table:

-: ​Writing Task-2 ​:-

To core out, glancing at the holistic

After glancing at positive and

For 70% starting line There are glut premises to espouse my

30% starting line People rejecting the former opinion

Without procrastinating / delaying, we

People rebuting the former opinion

Though, ___ seems to be pandora’s

There are glut advantages and surplus

This essay will probe into this

On rationale ground, I vouch the

Thinking on logical ground, I

A rigorous and sublime efforts are

After probing into this contentious

To core out, after discussing the

To core out, no hard feelings for

To core out, it is a need of an hour, that

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_ of _ escalated to (% or unit)

-: I mportant Points to Remember :-

-: Writing Task-2 :-