IELTS writing part 1

 Introduction (opening statement)

 Basic/ General Trends (main information)
 Details Description (comparison or contrast)

1. Intro

Starting Presentation Type Verb Description

The( the given / diagram / table / shows / represents / the comparison of…
the presented / the figure / illustration / illustrates / the differences…
shown / the graph / chart / flow presents/ gives / the changes...
provided) chart / picture/ provides / outlines/ the (overall)number of…
presentation/ pie describes / information on…
chart / bar graph/ compares/ shows data on…
column graph / line contrast / indicates / the proportion of…
graph / table data/ gives data on / gives the amount of…
data / information / information on/ information on...
pictorial/ process presents information data about...
diagram/ map/ pie about/ shows data comparative data...
chart and table/ bar about/lists the trend of...
graph and pie demonstrates/ the percentages of...
chart ... summarises... the ratio of...
how the...

2. A good General statement should always have these parts.

What + Where + When.

Example: The diagram presents information on the percentages of teachers who
have expressed their views about the different problems they face when dealing
with children in three Australian schools from 2001 to 2005.

What = the percentages of teachers...

Where = three Australian schools...
When = from 2001 to 2005...
 In general, In common, Overall, It is obvious, As is
observed, As a general trend, As can be seen, As an
overall trend, As is presented, It can be clearly seen that,
At the first glance, it is clear, At the onset, it is clear that

3. Comparison and contrasting

However
By contrast
On the other hand
Overall
Although
The most noticeable contrast
while
where as
respectively
in fact
virtually
between …and…
from….to….
over….