Structures

1. adding a statistic between two commas using "at"

Ex: America's total student debt, at over $1.5trn, is larger than the national borrowing of most
countries.
2,
how to describe a 'double' increase. How to describe a ‘double’ decrease
- The number of x doubled. - The number of x halved.
- There was a twofold increase in x. - The number of x fell by 50%.
3, over + a + số lượng (năm) + period: trong khoảng tgian bn năm?
Ex: over a 10-year period
4, don't try to impress the examiner with the verb structures that you use in writing task 1. Work
on your noun phrases instead.
Ex: Export revenues in all but one of the five product categories increased.
The country’s export earnings from these goods went up by 8.5%.
5, Export earnings from petroleum products rose from around $61 billion in 2015 to $63 billion
in 2016, which was an increase of 3%. = tăng 3 %

Vocabulary
- quintupled = increased fivefold
- residential rental prices = giá cho thuê nhà ở
- market share (thị phần) = the number of things that a company sells compared with the
number of things of the same type that other companies sell
- revenue (n) = doanh thu (của cty)
- textile (n) dệt may
- export (n) hang xuất khẩu
Collocations:
e.g. increased significantly, export earnings, textile industry.
 a country's export earnings
 export revenues
 income from
 earnings from
 the highest earning exports
 it is noticeable that
 five product categories
 over the period shown
 the textile industry
  saw the most significant growth in
 rose from... to...
 which was an increase of
 reached a similar level
 went up by... to approximately...
 there was a ...% increase in
 rising from roughly... to...
 there was almost no change in
 the amount of money earned
 which remained at just over
 decline in income
 fell by ...% to...
Sample
Here's my band 9 sample answer:
The bar chart and table give information about a country's export earnings from five groups of
products in 2015 and 2016.
It is noticeable that export revenues in all but one of the five product categories increased over
the period shown. While petroleum products were the highest earning exports in both years, the
textile industry saw the most significant growth in earnings.
Export earnings from petroleum products rose from around $61 billion in 2015 to $63 billion in
2016, which was an increase of 3%. Income from engineered goods reached a similar level. The
country’s export earnings from these goods went up by 8.5% to approximately $62 billion in
2016.
From 2015 to 2016, there was a 15.24% increase in export revenue from textiles, with earnings
rising from roughly $25 billion to over $30 billion. By contrast, there was almost no change in
the amount of money earned from agricultural products, which remained at just over $30 billion.
Finally, the only decline in income occurred in the gems and jewellery product group, where
export earnings fell by around 5% to approximately $40 billion in 2016.