WRITING TASK 1

CHARTS
 2 TYPES OF CHART
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12 12
10 10
8 8
Highschool 6 Highschool
6
Middle School Middle School
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2 2

0 0

Jakarta Bandung 2000 2001

 Increase, Decrease

 Higher, Lower, More, Less  Increase, Decrease

Can you use increase/decrease in this
following chart?
 Can you use increase/decrease in this
following chart?
70

60

50

40
Honey
Sugar
30 Stevia

20

10

0
2000 2010 2020
Can you use increase/decrease in this
following chart?
Can you use increase/decrease in this
following chart?
Can you use increase/decrease in this
following chart?
 Once you understand the
difference between the types, the
next thing you need to do is to
write your essay
IELTS TASK 1 GENERAL STRUCTURE
INTRO
consists of paraphrasing the
question

OVERVIEW
Can also be combined with the
your general highlight of the
intro or put as the last paragraph
diagram’s keypoints

BODY 1
consists of your detailed
descriptions on the rest of the
diagram

BODY 2
consists of your detailed
descriptions on the rest of the
diagram
 What is an overview?

A highlight of keypoints in the diagram

You are suggested to give one or two overviews.

An overview is usually started with “Overall”, or
“Generally”
 OVERVIEW
70
Class Expenditure 60

50
Cleaning Equipment 40 Honey
Stationary
30 Sugar
Décor
Stevia
Others
20

10

0
2000 2010 2020

 Pay attention to the highest  Pay attention to changes of

and lowest value orders
 Pay attention to whether all
categories go
upward/downward (trend)
 OVERVIEW
70
Class Expenditure 60

50
Cleaning Equipment 40 Honey
Stationary
30 Sugar
Décor
Stevia
Others
20

10

0
2000 2010 2020

 Overall, cleaning equipment is  Overall, all categories witness

the highest category of all. an upward trend except for
sugar
 Overall, the highest spending
by the class is on the cleaning  Overall, the use of honey has
equipment. been on the rise

 Overall, cleaning equipment  Overall, healthier alternatives

takes the most out of the class to sugar have been getting
funds. more popular among the public
WRITING YOUR BODY PARAGRAPH
 What you need to watch out for
• Mention the numbers!
• Compare the categories
• Organize your text’s structure neatly, while
paying attention to varying grammar and
vocabulary choices.
HIGHER-LOWER TYPE
 HIGHER LOWER TYPE
Here are the various ways you can mention
numbers in the chart!
• Paper recycling in Sydney accounted for 22% (of
all recycling efforts done in the country)
• 34% of worldwide recycling activities was
commited to plastic waste
• More than half of Melbourne’s whole recycling
activity was put to processing paper waste
 HIGHER LOWER TYPE
Here are the various ways you can compare
categories in the chart!
• Paper recycling in Sydney accounted for 22%,
which is lower than Melbourne’s by 2%.
• Following paper, 34% of worldwide recycling
activities was commited to plastic waste
• It is clear that Melbourne prioritize their recycling
effort on paper waste as more than half of their
whole recycling activity was put to paper.
 The given charts depicts a clear-cut comparison of the
recycling pattern of Sydney and Melbourne when compared to
the global recycling proportions.

Overall, it is clear that in both cities, the proportions of

recycling are very different when compared to the worldwide
data.

HIGHER As per the first chart, the most recycled item around the world
is paper, which is recorded to over a half of the total recycled
LOWER items (paper, plastic and glass). The second most item of
recycling is plastic at 34%, which is almost thrice than the

TYPE
proportion of glass recycling.

On the other hand, a considerable proportion of glass is

recycled in both Sydney and Melbourne. This is almost two
fifth in the former city (38%) and over a half of the total (55%)
in the latter city. A notable difference is seen in the case of
plastic recycling between these cities. While it is exactly two-
fifth of the total in Sydney, in Melbourne, it is almost just its
half (21%). No major disparity is seen in both cities’ paper
recycling. This is seen in the range between 22 and 24%.
 INCREASE DECREASE TYPE
The Graph shows average carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions per person in the
United Kindom, Sweden, Italy and Portugal between 1967 and 2007.
 INCREASE DECREASE TYPE
Naik An increment
You need to Increase
Rise
master the Grow
Leap
vocabulary to Jump
Hit a high of
describe the Peak
Skyrocket
progression of
increase-decrease Turun Decrease
Drop
type! Fall
Decrement
Go down
Hit a low of
Dip
Sink

Tetap Stay the same

Remain stable/steady
Remain unchanged
Pay attention on whether you’re using those
vocabularies as a noun or a verb when
comparing different periods:
• Italy witnessed an increase of CO2 emission
(Increase is used as a noun)
• Italy’s CO2 emission increased (Increase is
used as a verb)
Pay attention on whether you’re using those
vocabularies as a noun or a verb when
comparing different periods:
• Italy witnessed an increase of CO2 emission
until the year 1997 where it reached just
below 8 metric tonnes. (Increase is used as a
noun)
• Italy’s CO2 emission increased until the year
1997 in which it peaked at just below 8 metric
tonnes. (Increase is used as a verb)
You can add adjectives and adverbs to your
sentence
Adjective Adverb
gradual gradually
moderate moderately
modest modestly
sharp sharply
dramatic dramatically
slight slightly
steep steeply
steady steadily
significant significantly
considerable considerably
rapid rapidly
slow slowly
Pay attention on whether you’re using those
vocabularies as a noun or a verb when
comparing different periods:

• Italy witnessed a steady increase of CO2

emission (Increase is used as a noun)
• Italy’s CO2 emission increased steadily
(Increase is used as a verb)
 Dont forget to add prepositions to explain
time and value
• Italy witnessed a steady increase of CO2
emission until the year 1997 where it reached
just below 8 metric tonnes.
• Italy’s CO2 emission increased steadily by
almost double its first value in the span of 30
years
 The Graph shows average carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions per person
in the United Kindom, Sweden, Italy and Portugal between 1967 and
2007.
The given chart illustrate how the amount of CO2 discharged by
individuals in 4 seperate countries differ in a 40-year period from 1967
to 2007. All the statistics are given in metric tonnes. It can be clearly
The Graph shows noted that all the figures underwent dramatic changes and after 40
average carbon years, the rankings of these 4 nations were not the same as the
original.
dioxide (CO2) Starting at nearly 2 metric tonnes at the beginning of the process,
emissions per Portugal's CO2 emissions per person witnessed a substantial rise to
oveer 2 and approximately 4 tonnes in 1987. Quite similarly, in Italy,
person in the each citizen released more CO2 into the atmosphere as time passes
United Kindom, when the figure increased by 2 metric tonnes after 10 years. In
contrast, while Britain had their levels reduced gradually to precisely
Sweden, Italy and 10 tonnes in that same period, Sweden's figure had soared to over 10
Portugal between tonnes before experiencing a remarkable fall by almost 3 tonnes in
1987.
1967 and 2007. From 1987 on, this trend continued and therefore resulted in the
variation of positions. Even though CO2 emissions kept on falling
slowly and steadily by nearly 1 ton per 10 years in Britain, the country
still ranked the first with over 8 tonnes of emissions. Both Italy and
Portugal had a regular increase and both reached its peak in 2007
with nearly 8 tonnes and 6 tonnes, respectively. Meanwhile, this in
Sweden plummetted to a bottom of 5 tonnes, which is exactly the
same as Portugal.
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