Vocabulary to describe changes (trend)

• To be able to write an essay task 1 for chart with time, you need to be
able to describe the data and changes over time
 Vocabulary to show the changes

Trends Verb form Noun Form

Increase rise / increase / go up / uplift / a rise / an increase / an
rocket(ed) / climb / upsurge / upward trend / a growth / a
soar/ shot up/ improve/ jump/ leap / a jump / an
leap/ move upward/ skyrocket/ improvement/ a climb.
soar/ surge.
Decrease fall / decrease / decline / drop / a fall / a decrease / a
go down / plummet / plunge / reduction / a downward
collapse go into free-fall/ trend /a downward
tendency / a decline/ a
drop / a slide / a collapse /
a downfall.
Steadiness unchanged / level out / remain a steadiness/ a plateau / a
constant / remain steady / stability/ a static/ no change
plateau / remain the same /
remain stable / remain static/
level off/ prevail(ed)
consistency / plateaued /
reach(ed) a plateau
IELTS WRITING TASK 1 – LINE GRAPH
Vocabulary to represent changes in graphs
You need to use adj or adv to describe how the data change overtime.

Adverb form Adjective form

Type of
Change
Rapid change dramatically / rapidly / dramatic / rapid / sharp /
sharply / quickly / speedily quick / hurried / speedy /
/ significantly/ swift / significant /
considerably / considerable / substantial /
substantially / noticeably. noticeable.

Moderate moderately / gradually / moderate / gradual /

change progressively / progressive / sequential.
sequentially.
Steady change steadily/ ceaselessly. steady/ ceaseless.
Slight change slightly / slowly / mildly / slight / slow / mild / tedious.
tediously.
IELTS WRITING TASK 1 – CHARTS WITH TIME
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IELTS WRITING TASK 1 – CHARTS WITH TIME
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IELTS WRITING TASK 1 – CHARTS WITH TIME
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IELTS WRITING TASK 1 – CHARTS WITH TIME
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IELTS WRITING TASK 1 – CHARTS WITH TIME
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 Common structures to describe trend

Verb
• S+ increase considerably, decrease sharply, plunge
+ remarkably
adve
rb

Adje
• There was + a slight growth, a dramatic fall + in the
ctive amount/ number/ percentage of + N
+
noun
• S + see/ experience/ witness a slight growth, a
Com dramatical fall in + in the amount/ number/
mon
verb percentage of + N
s
 Cách miêu tả 2 xu hướng của 1 chủ thể trong cùng 1 câu
1. Dùng After: After + xu hướng 1 (V_ing), S+ xu hướng 2
Ví dụ: After decreasing slightly to 58% from 1960-1970, the percentage of male smokers
in Someland declined significantly to about 48% in 1980.
2. Dùng before: S+ xu hướng 1 + before + xu hướng 2 (V-ing)
(Starting at…%, S + increased/ decreased from … to … in year before +Ving)
Ví dụ: The proportion of women smokers increased by 10% from 1960 to 1970, which was
followed by a significant increase to more than 30% in 1975.
3. Dùng cấu trúc : Clause (mệnh đề)+which was followed by + Noun
( There was + % of N in year, which was followed by xu hướng)
Ví dụ: There was a slight increase in the number of animals in Brazil in 1997, before
decreasing after 10 years.
4.The number of/ percentage of N stood at/ was…% , after which it + V xu hướng + before
+ ving
Cách miêu tả 3 xu hướng của 1 chủ thể
trong cùng 1 câu
1. The proportion/ percentage of + N …started at ….%, which was
followed by a/ an xu hướng to ….% in year + before + witnessing a/
an xu hướng to… in + last year.
2. The proportion/ percentage of + N + V xu hướng from ….% to …%,
which was followed by a/ an xu hướng to ….% in year + before +
witnessing a/ an xu hướng to… in + last year.
3. aproximately…..% of +N was P2…, with subsequent + xu hướng +
and a final + xu hướng + from ….% in …to about …% in năm cuối
Cách miêu tả 3 xu hướng của 1 chủ thể trong cùng 1 câu

1. The proportion/ percentage of + N …started at ….%, which

was followed by a xu hướng to….% in year + before +
witnessing an increase/ decrease to… in + last year.
E.g. với dây petroleum, có khá nhiều sự thay đổi trong cả giai
đoạn nên ta phải chia cả giai đoạn thành 2 giai đoạn nhỏ và
miêu tả thành 2 câu. Câu 1 miêu tả sự thay đổi từ năm … đến
năm …-> như vậy ta phải chỉ ra 3 sự thay đổi trong cùng 1 câu:
tăng – giữ nguyên – giảm- > ta có câu sau:
The volume of petroleum started at 100 million tones, which
was followed by a level – off until … before witnessing a sharp
decrease to the starting point in …
Cách miêu tả 3 xu hướng của 1 chủ thể trong cùng 1 câu

2. aproximately…..% of +N was P2…, with subsequent + xu

xướng + and a final + xu hướng + from ….% in …to about …%
in năm cuối
E.g. Exactly 40 million tones of natural gas was produced in
1981, with a subsequent stability for the next … years and a
final dramatic increase to above 80 million tones in 2000.
II/ Cách so sánh 2 chủ thể trong biểu đồ đường
• Exam tip: Trong task 1 thường có yêu cầu “nêu sự so sánh ở những dữ liệu có liên quan”, có thể
hiểu người viết phải so sánh sự giống nhau hoặc đối lập giữa các xu hướng của các chủ thể.
1. So sánh 2 xu hướng đối lập
• Exam tip: Khi hai chủ thể có xu hướng đối lập nhau, ta có thể dùng các liên từ như : While hay
whereas hay by contrast
2. Với xu hướng giống nhau (cùng tăng/ cùng giảm/ cùng đứng yên), sử dụng similarly
II/ Cách so sánh 2 chủ thể trong biểu đồ đường
1. So sánh 2 xu hướng đối lập
Eg: So sánh xu hướng của phần trăm khách đến thăm lâu đài và
lễ hội tại Scotland trong thời gian 1980-2010.

⇒ While the percentage of tourists to Scotland who visited

castle rose significantly from nearly 25% to around 35% in the
period of 30 years, the figures for festival dropped constantly
by about 10% in 2010.
Þ The percentage of tourists to Scotland who visited castle
rose significantly from nearly 25% to around 35% in the
period of 30 years whereas the figures for festival dropped
constantly by about 10% in 2010.
E.g: Eg: So sánh xu hướng của phần trăm khách đến thăm zoo
và Aquarium tại Scotland trong thời gian 1980-2010.
Describing changes with adjectives and adverbs
• Mẫu câu so sánh:
The highest/ greatest/ lowest percentage/ proportion/ number/ quantity… / of + N +
to be/ V + N
Ví dụ: The lowest number of animals in 1997 was in Brazil.
N + to be + the most/ least common/ popular…. + N
Ví dụ: Brazil is the most popular countries for tourists in 1990.
(Far/ Much/ Many/ Considerably/ Significantly/ Dramatically…) + more + N + to be/
V + than …
Ví dụ: Far more cars are produced in Brazil than in Austria.
In comparison to/with X, which verb, Y verb:
Ví dụ: In comparison with the quantity of animals in Brazil, which experienced a slight
increase to 30,000 in 1997, the number in Korea dropped to 12,000 at this time.
• As / Whereas/ While X verb, Y verb (at the same time):
Ví dụ: As the number of animals in Brazil dropped significantly, that in Poland
increased.
TASK 1 ESSAY – STRUCTURE
1. Introduction
 Introduction

How to paraphrase Examples The amount of + uncountable The chart illustrates the amount of elec-
noun tricity produced from three sources in
2010.
= how much + uncountable
noun + verb = The chart illustrates how much elec-
The number of + The chart shows the number of tricity was produced from three sources
countable noun (plural) young males and females playing in 2010.
= how many + countable sports in 2000.
noun (plural) + verb
The percentage of + noun The chart shows the percentage of men
= The chart shows how many (countable or uncountable) and women participating in soccer.
young men and women played
sports in 2000.
= the proportion of + noun = The chart illustrates the proportion of
(countable or uncountable) male and female participants in soccer.
How to write body paragraphs
Exam tip: the main task when writing body paragraphs is to compare the trends,
pointing the remarkable features such as the highest or lowest data.
1. Body 1: describe figures and trend in details
Phân tích dây 1 + linking word + phân tích dây 2
(starting point + trend + ending point) + linking word + (starting point + trend + ending
point)
2. Body 2: describe figures and trend in details
Phân tích dây 3 + linking word + phân tích dây 4
(starting point + trend + ending point) + linking word + (starting point + trend + ending
point)
Note: ngoài việc so sánh trend giữa các dây, phải so sánh được số liệu năm đầu, năm
cuối giữa các dây hay nói cách khác chỉ ra dây nào cao nhất ở năm đầu và dây nào cao
nhất ở năm cuối hoặc giai đoạn cuối nhé các bạn ^^