Ielts academic and General Task : How to write at a band level

Notebook computer owners (as % of each country’s total population)

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IELTS Academic Task 1: How to write at a band 9 level
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Broad detail:
ŽŽ…‘—–”‹‡••Š‘™ƒ•‹‰‹ϔ‹…ƒ–‹…”‡ƒ•‡‹‘–‡„‘‘…‘’—–‡”‘™‡”•
„‡–™‡‡ͷͿͿͻƒ†͸ͶͶͶǤ
Minor details:
Š‡…‘—–”‹‡•™‹–Š–Š‡Žƒ”‰‡•–‡…‘‘‹‡•ȋ–Š‡ǡ‡”ƒ›ǡ–ƒŽ›ƒ†
 ”ƒ…‡Ȍƒ’’‡ƒ”–‘Šƒ˜‡Šƒ†‘”‡‘–‡„‘‘…‘’—–‡”‘™‡”•‹ͷͿͿͻ–Šƒ–Š‡‘–Š‡”
countries. The notebook computer owners of these countries also appear to have grown
at a slower pace than the exponential growth seen in the Scandinavian countries.
Minute details:
The country experiencing the most modest growth is the UK, which
‰”‡™„›ƒ„‘—–;άǤŠ‡…‘—–”›‡š’‡”‹‡…‹‰–Š‡‘•–•‹‰‹ϔ‹…ƒ–‰”‘™–Š‹•‡ƒ”ǡ
™Š‹…Š„‡‰ƒƒ–”‘—‰ŠŽ›ͷάƒ†„ƒŽŽ‘‘‡†–‘ƒϔ‹‰—”‡‘ˆͷͽάǤ
Let’s look at some different ways we can describe trends when illustrated in a graph
as well as some transition phrases we can use to go from describing one trend to an-­‐
other:
Data referred to as
–Š‡ϐ‹‰—”‡
the trend
the data
the number(s)
the value
the amount
Increase
peaked at…
ȋ–Š‹•’Š”ƒ•‡ƒ”•–Š‡Š‹‰Š‡•–’‘‹–Ȍ
topped at…
ȋ–Š‹•’Š”ƒ•‡ƒ”•–Š‡Š‹‰Š‡•–’‘‹–Ȍ
shot to…
rocketed to…
jumped to…
swelled to…
ballooned to…
gradually climbed to…
modestly climbed to…
inched to…
crawled to…

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Decrease
dropped to…
fell to…
slid to…
†‡ϐŽƒ–‡†–‘ǥ
shrunk to…
bottomed at…
ȋ–Š‹•’Š”ƒ•‡ƒ”•–Š‡Ž‘™‡•–’‘‹–Ȍ
hit a trough at…
ȋ–Š‹•’Š”ƒ•‡ƒ”•–Š‡Ž‘™‡•–’‘‹–Ȍ