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

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IELTS Academic Task 1: How to write at a band 9 level
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Let’s come up with some language we can use to describe charts:
Describing majority
the lion’s share of…
the vast majority…
by far the most…
_________
has a slight majority
Describing minority/
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a small stake
holds a rather miniscule share
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is rather negligible
next to none
Describing share
roughly a quarter of
half of the pie is allotted to…
the chart is partitioned into eight sections
contains four items of equal size
Examples demon-­‐
strating some of the
above phrases in
action.
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The chart is partitioned into six sections, three of
which make up more than a 60% share.
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The countries of Lebanon, Syria and Kuwait, make up a
rather miniscule part of the Arab world geographically.
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Africa takes the lion’s share of the pie, producing over
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IELTS Academic Task 1: How to write at a band 9 level
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Diagrams
Diagrams will depict either a process or an image that requires a spatially-­‐sensitive
lexical resource to be described effectively. Like graphs, tables and charts, diagrams
can also be broken up into
broad details, minor details
and
minute details.
The diagrams you will see on your IELTS examination will fall into one of the two fol-­‐
lowing categories:
1. Processes that exhibit phases or steps that need to be outlined. These types of
descriptions are typically