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

Unchanging state
maintained a value of…
went without change for…
went unaltered…
remained stable
held steady at…
reached a plateau of…
Volatile state
experienced volatility for…
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–Š‡ϐ‹‰—”‡•„‡…ƒ‡–—”„—Ž‡–
jumped back and forth erratically
State transition
…before it…
following this, the trend…
ƒ’‡”‹‘†‘ˆ̴̴̴̴̴̴̴̴̴‡•—‡•ǥ
ƒˆ–‡””‡ƒ…Š‹‰̴̴̴̴̴̴̴̴̴
the trend is…
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Examples demon-­‐
strating some of the
above phrases in
action.

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Š‡ϔ‹‰—”‡„‡‰ƒƒ–ͷά„‡ˆ‘”‡‹–•™‡ŽŽ‡†–‘ͷͽάǤ

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ˆ–‡”–Š‡ˆ‘ŽŽ‘™‹‰‘–Šǡ–Š‡˜ƒŽ—‡‹…Š‡†‹–•™ƒ›–‘ͷ;
before undergoing a period of volatility.

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From here, the trend appears to have experienced a brief
period of stability before sliding to 11 and then hitting a
trough at 5
.
Tables
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when writing you will need to draw from the same lexical pool as graphs. The sec-­‐
ond presents static data seen in such data types as schedules, menus or lists. We can
describe such data as ‘static’ because it does not present information that evolves or
changes over time.
Let’s analyze the
broad details, minor details
and
minute details
of the following
table:
Public bus schedule for a bus route in Vancouver
Monday-­‐Friday
Saturday
Sunday
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no service

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IELTS Academic Task 1: How to write at a band 9 level
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