Introduction Ielts Writing Task 1 Effective

TASK 1 WRITING PROCESS TO MAXIMIZE SCORE

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   Read Summary: What they will be giving you in task 1 writing is they will give you a diagram with a description. This description is called a summary. The summary is used to tell you what you are looking at, and it will tell you exactly that, so you must read the summary carefully before writing.
   

Example: “The table below shows how many tourists from five countries visiting Australia in different years from 1991 and 1999.”

When you look at the diagram, the first step should be asking yourself

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  What’s the verb tense? Or what are the verb tenses? (Past tense)
  
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  Look at the summary, look at the diagram and ask yourself
  
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    What is measured? (the number of tourists)
    
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    Unit of Measurement? (thousand)
    

We need to be accurate about what is being measured and the unit of measurement.

2. Analyze Trends:

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     Look at the general trend. It’s quite easy. You simply look from the beginning to the end. You don’t need to worry about the middle. You only should look at the beginning and the end (did it increase?, did it remain the same?, or did it decrease?)
     
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     After looking at the general trend, you should look at a couple of the other things. First of all you see if any peaks, any dips, any fluctuations, anything is going in the middle between the beginning and the end.
     
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     Superlatives (highest, least, most, fewest). For example, which country accounted for the most or and which country accounted for the fewest visitors?
     
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