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The bar chart illustrates Asian exports to the United
States in 1992 in percentage of total exports.
Introduction, Sentence 1:
The bar chart shows Asian imports to the United States in 1992 in ten areas of Asia and is
measured in percentages of the total exports of Taiwan, Japan, the Philippines, South
Korea, Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Hong Kong and China to the United
States. 
As you can see, this sentence includes:
o
WHAT is being shown:
a bar chart
o
WHAT is being measured: 
Asian imports to the United States
o
HOW is it being measured: 
in percentages of total exports
o
WHEN is it being measured:
1992
NOTE:
It is important that you do NOT copy the question as it is written in your exam
booklet. If you copy the exact wording used in the IELTS question, the words you have
copied will NOT BE COUNTED towards your total word count. Instead, you should
REPHRASE THE QUESTION
. This is true of both Task 1 and Task 2 essays.

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TIP:
The verbs “
to show
” and “
to illustrate
” are excellent for the first sentence of a
Task 1 essay introduction. If the IELTS test question uses “
illustrates
,” as the example
used above, then your essay should use “
shows
,” and vice versa. 
IMPORTANT:
Make sure your subject and verb agree! This is
very important, especially in the first sentence of
your essay.
Examples:
The bar chart show
s
…
The bar chart
s
show …

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