Question types in the first task

Question types in the first task:

1. 
   Line graph
   
2. 
   Bar chart
   
3. 
   Pie chart
   
4. 
   Table
   
5. 
   Mixed questions
   
6. 
   Process/diagram
   
7. 
   Map/plan
   

Duration: 20 min
Quantity: 150 words-200
Marking criteria:
TA- task achievement (did you really answer to the question/ did you follow the structural patterns/ did you reach the minimum requirement of words)
CC- coherence and cohesion (the logical connection of words and sentences/ linking words (however, on the other hand, moreover, besides, additionally, etc.))
LR- lexical resource (vocabulary)- beautiful- beauty- beautifully- beautify
GRA- grammatical range and accuracy
Task 1 (LINE GRAPH)

• 
  Introduction (paraphrase the question)
  
• 
  Overview (explain the chart in general without any further detailed information)
  
• 
  Main body 1
  
• 
  Main body 2
  

Time management (20 min)

• 
  Planning- 3 min
  
• 
  Introduction- 2 min
  
• 
  Overview- 3 min
  
• 
  Main body 1- 5min
  
• 
  Main body 2- 5 min
  
• 
  Double check-2 min (count the number of words written and check out your grammatical and spelling mistakes together)
  

Introduction:
The graph below shows radio and television audiences throughout the day in 1992.
The line graph gives information about (=concerning=regarding=on) the percentage of UK residents who watched TV and listened to radio within the whole day in the year 1992.
overview:
overall,
in general,
by and large, (= in general)
based on the information in general,
looking at the chart from an overall perspective,
through the general analysis of the chart in detail, it can be explicated that………..
grammatical part of the chart
verb+ adverb= the level of students in my ielts course increased significantly during 3 months.
Adjective+noun= there has been a significant increase in the level of my students
Adverb+adjective= the level of female students in the group was relatively higher than that of male ones.
Adverb+ adjective+ noun= despite the fact that Akmal underwent a lot of obstacles in his preparation exerted, there was an incredibly high improvement once he managed to accomplish all the tasks given by the teacher.
Class work:
Introduction:
The line graph given (= which has been given) illustrates statistics concerning people of Mashhad who suffered from diarrhea over a decade, starting from 1983.
Plan: 3 min
Overview:

• 
  the highest number of cases of diarrhea was in 1989.
  
• 
  By 1992, the disease had disappeared from the life of the city.
  

Main Body 1:

1. 
   In the initial three years, 100 locals were infected by this illness
   
2. 
   After a gradual increase in number, the figure doubled in 87
   
3. 
   A year later, the same number experienced in 1983 was repeated again.
   

Main Body 2:

1. 
   An unprecedentedly (=never happened before) peak (=the highest) of patients infected was seen in 1989.
   
2. 
   After a slight decline to ….. in 1990, the number remained stagnant until the next year.
   
3. 
   disappeared
   

overview in detail:
#1
Based on the general analysis of the chart, 1989 was the year when locals mostly succumbed to (=suffer from) this ailment (=disease) than any other years in the history of Mashhad. However, no one was found sick by the year 1992.
#2
Overall, the peak of people suffered was recorded in 1989, while there were no any patients in the city in 1992.
Account for= constitute= make up= amount to= form
Main body 1:
Looking at the statistical data in detail, those infected, accounting for 100 in the initial three years, increased gradually to 200 in 1987, before returning, a year later, to the same number experienced in 1983.
Between 1983 and 1985, the number of patients stood at 100, while it kept gradually increasing in the next two years and doubled in 1987. After a year, however, it repeated the same cases experienced in 1983.