Task type 1 Sentence Completion 120 academic writing

Example answers
French
1 
Interest in studying French reached a peak in 
1995.
2 
There was a steady decline in the number of 
students studying French from 1995 to 2010.
Spanish
3 
During the early 1990s, interest in studying 
Spanish went up slightly, then declined 
somewhat.
4 
A dramatic increase in the number of 
students taking Spanish classes took place 
from 2000 to 2015.
German
5 
During this entire period, the number of 
students learning German remained about 
the same.
6 
There was a slight dip in this number after 
2010.
Chinese
7 
Between 2000 and 2005, the number of 
students enrolled in Chinese classes soared. 
8 
After 2005, it increased more gradually.
ACADEMIC wrITING
20 FOCUS ON PrESENT SIMPLE
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There is a photocopiable worksheet of this 
activity on page 244.
Remind students that the introduction of an IELTS 
Task 1 answer often features the Present Simple 
tense. 
1 Write the example answers provided for Exercise 
5 on the board or hand out Worksheet 20 and ask 
students to underline the verbs. 
1 This graph shows the average temperatures in
three cities over a two-month period.
2 This line graph compares the temperatures of
three different cities over a period of two
months.
3 Information in this graph is provided about
temperatures in Paris, Dubai and Melbourne
over a period of two months.
4 The graph provides data about temperatures
in degrees Celsius in three cities over a period
of two months.
2 Elicit whether the sentences are in the active or 
passive voice.
3 Write the following sentences about the present 
simple on the board. Ask students to choose the 
correct way to complete them. Correct answers 
are underlined here.
1 A common mistake is to leave off the third
person s 
/ 
to infinitive
in active present
simple sentences when the subject is he,
she or it. 
2 In the passive voice, the 
auxiliary 
/ main verb 
is 
be 
/ do. It changes according to the
subject 
/
object
. 
3 The subject in sentence 3 is 
information
, an
uncountable noun, so the auxiliary verb
should be 
are 
/ 
is
.