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Single & MultipleLine charts

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Select Significant Data

Compare & Contrast Data

Introduction & Conclusion


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3 groups

Choose 1 number

Answer a set of questions

1 correct answer = + 10 points

Wrong answer = - 10 points


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Name these types of chart

Line Chart

DiagramBar Chart


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Name these types of chart

Pie Chart

Table


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Are the following statements about IELTSwriting task 1 TRUE or FALSE?

a. It must be shorter than 150 words.

b. It is in form of paragraph, not essay.

c. It must include 3 parts: introduction,development & conclusion.

d. It is important to offer your opinion on

the graph or to give reasons for thefigures mentioned.

e. It is accepted to copy the topic into theintroduction.


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Describe the following trend, using V & Adv only

Falls sharply Rises steadily


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Describe the following trend, using V & Adv only

Remains constant Increases dramatically


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Describe the following charts, using N & Adj only

A gradual drop A wild fluctuation


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Describe the following chart, using N & Adj only

A peak A leveling out


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Find4 waysto describe the trend ofunemployment rate in the US in 2008:

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Unemploymentrate


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Odd one out:

1. a dramatic b significant c slight

2. a rapid b steady c quick3. a fall b rise c climb

4. a go up b an upward trend

c fluctuate


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Introduction

This table shows the number of fatal accidentswhich took place on the roads in the UK in a 3-month period in 2004.

The introduction should include:

a) The type of graphs

b) The main idea behind the chart (including place &time)

DO NOTCopy the topic

Topic: The table gives information about the number ofchildren killed in road accidents in a 3-month period in 2004


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The bar chart above illustrates a sharp increase inthe population of Alia in the 20th century.

The graph/table/ chart

showsindicatesillustratesrevealsrepresentscompares

the main ideaof the graph


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The bar chart and table above illustrate the worldpopulation by continent/ the population of different

continents in the world in 2005.

The graphs/table and pie

chart

showindicateillustraterevealrepresentcompare

the main ideaof the graphs


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The graph/table/ chart

showsindicates


Can you name the graphs being shown?

Diagram

Vertical bar chart Horizontal bar chart

Line chart

Pie chart


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Vertical bar chart

Diagram

Vertical bar chart

Horizontal bar chart

Line chart

Pie chart


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Diagram

Vertical bar chart


Line chart

Pie chart


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Pie chart

Diagram

Vertical bar chart


Line chart

Pie chart


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Graph/ Line graph

Diagram

Vertical bar chart


Line chart

Pie chart


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Diagram

Diagram

Vertical bar chart


Line chart

Pie chart


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showsindicates


TIME EXPRESSIONS

in 2000 since 1969

between 1969 and 2009 from 1969 to 2009 over a 40-year period,

PLACE EXPRESSIONS

in Vietnamall over the world

CONTENT

the world populationthe water consumption


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To conclude, In conclusion, To summarize, In summary, Ingeneral

Ways of conclusion:

Restates the main point In general, it can be said that in the period 1950 to

1990, the use of cars to travel to and from workincreased dramatically, while other forms of

transport either remained constant or declined. Give comments

To conclude, the government of Victoria must create morejobs so that everyone has a chance to work.


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features of the graph?

(b) (One of) the most striking/ notable featuresof the graph is

E.g. (One of) the most striking/ notable featuresof the graph is Asian population far outnumberedthe total population of other four continents.

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- Overall trend? - Significant features?

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Examples of description

Most striking feature/ Overall trend:

The number of overseas students studyingat the university hasrisen.

The graph showsan increasein the numberof overseas students at the university.

The number of overseas students in 1999was nearlyfive times biggerthan that in1979.

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Compare and contrast

High-income earners spent3 times moreonhamburgersthanpeople in the low-income

group.Ranks

In 1970, themost popularfast food was fishand chips.

Values By 1990, this had fallen to just over200g - a

50% drop.

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What may be some significant points?

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Things to remember

In general:

Attention should be paid to the general trend/ the

most important points.

Paraphrasing is necessary

Verb tenses

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Things to remember

In particular:

As for comparisonchart: comparisonand contrast shouldbe made clear

As for progresschart: changes andtrends should bediscussed

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Practice

Work in groups of 3

Do exercise 1 (Sample Studying)

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At 6 a.m. the station had 100 people. At 8 a.m. ithad a big increase to 400 people. Not manypeople were there at 10 a.m. The same thinghappened after 8 p.m. It declined a lot to 120

and 180 people at 9 p.m. and 10 p.m.respectively. Between 12 noon and 2 p.m. thenumber of people was stabilized at 300.


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Task for students

NOUNS VERBSTry this

Objective IELTS, p.30, Ex.2

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Grammar Point

Tenses:

What can be seen from the chart Present

Simple

What the chart means Past Simple/

Present Perfect/ Future Tense

Eg: The most strikingfeatures of the graphis

Asian population far outnumberedthe total

population of other four continents.

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Tenses:

Which tense (Past, Present Perfect, Future) do you use with

each of the phrase?

a. Since 1995

b. Recentlyc. Between 1990 & 1992d. Last summere. From 2010 to 2025f. For the last five years

g. Over the next decadeh. Two years agoi. In the coming yearj. In 10 years timek. Over the past ten years

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Tenses:

Past Simple: yesterday, in 1997, last year

Present Perfect: since 1997, this month

Future Tense: next year, in 2020

are/ is (un) likely to

are/is expected to

are/is predicted to

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Grammar Point

Complete these predictions

a. Global temperatures in the next decade.

b. Experts predict that more people . smokingin the coming year.

c. The birthrate in Italy . next year.

d. .. the number of visitors to London willdecrease in the future.

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4. Multiple line chart

Try this

Objective IELTS, p.31, Ex.3

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Lead-in

Look at the following graph

Discuss how to describe the graph

Write a very short paragraph to describe it

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Linkers

To contrast To compare

While/whist

Whereas

However

On the other hand

Even so

NeverthelessAlthough

Lessthan

Morethan

Difference

Different from

In contrast to

Contrary to

Conversely

Unlike

Likewise

Similarly

As as

The sameas

Just as

In the same way

Like

Alike

To reflect

To mirror

To have in

common


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