IELTS WRITING TASK 1

Introduction

*Graph

*Chart

*Pie Chart

*Bar chart

*Line Graph

*Diagram

*Flow Chart

*Table

*Map

*Visual

*Shows

*Illustrates

*Compares

*Indicates

*Describes

*Outlines

*Gives an overview of

*Gives information

about

*Gives a breakdown of

*Over a year

*Over a five-years period

*Between 2010 and 2013

*From 2010 to 2013

*Over the course of

Overview

*Overall

*Over the period considered

*Year after year

*Generally

*The single biggest

*By far the most common

*The most striking feature

*Marginally more popular

*The general trend is(was) upward/downward

*The most significant change

*The greatest number of

*Clear/Marked Upward/downward pattern

*Another substantial

*It´s worth noting that

*The smallest amount of

*The lowest number of

Data

Description

Up

Down

Stable

Fluctuated

Compare

*Reached a peak of

*Jumped to

*Peaked to

*Increased to

*Rose to

*Grew to

*Climbed to

*Went up to

*Rocketed to

*Reached a low point

*Plunged to

*Plummeted to

*Fell to

*Dropped to

*Declined to¨

*Decreased to

*Went down to

*Levelled Off

*Stayed

*Remained

*Maintaned

Vary throughout the period

*In contrast

*The share of

*More than/less than

*Sharply

*Quickly

*Steeply

*Rapidly

*Dramatically

*Considerably

*Significantly

*Substantially

¨Steadily

*Gradually

*Moderately

*Slightly

*Slowly

*Constant

*Steady

*Stable