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The International

English

LanguageTesting

System



IELTS Writing-Academic

Task 1 Task 2

Timing 20 min 40 min

Writing

Length at least 150 words at least 250 words

Writing

Style

a descriptive academic

report of a table ordiagram

an academic essay in

response to an opinionor a problem

Grading

Criteria

1) Task Achievement

2) Coherence and Cohesion

3) Lexical Resource

4) Grammatical Range and

Accuracy

1) Task Response

2) Coherence and Cohesion

3) Lexical Resource

4) Grammatical Range and

Accuracy

Score 1) Both tasks are compulsory

2) Writing Task 2 is worth more marks than Writing

Task 1

3) From band 0 to band 9 (band scores are reported in

whole bands or half bands)



Task 1 (1) Time Length: 20 minutes

Writing Length: 150 words (minimum)

Writing Goal: Interpret and describe some given

visual information (a diagram or table, etc.)

and present the information in your own words.

Table



Task 1 (2) 4 possible types of the academic writing in task 1

1. Organise, present and possibly compare data1. Organise, present and possibly compare data

e.g. money people spend on different

forms of entertainment.

2. Describe stages of a procedure or process2. Describe stages of a procedure or process

e.g. the stages of human evolution.

3. Describe on object or event or series of events3. Describe on object or event or series of events

e.g. How the water cycle works.

4. Explain how something works4. Explain how something works

e.g. How a car engine works.

Reasons for directly penalty± The writing is less than the minimum word limit

± Off-topic and irrelevant response

± Plagiarism (severe penalty)

±

Incomplete format (e.g. bullet points, or note form etc.)



Example of Task 1

You should spend about 20 minutes onthis task.

The take below givesinformation about

the underground railway systems insix cities.

Summarize theinformation by

selecting and reporting the mainfeatures, and makecomparisons whererelevant.

You should write atleast 150 words.



Writing Strategies

For Both Tasks

1. Read the question carefully

2. Familiarise yourself with

descriptions of data ± in

newspapers, textbooks

3. Practise formulating

your own ideas on topics



Writing Strategies ±For Both Tasks

Device for better coherence

Function Cohesive device

1. Addition besides, furthermore, moreover, what is more,

in addition, also, both ... and «, not only «

but « also

2. Likeness likewise, similarly, in the same way, in

addition

3. Contrast however, nevertheless, still, nonetheless,

conversely, otherwise, instead, whereas,

while,

although, in contrast, on the contrary,

on the other hand, despite, in spite of

4. Cause and

Effect

accordingly, consequently, hence, therefore,

as a result, for this reason, so, as,

because of, due to, owing to, since, given

that, thus, thereby, by this means, in this manner, in this case



Writing Strategies ±For Both Tasks

Function Cohesive device

5.Reinforcement for example, for instance, such as,a case in point, one example of this, in this

way, in fact, in particular, indeed

6. Time/Order meanwhile, then, subsequently, afterward,

thereafter, earlier, later, after, before,

when, first(ly), second(ly), finally, lastly,from beginning to end, in the beginning, in

the end, at last, in conclusion, overall, in

summary, on the whole, to summarize, to sum

up

Device for better coherence



Writing Strategies ±For Task 1

Words used to describe the given pictures

noun

a graph a diagram

line graph a figure

bar graph a table

column graph vertical axis

a chart horizontal

axis

a pie chart percentage

a bar chart proportion

verb

show display

indicate manifest

demonstrate illustrate

reveal explain

represent provide

imply mark

suggest denote




Words used to describe statistics, tocompare results, to describe changes:

verbs

remain grow multiply

fall climb diminish

rise decline plunge

drop gain slide

increase improve slip

decrease fluctuate soar




Words used to describe statistics, to compareresults, to describe changes:

adjective/adverb

steady/steadily approximately stark

dramatically gradually doubly, triplydrastically rapidly relatively

sharply slowly annually

slightly remarkably merely

significantly respectively apparently

considerably evidently incredibly

initially markedly severely

correspondingly exponentially frequently

heavily widely admittedly

smoothly surprisingly




Words used to describe statistics, to

compare results, to describe changes:

phrase

rise from « to «

fall from «

fall to «

start at/from « to «

range from « to «

reach to «

be divided into «

in the vicinity of «

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