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IELTSAcademicWriting

Lesson1 :Task1– LineGraphAnalysis

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Important!• Writedownyouranswertothequestiononthenextpageand

sendittoyourteacherBEFOREthelesson.

• YoushouldsendtheanswertoyourteacherusingtheSkimaTalk Message feature(150– 200words).

Homework

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Task1– LineGraphAnalysisYoushouldspendabout20minuteson thistask.• Thegraphbelowshowsthenumberofbooks readbymenandwomenatChicago

PublicLibraryfrom2010to2014.• Summarise theinformation byselectingandreporting themainfeatures,andmake

comparisonswhererelevant. Writeatleast150words.

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TipstoAnswer:Structure

EssayStructure1. Startbyintroducingthegraph– whatisthegeneraltheme?

2. Next,discussthekeyfeaturesyoucansee.Writetwoparagraphs;oneforeachline- whatarethehighestandlowestpoints?Dothefiguresincreaseordecrease?

3. Finally,summarise theinformation–whatcanwelearnfromthisgraph?

REMEMBER:Trytousevariedvocabularyandusethepassivetenseifyouareconfidentwithit.

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TipstoAnswer:Vocabulary

UsefulPhrases Example

Adownward/upwardtrend…

One canseeagradualupwardtrendinthenumberof20to25yearoldsbeingarrestedbetween1960and1990.

Anincrease/decreasein…

There wasasharpincreaseinthenumberofmenborrowing booksfromthelibrarybetween2011and2012.

Ahigh/ lowof… In2014, thenumberofbooksborrowedbywomendropped toanultimatelowof lessthan2000.

35/thirty-five NB: Youcanuseeitherformattowritenumbers inyouranswer.

REMEMBER:Youdonotneedtoreporteveryaspectofthelinegraph.Takenoteofthehighandlowpoints, thenpayattentiontoanyunusualevents.

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