How do you answer a task 1 question that has more than one chart or graph?
Here's my advice:
Introduction
Write your introduction in the usual way: paraphrase the question. For this kind of question, it's easier to write 2 sentences e.g. "The first chart illustrates... The second chart shows..."
Summary
Write a paragraph describing the main points. If possible, try to summarise all of the information, rather than writing a separate summary for each chart. Look for a topic or trend that links the charts.
Details
Describe each chart separately. Just write a short paragraph about each chart. Choose the most important information from each one.
hi simom,is it a bad idea to wrtie the overall para at the end.
thanks
Posted by: sharon | October 22, 2010 at 01:00
Hi Sharon,
You can put the "summary/overview" after the introduction OR at the end. It makes no difference.
Posted by: Simon | October 22, 2010 at 12:11
Dear Simon, as i understood your task 1 essays didn't include a conclusion paragraph. Here is my question: is it possible to write the "Summary" part as our conclusion in the last paragraph?
Thanks
Posted by: SAM | October 27, 2012 at 11:18
Hi Sam,
Yes, a summary at the end is fine.
Posted by: Simon | October 28, 2012 at 09:48