IELTS Writing Task 1: ten sentences

One way to practise for writing task 1 is to think in terms of sentences rather than worrying about the full essay. Just take a chart or graph and try to write 10 sentences about it.

Try writing the ten sentences suggested below about last week's chart.

1. State what the chart shows.
2. Make a general comparison between the South and the North.
3. Contrast London with the North East (without giving the figures).
4. Give the overall figure for England.
5. Give the figure for London and compare it with the average for England.
6. Add that figures for the South East, East and South West were also higher than the country average.
7. Give approximate figures for the three regions above.
8. Describe the similar figures for the West Midlands, North West and East Midlands.
9. Give figures for the North East, Yorkshire and the Humber.
10. Compare figures for the North East, national average and London.

Comments

[ziad]

Hello Dear Simon,
This Website is very helpful! I have reading question that i found in Cambridge 7, test2, passage2. question number 18.F/T/NG.
18q. several species of wildlife in the Britain countryside are declining. in the the passage
paragraph B, it says the wildlife have Vanished
is the word vanished means disappear so the answer should be false!! i

[musharaf]

yup u r right.ziad

[borno]

Hi ziad and musharaf,

but the answer of questioned mentioned is 'YES'

[Kent]

About "Cambridge 7, test2, passage2.question number 18.F/T/NG".

i think "YES" is right. first of all, i do not think we should compare the statement with the sentence in the article literally,provided they have similar meaning. what we need to do is to understand the general idea of the whole article. besides, the word "decline" has broader meaning than "decrease".

[daphne]

Hi Simon

I want to know do we have to mention all the component shown in the pie chart, or just highlight the most important ones?

thank you very much!