Students often worry about repeating the same words in writing task 1. For example, in last week's lesson I repeated the phrase average weekly spending maybe three times. Is this a big problem?
No! Repeating a key word or phrase a few times is not a problem; sometimes it is necessary to show that you are consistently talking about the same thing. If you try to use too much variety, there is a danger that you will confuse the reader or write something that does not mean what you want it to mean.
It's fine to either repeat the key words or make small changes. Look at these examples of small changes I made to the phrase average weekly spending:
- spent on average
- average expenditure
- weekly spending figures
- levels of spending
- spent per week
- expenditure per week
Hi Simon,
Sorry for writing my questions under an unrelated topic yet İ couldt find any topic whic relevant to my question.in offical İelts exam test practices İ saw an example of acedemic writing task 1 which gets 7.5.
The examiner saya this criterion is not a 9 as the choice of tense could be more precise and constant.the question puts two diagrams showing the site of a school in 2004 and the plan for changes to the school site in2024.
So which tense should İ use ,present,past,future?
Best regards
Posted by: Ezgiciyim | October 04, 2012 at 10:33
Hello there,
here you go :
http://ielts-simon.com/ielts-help-and-english-pr/2011/03/ielts-writing-task-1-building-plans-essay.html
It is almost similar question, you just need to include year in your writing like, was in 2004;will be in 2024.
Hope this help.
HP
Posted by: HP | October 04, 2012 at 10:48
Hi Simon. I've noticed you used 'chart' to paraphrase 'line graph' and 'table'. I was wondering if it is acceptable to use 'chart' to paraphrase 'line graph', 'diagram', 'map'. Thank you!
Posted by: Stevie | October 04, 2012 at 16:16
Hi Stevie,
Yes, it's fine to use 'chart' for most things that show numbers, but not for diagrams or maps.
Posted by: Simon | October 05, 2012 at 15:48
Hi Simon!
Thank you so much!
It's exactly what i asked you last week. Thanks for your response which are very helpful for my skills.
Posted by: tinrah | October 05, 2012 at 17:10