In last week's line graph essay I repeated the word "expenditure" four times. Is this a problem?
The answer is no! If you look at the graph, you can see that the whole essay must be about expenditure. In fact, I needed to mention the idea of expenditure eleven times! Does the examiner really expect you to think of eleven synonyms for "expenditure"? Of course not.
It's impossible to avoid repeating some of the key words in writing task 1. Try to add variety where you can (I also used "spending", "spent" and "paid out"), but don't become obsessed with this. The important thing is to describe and compare the data.
good advice!
Posted by: Olimjon | March 14, 2013 at 15:34
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Thanks Simon for your daily useful lessons!
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Posted by: Huong | March 15, 2013 at 02:53
Congratulations Huong!
Posted by: Simon | March 15, 2013 at 22:38
Falling Rents Slow Down in February
The average rent in England and Wales slipped by 0.1 per cent from January to £731 per month, although annual growth actually accelerated to 3.3 per cent.
Despite the monthly drop at a national level, rents grew on a monthly basis in half the regions. The strongest monthly rental inflation was a 1.8% rise in Wales, followed by the North East where rents were 0.9% higher than in January.
London’s rents also returned to growth – rising by 0.5%. The fastest falls were in the North West, at 1.3%, followed by a 1.1% drop in the East of England and a monthly fall of 0.7% in the South West.
Hope this would help
Posted by: lulu | March 19, 2013 at 20:31
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Posted by: mudasir | March 21, 2013 at 00:59
Dear Simon,
Thank you very much for your assistance about learning. Could you show us an example writing task one with one graph and one table such as IELTS 6 Test 1 writing task 1?
I am looking forward your sample essay.
Thank you beforehand.
Posted by: Khudayar | April 18, 2013 at 14:20
Dear simon,
i did my ielts test today. i messed up the task 1 in writing. the task was a table about employers income. the mistake i did is, i wrote employees for employes. so i have wrote differently. will it be an issue? normally how much will the reduce ?
Posted by: Rushdi | October 18, 2014 at 15:04