IELTS Writing Task 1: corrected sentences

Here are the three incorrect sentences from last Thursday's lesson:

1. In 1985, Canada was about 19 million tonnes.
2. Australia was lower, at 15 million tonnes of wheat exports.
3. In 1988, Canada increased by 5 million tonnes of wheat exports.

And here are the correct versions of those sentences:

1. In 1985, Canada exported about 19 million tonnes of wheat.
2. The figure for Australia was lower, at 15 million tonnes.
3. In 1988, Canada's wheat exports increased by 5 million tonnes.

Comments

[Tinh Nguyen]

Thanks!

[Oley]

Thank you,Simon.

[Pachu]

Very important structure for IELTS.Thanks sir.

[Moon]

Hi Mr.Simon
I am a Vietnamese student. I am learning for IELTS now. I am improving my writing skills. I have just known about your website recently. And i need some advices from you. Should i practice writing task 1 and task 2 at the same time. Or i should learning task 1 first then move to task 2?.
And i am learning IELTS at home by my self. So can you give some advices for me?
Thank you very much. And i am sorry if my comment has mistakes because my writing skilss is terible.

[MikeLi]

@Moon

I am a Taiwanese student and preparing for IELTS alone too. I think you can practice both tasks at the same time but you are supposed to practice
them individually. Making notes on Simon's website is a good method. hope the information can help you.