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{"id":1820,"title":"Free IELTS Vocabulary","advertisement_flag":false,"content":"\n\u003cp\u003eIn this post, we're going to give you some of the most useful English vocabulary for IELTS Writing Task. For the speaking task, it's more likely to be less formal. In other words, for the speaking task, the examiner would like to see how you express your ideas and how comfortably you can communicate in English. Even though you cannot use academic words in your speaking, everything should be fine.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThat's why using vocabulary in your essays must be carefully considered. Hence, in this article, we would like to give you more about IELTS Writing Vocabulary especially for describing graphs.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThere are 3 areas that most IELTS students find it difficult to express their ideas: describing a time period, describing percentages, and explaining a trend.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e1) Identifying and writing key ideas for key periods:\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis kind of exercise normally takes place in most IELTS Writing. One sample for the requirement is: \"The chart and graph below give information about sales and share prices for Coca-Cola. Write a report for a university lecturer describing the information shown below. You should write at least 150 words. You should spend about 20 minutes on this task\".\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"IELTS Writing Sample - Task 1\" title=\"IELTS Writing Sample - Task 1\" src=\"/resources/upImages/writings/2011/08/07/IELTS-Writing-Task-1-Sale-Information-and-Share-Prices-of-Coca-Cola.jpg\"\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhen writing your essay for this task, you would probably want to discuss the trend during or in a specific period of time. For doing this, you can use but not limited to only these expressions:\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"/resources/upImages/preparation/15/graph-ielts-trends.png\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"IELTS Writing Graph Instructions\"\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"IELTS Writing Graph Instructions\" title=\"IELTS Writing Graph Instructions\" src=\"/resources/upImages/preparation/15/graph-ielts-trends.png\" width=\"300px\" height=\"353px\"\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eClick to zoom in\u003c/b\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"/resources/upImages/preparation/15/ielts-writing-trend-graph-vocabulary.png\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Free IELTS Vocabulary\"\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"Free IELTS Vocabulary\" title=\"Free IELTS Vocabulary\" src=\"/resources/upImages/preparation/15/ielts-writing-trend-graph-vocabulary.png\" width=\"600px\" height=\"318px\"\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e2) Selecting suitable vocabulary for percentages\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhen writing your essays, you should try your best to avoid repetition. The more vocabulary and phrases you can use, the higher your score will be. One of the many mistakes in terms of repeating words or phrases is using percentage figures again and again. For example, a student wrote his essay “\u003cb\u003e24% of the spending\u003c/b\u003e is for food. For clothing, people spend \u003cb\u003e6%\u003c/b\u003e. \u003cb\u003e12% of their income\u003c/b\u003e is spent on housing. Next, \u003cb\u003earound 18%\u003c/b\u003e is spent on transport”. Such writing is normally only band 5 because it shows the student’s weakness in expressing his ideas. Now let’s take a look at what we can use instead.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOne sample for the requirement is: \"You should spend about 20 minutes on this task. Write a report for a university lecturer describing the information shown below. You should write at least 150 words.\"\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"IELTS Writing Sample - Task 1\" title=\"IELTS Writing Sample - Task 1\" src=\"/resources/upImages/writings/2011/10/08/ielts-writing-sample-task-1-world-spending-consumption-population.png\"\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFrom the graph, you can easily see there are many figures to be reported and all of them are percentages. Of course, you would need to say 24%, 6%, 12% or whatever which is available in the graph. The matter now is how to make your writing more attractive.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eExample 1:\u003c/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"ielts vocabulary describe percentages\" src=\"/resources/upImages/preparation/15/ielts-vocabulary-describe-percentages.png\"\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAfter 4 months of planting, the sugar content of the fruit \u003cb\u003enearly reached 90%\u003c/b\u003e of the total content.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAfter 4 months of planting, the sugar content of the fruit \u003cb\u003epeaked at 85%\u003c/b\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e=\u0026gt; Adding adverbs and verbs to emphasize the trends can improve your writing score.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eExample 2:\u003c/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"ielts trend graph vocabulary\" src=\"/resources/upImages/preparation/15/ielts-trend-graph-vocabulary.png\"\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn 1986, the sale went down \u003cb\u003ebelow 20%\u003c/b\u003e of the revenue.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eExample 3:\u003c/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn this section, you will see examples on how to describe reports in the form of surveys.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"ielts trend graph vocabulary\" src=\"/resources/upImages/preparation/15/ielts-pie-chart-vocabulary.png\"\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eReading book is \u003cb\u003ecited by around 22% of the population surveyed\u003c/b\u003e as one the most favourite activities in spare time. \u003c/p\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSome people, 22%, also cite\u003c/b\u003e reading book is one of their most favourite activities.\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJust a few number of people, around 22%, say\u003c/b\u003e reading book is one their most favourite activities.\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e22% of the people cite\u003c/b\u003e reading book is one their most favourite activities.\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe last group, 53%, said\u003c/b\u003e surfing the Internet is ...\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e3) To describe a trend, you can use:\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003efrom 1985 to 1990, there was a steady increase\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe figure was slightly reduced \u003c/p\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eit declined \u003c/p\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe figure was slightly decreased\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe above phrases are commonly used in academic writing task 1. To summarise what you can write, we created the following graph:\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"ielts trend how to describe\" src=\"/resources/upImages/preparation/15/ielts-trend-how-to-describe.png\"\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"ielts trend how to describe 2\" src=\"/resources/upImages/preparation/15/ielts-trend-description.png\"\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","created_at":"2011-12-21T12:03:49.000Z","author_name":"Bob","tag_groups":["tips-learning-english|Tips For Learning English|false","ielts-academic-writing|IELTS Academic Writing|false"],"author_id":1,"slug":"free-ielts-vocabulary","parent_id":null,"visits":1775,"likes":6,"image":null}
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