There is evidence of the ability to use some complex sentences and structures. ‘The London Underground, which opened in 1863, is the oldest network. Monday, November 10, 2014 at 06:33. Posted by: The title says sale and the use of "amount spent" does not really correlate with sales in my own thinking. And I think that the orginal version is a bit trickier to write than yours. Posted by: It is also the most extensive with 394 kilometres of route. Thursday, November 06, 2014 at 16:56. « IELTS Writing Task 2: higher education | Jamie, Miji, Ryu | Using a variety of synonyms is usually highly regarded in IELTS writing task 1. could you help me to answer which one is verb and what "totals" means in this sentence, "Japan’s waste output increased from 28 to 53 million tonnes, while Poland and Portugal saw waste totals increase from 4 to 6.6 and from 2 to 5 million tonnes respectively. I wouldn't start a paragraph with "a starter" - that seems a very strange way to begin. In this lesson, we are going to look at pie charts again, this time with a small table including a model answer. just wanted to know i followed you properly or not yet? Also, there are plenty of comparisons made between the data. Good question. Click the blue button to see it. Monday, November 23, 2015 at 08:22, Hello dear Simon "I think these eBooks are FANTASTIC!!! The table below shows the amount of waste production (in millions of tonnes) in six different countries over a twenty-year period. Monday, December 05, 2011 at 12:01. Simon | Likewise, Japan's waste production increased from 28 million tonnes to 53 million tonnes from year 1980 to 2000 respectively. But there are somethings that I'm not really clear about in this one. Looking forward to seeing your reply:) Thank you very much! Thanks very much for your effort Simon. As mentioned earlier, you need around 4 to 5 minutes to plan your answer. Tuesday, December 01, 2015 at 15:39. Hi Simon In this particular task, it is pretty straightforward. hossein | The table below shows the amount of waste production (in millions of tonnes) in six different countries over a twenty-year period. In conclusion, US remain the highest waste production country while Korea was the only country whose waste production was cut off. The trends for Ireland and Korea were noticeably different from those described above. In contrast, Korea remains the only country whose output was decrements by 13 million tonnes over the period. thank you for your brilliant website, I have a question: in writing task 1, what is the difference between the numbers of and the number of Overall, the largest proportion of consumer expenditure for each country was for food, drinks and tobacco. This figure for Korea was not available in that year. Main Posted by: NY | Minh | hamood | iris | I have just read your all daily lesson for only one month. Thursday, November 19, 2015 at 12:57, hi simon Water consumption The graph and table below give information about water use worldwide and water consumption in two different countries. The main tense in this case is the present tense and the passive voice highlighted in red. Spend a couple of minutes analysing the task first. You can follow this conversation by subscribing to the comment feed for this post. Friday, November 07, 2014 at 15:31. In Poland and Portugal, the production grew slightly slower than other countries that is a million ton over each decade however, Ireland shows the highest increase in the wastes production i.e. Posted by: The residence of Uk sales huge quantity of coffee which was 1.5 million euros in 1999 and 20 million euros in 2004. Dan | Rana | Posted by: I kindly ask you to write sample essay for IELTS book 10, test 1 writing task 1. Posted by: Saturday, November 19, 2016 at 07:28. Tip: Word count should be in the range of 160 – 190 words in academic writing task 1 because you do not get extra points for a very long task and you just won’t have the time. In each of these years, the US produced more waste than Ireland, Japan, Korea, Poland and Portugal combined. Mine (linked below) say this: UK = 15 million Euros Posted by: I can see from the table that there are 3 cities with railway systems that are very old (London, Paris, Tokyo) and 3 cities have a newer system ( Washington DC, Kyoto, LA) so I will use those groupings in my body paragraphs. Friday, February 15, 2019 at 13:26. but may sir said in seond para we have to ryt overall view!! The word count in my model answer is 164 words. Following this, Los Angeles, which opened in 2001, has 28 kilometres of track and serves 50 million passengers per year.’. Simon | Friday, October 21, 2011 at 06:56, http://ielts-simon.com/ielts-help-and-english-pr/2011/01/ielts-writing-task-1-more-than-one-chart.html. The table illustrates the percentages of consumer spending in five nations, comprising of three categories of products and services in 2002. I really appreciate what you done :-), Posted by: Sunday, December 04, 2011 at 18:48. Posted by: Sunday, November 09, 2014 at 07:54. IELTS Focus is not affiliated or endorsed by the University of Cambridge ESOL, The British Council, or IDP Education Australia. « IELTS Writing Task 2: positive or negative development? Lucy | Sunday, November 10, 2019 at 07:22. Monday, March 17, 2014 at 02:08. For your summary paragraph, try to compare whole categories (columns or rows) rather than individual 'cells' in the table. Thank you once again for your help and best regards. -the highest levels of The most important point to remember with academic task 1 writing is that you have to be selective, especially if there is a lot of data in the chart, graph or table. The overall trend shows that among the mentioned countries, United States has the largest yields of garbage and it propagated almost more than twofold while Korea is the one that minimized its wastes by exactly 12 million tonnes during this period. Task 1 Table for IELTS. HYDra | Passenger numbers for Tokyo are the highest, whereas Kyoto indicates the lowest number of yearly passengers and the shortest route. I just wonder the use of "revenue" in this sample answer. Posted by: i mean the way of report writing?? The language of comparison is also used here: the oldest, the highest, the lowest, the shortest. Friday, December 26, 2014 at 14:49, This looks like the writing task 2 on the IELTS exam I took on 12/13/2014, Posted by: Tables sometimes show up in academic task 1 writing so you need to be prepared just in case you get one. Wednesday, November 26, 2014 at 08:21, Hi Simon The table below gives information on consumer spending on different items in five different countries in 2002. The introduction just paraphrases the task question. Small increases in sales of Fairtrade coffee can be seen, but revenue remained at €2 million or below in all three countries in both years. By the way, can we use 'coffee consumption' as an alternative saying of 'sales of coffee'? Tables sometimes show up in IELTS academic writing task 1. IELTS Writing Task 1: Pie Charts with a Table. Wednesday, September 21, 2016 at 06:07. Thursday, November 19, 2015 at 10:49. your student from china, Posted by: eval(ez_write_tag([[336,280],'ieltsbuddy_com-banner-1','ezslot_3',119,'0','0']));It also meets the requirements of the task, as data is selected appropriately to describe some of the trends. Tuesday, March 03, 2015 at 15:04, I have a small question. I was practicing with the book and then wanted to compare with a band 9 version, but I found it very confusing because the tables are different. On the other hand, Korea was the only country whose number of waste production fell down from the previous year to the last year. in each column and row). The table shows the Proportions of Pupils Attending Four Secondary School Types Between Between 2000 and 2009. With a table, you need to do much the same as you would for any other question that requires you to write about data. Posted by: You could also mention the smallest numbers, but you can ignore 'middle' numbers (neither biggest nor smallest). Thanx for always educating me sir.plz i am preparing for general test,need more tips. Share Tweet. In body paragraph 2 I will write about the newer railway systems. soyeon | After five years, the sales of UK were tripled to 47 million, whereas it dropped to no more than 1 million in Belgium or Sweden. Thank you so much for your help. Thursday, October 20, 2011 at 09:17, Posted by: In terms of bananas consumption, people in England spent 15 million compared with no more than 2 million in each of the other four countries in 1999. In Academic Writing Task 1, you need to describe some visual information. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant. You should spend about 20 minutes on this task. Thursday, November 19, 2015 at 10:29. many thanks for your sharing!! | In Switzerland there was a double increased which was 3-6 million euros . Posted by: Choose the biggest number in each category in the table (i.e. Sales of the two Fairtrade products were far lower in Denmark, Belgium and Sweden. My exam is in two days!I would be appreciated:). With regard to the highest expenditures, consumer spending on food, drinks and tobacco was the highest in Turkey at 32.14%, followed by Ireland at nearly 29%. Jobs | Posted by: The Chart compares the amount of waste produce by different countries from 1980 to 2000 in terms of millions of tonnes. i always write more than 200 words in the writing task 1 ><, Posted by: , Posted by: Overall, Us has the biggest number of waste production, while Ireland has the lowest in all years shown. I totally like every of your writing essays. Sunday, December 13, 2015 at 03:49. thanks in advance, Posted by: Dear Simon, Can you check my essay please? You will need to use the language of comparisons, however, if the data changes over time use trends language. I just want to let you know! In comparison, Kyoto has only 11 kilometres of route and the lowest passenger numbers of all the cities with 45 million passengers yearly. In body paragraph one I will write about the 3 older railway networks. Cam Le | Aim for more than 150 words. Mela | Thursday, May 28, 2015 at 10:53. Overall, the UK saw by far the highest levels of spending on the two products. The tense will be past simple, but most importantly, I do not need to report on every bit of data in this table. Thursday, November 06, 2014 at 21:18. stacy | Passenger numbers for Tokyo are the highest, whereas Kyoto indicates the lowest number of yearly passengers and the shortest route.’. Simon | Monday, December 14, 2015 at 13:54. Anyways thank you so much! It is also noticeable that Korea was the only country that managed to reduce its waste output by the year 2000. Thursday, March 05, 2015 at 08:11. Thursday, October 20, 2011 at 13:23. The charts compare the amount of water used for agriculture, industry and homes around the world, and water use in Brazil and the Democratic Republic of Congo. Will " a starter " put impact on marks? You can also compare this information to the other cities by using the language of comparison. If the table shows years, look for the biggest changes in numbers over the time period. Both are correct, and I decided to make this small change so that my introduction was sufficiently different from the question. As is observed from the illustration, the first table compare to the second table . UT | Hello, I took IELTS exam two years ago and after tons of practices I have got overall 6.5 score.Now I want to take the exam again and thought it will be more easier for me to get 7.5 or 8 (during these two years I have practiced my English). This visual information is most commonly presented as line and bar graphs, pie charts or tables. Hi simon Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant. Following this, Los Angeles was opened in 2001 with 28 kilometres of track and serves 50 million passengers per year. The table illustrates data regarding underground railways from six large cities in various parts of the world. The table illustrate the quantity of waste output in US, Japan and other four countries in year of 1980, 1990 and 2000. waste totals, had risen to -- to -- Posted by Simon in IELTS Writing Task 1 | Permalink. i find your style and tips help me so much with writing task 1. and i have a question. Comparatives and Superlatives should also be used in the body paragraphs which I have underlined in green below. IELTS writing; Table; Table. Likewise, Turkey shows the highest expenditure in the leisure and education category at 4.35%. In some cases, you can use approximation, such as. © IELTS Focus 2020 All rights reserved. The place for the details are the main body paragraphs. Thanks for your sharing, it's a big help. Do not write about everything. The table illustrates the figure of waste production in various countries (Ireland, Japan, Korea, Poland, Portugal, US) from 1980 to 2000 in 10 years row. There are some relative clauses here which make complex sentences. Saturday, December 09, 2017 at 08:11, Posted by: he explained both your questions during one of his lesson that I had on saturday in manchester. For the clothing and footwear section, the largest proportion of spending was for Italy at 9%. Use the past simple for past years, and 'will' or 'is expected/predicted to' for future years. Thursday, March 05, 2015 at 13:34. Unfortunately, I didn't gain satisfactory score on writing part. Tuesday, December 08, 2015 at 11:37, thank you simon! This question seems tricky for me. Posted by: In your two 'details' paragraphs, never describe each category (column or row) separately. hello You used by in the first sentence ,rather than waste output in 2000. You might be asked to describe two graphs or charts. James Z. The second table you take is slightly different from that in the book Cambridge Ielts 10. IELTS General: Letter to a friend about a problem at work. Similarly, the relative number of children in grammar schools - just under one quarter - dropped by half in the same period. Friday, January 09, 2015 at 10:45, Hi Simon! This is an important skill in IELTS writing task 1 and will help you get a better band score. IELTS is a registered trademark of University of Cambridge, the British Council, and IDP Education Australia. The railway system in Paris was opened in 1900 and is approximately half the size and serves more passengers. | IELTS Speaking Part 2: describe a walk ». I always appreciate you because of daily useful IELTS lessons. Posted by: Friday, June 16, 2017 at 05:32. arnoldzhen | Posted by: Posted by: Hanna | Tuesday, November 18, 2014 at 08:28, Hi Simon, lina | Posted by: Here's some advice: Try to write 4 paragraphs - introduction, summary of main points, 2 detail paragraphs. why u could always to make complicated information so organised and simple? Firstly, there is a clear overview which points out the main trends: It is evident that whereas the community schools experienced a marked increase in the proportion of those attending their institutions over the period, the others saw a corresponding decline. This visual information might be a table. You should spend about 20 minutes on this task, IELTS Listening Section 4 Practice: Multiple Choice and Gap Fill. Over 200 words is just overkill. It's fine to use 'increase' and 'rise' more than once. This means that you do not need to write about every piece of data. can you please help me in writing task 1 for general exam ?! Simon | While Poland and Portugal increment it's waste production by 2.6 million tonnes to 3 million tonnes throughout the period. Having an overview for academic writing task 1 is very important for a good band score. Friday, November 20, 2015 at 08:55. It is very easy to understand and read. In 1999, Switzerland had the highest sales of Fairtrade coffee, at €3 million, while revenue from Fairtrade bananas was highest in the UK, at €15 million. This table description also useful for another graphs such as line graph or pie chart e.t.c? Can you explain for me how amount and amounts in the question and your essay are different?. similiar increasing trend can be seen -----. Friday, October 21, 2011 at 10:08. i want to know if we are allowed to write only past simple for past years, u have mentioned in Write 2 sentences for the summary. By contrast, bananas saw an increase only in three countries and a decrease in Belgium and Sweden. Posted by: Sunday, December 07, 2014 at 20:58. Tuesday, April 12, 2016 at 21:14. Can you explain for me why you don't devide these countries into 2 group of higher and lower level of waste production or it is because there are missing figures ? Just remember that there should never be a conclusion for academic task 1 writing. waiting eagerly for your reply, Posted by: How to write about a Table in academic writing task 1. Similarly, in 1990, US made the biggest production of waste at 151 millions of tonnes, as opposed to Portugal with 3 millions of tonnes. For the writing tasks in IELTS, you always need to re-write the introduction in your own words while keeping the same meaning (paraphrasing). Dear Simon. arnoldzhen | The examiner wants to see comparisons. Free tips, advice and lessons for IELTS writing, speaking, listening and reading. Tables seem difficult when they contain a lot of numbers. On the other hand, in Switzerland there was a noticeable rose(15-45million euros) on bananas in tow years(1999 and 2004). Posted by: This table illustrates the comparative changes in trash production from six different countries over the period of twenty years (i.e. zena | Is there no need to add "the" before "highest" in the following sentence in the third paragraph? Thursday, November 19, 2015 at 15:18. hamood | You can follow this conversation by subscribing to the comment feed for this post. Friday, October 21, 2011 at 08:25. But later it was increased by more than 8 times in year 2000. IELTS Focus is not affiliated or endorsed by the University of Cambridge ESOL, The British Council, or IDP Education Australia. To begin, the percentage of pupils in voluntary-controlled schools fell from just over half to only 20% or one fifth from 2000 to 2009. In 1980, this number was 131 million tonnes while it was 28 in Japan and the combined amount was only 6.6 for Poland, Portugal and Ireland. You will need to use the language of comparisons, however, if the data changes over time use trends language. Oh, this is not the same table as in Cambridge 10. Posted by: Saf | Posted by Simon in IELTS Writing Task 1 | Permalink. IELTS Writing Task 1: 'coffee and bananas' table Here's my full answer for the table question that you can see here : The tables show the amount of money spent on Fairtrade coffee and bananas in two separate years in the UK, Switzerland, Denmark, Belgium and Sweden. Hello Simon The year 2004 also saw dramatic increases in the money spent on Fairtrade bananas in the UK and Switzerland, with revenues rising by €32 million and €4.5 million respectively. Posted by: With regards to total waste production in all years, it is also noticeable that the number rose gradually from 1980 to 2000. Abbas. The country's order in second table is different with the cambridge IELTS 10. thanks a lot I'll try to make a grammar lesson to explain why this weekend. Grouping the data is another key skill that is needed here. James Z. If no time is shown, use the present simple. | Hi Simon. It does help us a lot. I picked out 4 main features here and compared them. I've done other lessons about line graphs and pie charts. Regarding the three newer systems, Washington DC was opened in 1976 and has the longest route of the three. Do you suggest to study with 21sh century reading series created by national geography and TED ? Posted by: Pick out the main features. I'll put a "table" essay on the site on Thursday this week. This means that you do not have to report on everything. Thursday, December 24, 2015 at 08:51. Lets take a look at the highest and lowest data: I have picked out the highest and lowest statistics here. Sunny | Tables sometimes show up in academic task 1 writing so you need to be prepared just in case you get one. Regarding the three more modern networks, Washington DC was completed in 1976 and has the longest route. 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