IELTS Academic Writing Part 1

IELTS WRITING PART 1 – DESCRIBING GRAPHS

The graph below shows the differences in wheat exports over three different areas. Write a report for a university lecturer describing the information shown below.

STEPS TO FOLLOW WHILE WRITING:

Fort his task, you are expected to write two paragraphs. The first paragraph should convey the general overview of the data given in the graph. The second paragraph, similarly, should give details about the data. Let’s go over the two paragraphs with a step-by-step approach.

1. WRITE THE TOPIC SENTENCE FOR THE INTRO: (1 SENTENCE)

The graph here clearly presents / shows / indicates / displays / represents the wheat exports of three different countries or regions between 1985 and 1990.

2. PROVIDE A GENERAL INFO ABOUT EACH OF THE VARIABLES: (2-3 SENTENCES)

Each one of the three is observed to have a quite different pattern on the amounts of wheat sold to other nations.  Exports from Australia declined over the five-year period, while the Canadian market fluctuated considerably, and the European Community showed a general trend of increase.

3. DO NOT WASTE TIME TRYING TO WRITE A CONC. HERE. AFTER COMPLETING STEP 2 YOU HAVE FINISHED YOUR INTRO.

4. AGAIN DO NOT STRIVE TO FIND A TOPIC SENTENCE FOR THE SECOND PARAGRAPH. BEGIN TO WRITE ABOUT EACH OF THE VARIABLES ONE AT A TIME.

V1:  In 1985, Australia exported about 15 millions of tonnes of wheat and the following year the number increased by one million tonnes to 16 million. After that, however, there was a gradual decline until 1989 and 1990 when it stabilised at about 11 million tonnes.

V2:  Over the same period, the amount of Canadian exports varied greatly. It started at 19 million tonnes in 1985, reached a peak in 1988 of 24 million, dropped dramatically in 1989 to 14 million tonnes and then climbed back to 19 million in 1990.

V3: Seventeen million tonnes were exported from the European Community in 1985, but this decreased to 14 million tonnes in 1986 and then rose to 15 million in 1987 and 1988 before increasing once more to 20 million in 1990.

5. YOU DON’T HAVE TO WRITE CONCLUSION FOR THE SECOND PARAGRAPH.

IELTS WRITING PART 1 – DESCRIBING PROCESSES

The flowchart illustrates the production of coloured plastic paper clips in a small factory. Write a report for a university tutor describing the production process.

There are four main stages in the production of plastic paper clips from this small factory. Two of these stages involve actual preparation of the clips, while the other two consist of quality control before the clips are sent out from the factory to the retailers to be sold to the public.

To begin with, molten plastic is poured into three different moulds depending on the colour required; the colours are red, blue and yellow. Once these clips emerge from the moulds a quality control machine checks them for strength. Unsatisfactory clips are rejected. In the third stage in the process the clips are stored by hand into two groups, mixed and single colors. When this stage is complete the groups are checked a second time to ensure that the colour mixtures are divided correctly into single colours and mixed colour batches. Finally, the clips are packed and dispatched to the markets.

IELTS WRITING PART 1 – DESCRIBING THE DATA ON TABLES

The table below gives information about Favorite Pastimes in different countries. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

This table clearly presents and compares favorable pastimes in eight different countries. The pastimes, across the top of the table, are analyzed in relation to each country.

As can be seen, about 60% of Canadians, Australians and Americans like watching television. On the other hand, this figure is quite low for China where only 15% of people watch television. Predictably, Americans like music at 23%, whereas only 2 to 5% of people in the other countries feel the same way. 20% of people in England enjoy sleeping as a pastime whereas in Canada and the USA, for example, the figure is only 2%. Interestingly, the Chinese like hobbies the most at 50%, as opposed to only 20% in France. It isn’t surprising that the highest percentage of beach-lovers is in Australia and the USA at 30%.

It seems that pastimes of people of different nationalities may be influenced by a number of factors such as the socio-economic situation or the climate. These factors influence cultural differences between different nationalities and make cross-cultural experiences more interesting.

IELTS WRITING PART 1 – DESCRIBING PIE CHARTS

Write a report for a university lecturer describing the information shown below.

In this analysis we will examine three pie charts. The first one is headed ‘World Spending.’ The second is ‘World Population’ and the third is ‘Consumption of Resources.’

In the first chart we can see that people spend most of their income (24%) on food. In some countries this percentage would obviously be much higher. Transport and then housing are the next major expenses at 18% and 12% respectively. Only 6% of income is spent on clothing.

In the second chart entitled ‘World Population’, it is not surprising to find that 57% of people live in Asia. In fact China and India are two of the most populated countries in the world and they are both situated on this continent. Europe and the Americans account for nearly 30% of the total, whilst 10% of people live in Africa.

Finally, the third chart reveals that the USA and Europe consume a huge 60% of the world’s resources and this clearly means that less than half of the resources are left to the majority.

To sum up, the major expenditure is on food all over the world. The population figures are the highest for Asia and the major consumers are the USA and Europe.

IELTS WRITING PART 1 – DESCRIBING SYSTEMS

The diagram below shows how a central heating system in a house works.

Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

This diagram provides an overview of a domestic central heating system. It shows how the tank, boiler and pipes ensure a constant flow of hot water to both the radiators and the taps.

The cold water enters the house and is stored in a water storage tank in the roof. From there, it flows down to the boiler, located on the ground floor of the house.

The boiler, which is fuelled by gas or oil, heats up the water as it passes through it. The hot water is then pumped round the house through a system of pipes and flows into the radiators, located in different rooms. The water circulates through the radiators, which have small tubes inside them to help distribute the heat, and this warms each of the rooms. Some of the water is directed to the taps to provide hot water for the house.

Once the water has been through the pipes and radiators, it is returned to the boiler to be re-heated and circulated round the house again.