IELTS-Writing-Task-1

IELTSWritingTaskOneTask1InTask1oftheIELTSwritingtest,youcanbeaskedtodescribedifferentkindsofvisualssuchasgraphsordiagrams.Wewillfirstpracticedescribingapiechart.UsefulwordsfordescribinggraphsUsefulverbphrasesfordescribingpercentages:makeuprepresentaccountforPizzamakesup26%ofthetotalsurvey.Hamburgersaccountforthelargestproportionofthepiechart.Frenchfriesrepresent55%ofthetotal.Foodandcarsmadeupthetwobiggestitemsofexpenditureinbothyears.Foodaccountedfor44%ofspendingin1966,butthisdroppedbytwothirdsto14%in1996.Usefulwordsfordescribingpiechartsasapercentageoftotalparticipationwitha67.5participationratewith30percentofstudentsinvolvedinthisactivityWith15percentstudentschoosingthisactivityIndividually,musicisbyfarthemostpopularactivity,at35percent,followedbydrama,witha21percentparticipationrate.Overall,themostpopularactivitiesarespendingtimewithfriendsandshoppingwhich,at25percentand20percentrespectively,makeupnearlyhalfoftheparticipationrate.Ofthepopulationof1,300studentsatMaryHighSchool,thelargestpercentageofstudentsprefersteamsportsastheiroption,whereasatFrankHighSchool,thisisreversedand55percentchooseindividualsportssuchasathleticsratherthanteamsports.Atbothschools,basketballattractsasignificantpercentageofstudents.Foursentencestructures:1.15%oftheyoungpeoplegetonlineintheiroffices.2.Thereare15%oftheyoungpeoplewhogetonlineintheiroffices.3.Thepeoplewhogetonlineintheirofficestakeup15%ofthetotal.4.Thepercentageofthepeoplewhogetonlineintheirofficesis15percent.Eightcore/frequently-usedwordsorphrases:takeup/makeupaccountforform/constitute/compriseoccupy/representInTask1oftheIELTSwritingtestyouareoftenaskedtocomparetwopiecharts.Usefulwordsandsynonymsorwordsofsimilar/oppositemeaning:significant/insignificantconsiderable/inconsiderable,major/minorcontribute,comprise,makeupaccountfor,occupy,represent,constituteproduction,outputpercentage,ratio,proportionshareHowtodescribeproportion?26percent—aboutoneinfour–justoveraquarter33percent—onethird—oneinthree48percent—almostahalf—nearlyahalf—justunderonehalf75percent—threeoutoffour—threequartersverybig—thevast/overwhelmingmajorityverybig(beforenumbers)—amassive/hefty93percentverysmall—atinyminorityverysmall(beforenumbers)—amere/modest10percent描写倍数关系：double/triple/quadrupleatwo/three/four-foldincreaseincrease/decreasetwo/threefoldtwo/three/fourtimesthisamount/number/figure/quantity…two/threetimesas…as…描写相同与相异：1.tobeofthesamewith…2.AcorrespondstoB3.tobeidenticalintheaspectof...4.AissimilartoB5.toresembleeachother6.toshowgreatresemblancein…7.AdiffersfromBinseveralaspects/AisdifferentfromBin…/AcanbedistinguishedfromBby…8.A,asdistinctfromB,has…/Ahas…,ascomparedwithB/Inspiteoftheirsimilarities(differences),A/B…SampleA:ThepiechartscomparethehighestlevelofeducationachievedbywomeninSomelandacrosstwoyears,1945and1995.ItcanbeclearlyseenthatwomenreceivedamuchhigherlevelofeducationinSomelandin1995thantheydidin1945.In1945only30percentofwomencompletedtheirsecondaryeducationand1percentwentontoafirstdegree.Nowomenhadcompletedpostgraduatestudies.Thissituationhadchangedradicallyby1995.In1995,90percentofwomeninSomelandhadcompletedsecondaryeducationandofthose,halfhadgraduatedfromaninitialdegreeandand20percenthadgoneontopostgraduatestudies.Attheotherendofthescalewecanseethatby1995allgirlswerecompletinglowersecondary,although10percentendedtheirschoolingatthispoint.Thisisinstarkcontrastwith1945whenonly30percentofgirlscompletedprimaryschool,35percenthadnoschoolingatalland35percentonlycompletedthethirdgrade.Inconclusion,wecanseethatinthe50yearsfrom1945to1995therehavebeenhugepositivedevelopmentstotheeducationlevelsofwomeninSomeland.SampleBThepiechartsbelowillustratethenumberofjournalarticlesreadperweekbyallstudents,PhDstudents,andjournallecturersatanAustralianuniversities.Summarizetheinformationbyselectingandreportingthemainfeatures,andmakecomparisonswhererelevant.ThethreepiechartsillustratehowmanyarticlesfromacademicjournalsarereadweeklybyPhDstudentsandjuniorlecturerscomparedtootherstudentsatanAustralianuniversity.Forexample,theoverwhelmingmajorityofthosestudyingdoctoratesreadatleasttwelvearticlesperweekincomparisonwiththeaveragestudent.Thefigureswere80percentandtwelvepercentrespectively.Furthermore,onlyfivepercentofPhDlevelstudentsreadbetweenoneandfivearticles,whereastheaverageforallstudentsinthiscategoryisahefty67percent.Meanwhile,forjuniorlecturersthepatternappearstobeslightlydifferent.Mostreadsixormorearticlesperweek(99percent),butoutofthistotal24percentreadtwelveormore,whichisalmostathirdofthecorrespondingfigureforPhDlevelstudents.ItisclearthatthosestudentswhoareresearchingforaPhDreadmorearticlesthaneitherjuniorlecturersorotherstudents.SampleCThepiechartsshowthemarketshareofwashingmachinesmadebyfourcompaniesovertheperiod1990to2000andtheresultsofasurveyonwhethercustomerswouldconsiderbuyingthenewDytonwashingmachineoverthesameperiod.DuringthefirstyearofsalesofthenewDytonmachinein1990,itsmarketsharestoodattwopercentasopposedto60percentfortheMMGproduct,20fortheGorrwashingmachineand18forthatofO