1 W hat would you write in the introduction? 2 W hat information would you include in the overview? 3 How would you organize the rest of your answer? 4 Would you have time to write about everything in detail? The charts b e lo w sh o w the m o s t p opular films b y genre for m en and w om en and general ticket sales for different types o f film in the USA in 2010. Sum m arize the inform ation b y selecting and reporting the m ain features, and m ake comparisons where re le v a n t Box-office takings 2010: USA iW%l action
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2 W rite a basic plan to show how you would w rite your answ er. Compare notes with a partner. 3 Look at the advice from tw o IELTS students in this table. Tick the advice you think is more logical and would make it easier to w rite a clear answer. student 1's advice student 2's advice introduction Try to be as clever as possible in the introduction to impress the examiner. Something like Both these charts provide different information about the film industry in America, including popular films a n d ... Keep it clear and simple. Write something like The bar graph shows the most popular films ... and then use a linker and explain the second graph cle arly :... while the pie chart illustrates how much m oney... overview W rite about as many parts of the graph as possible. I start by writing about the first thing I see, e.g. the action films,
