If you are studying for the General Training module,
you should begin with Writing Units 5 and 6.
Writing
Being able to
understand and describe
graphic
information or data
is
an
important academic
skill.
IELTS Academic Writing
Task
1 tests your ability to describe factual information, presented in
graphic and diagrammatic
form, clearly and accurately.
BAR C H A R T S
A fact is different from an opinion because it is
objective and often involves measurement. For
example, the graph on the left shows what a group of
students think about a film they have just seen.
Having looked at this graph, you could say that half
the students did not like the film. Or you could say
that 50 per cent of the students did not like the film.
You could be even more specific and state that 15 out
of 30 students did not like the film. These are all facts.
Find out some factual information about your class
members or your friends and family. How many of
them enjoy taking part in the following activities? Put
a tick against each activity the people like doing and
then write the total in the Total column. Then turn the
table into a bar chart.
Make some factual statements about the data. Try to
use all the following structures:
number (e.g. flue out often) students enjoy...
percentage (e.g. 50 per cent of) students enjoy ...
general (e.g. the majority of / a large number of I most / very few / hardly any)
students enjoy ...
For more practice in describing graphs, do Exercise A in the Supplementary
activities on page 115.
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