Ielts writing Task 1 + 2

1. COMPARISON AND SUPERLATIVE LANGUAGE: The language we
should use in task 1 writing is 
the language of 
comparison
and 
superlative
.
We can compare X and Y by using superlatives.
For example: Honda was 
the most 
popular 
motorbike. 
(Superlative language)
Or: Honda produced 
the most 
sold motorbikes.
·
Honda 
was
more 
popular
than 
any other motorbike. 
(Comparison
language)
·
More 
males
 than 
females
 
chose Honda.
·
Fewer 
females
 than 
males
 
chose Honda.
·
Honda
 was
 more 
popular
 among 
males
 than 
females
.
·
Honda
 was 
less 
popular
 among 
females
 than 
males.
·
The most popular 
means of transport 
was Honda.
·
Honda
 was
 more 
popular
 than 
any other means of transport.
·
Honda
 was 
the most popular 
means of transport.
·
Honda
 was chosen by 
more 
males
 than 
females.
·
A higher percentage of 
males 
chose Honda 
than
 males.
·
Compared to/with 
the number of females, the number of males 
were
considerably higher
.
·
The number of males 
were considerably higher 
compared to/with 
the
number of females.
2. TREND LANGUAGE:
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If we have 
2 time points 
(that could be 
days/weeks/months/years/decades
),
we need to use 
trend language
. We need to talk about “increase”,
“decrease”.
We could talk about 
1990 and 2000
, or we could talk about 
January and June
,
or we could talk about 
Monday and Friday
. It doesn’t matter.
Note: if they give you a diagram with 
just one year
, all we can do is just to
compare
, we 
cannot use trend language “increase”, “decrease”,
“fluctuated”. In other words, we
 cannot talk about movement.
On the other hand, if they give you 
two years, three years, or four years
, 
they
still want 
comparison
, 
but now they also want 
trend language
. They also
want you to talk about movement. These are really two basic groups of
language that you need to use to describe diagrams: 
comparison
and 
trend
language
.
Let’s build some vocabulary. Here is 
a list of verbs, adverbs, adjectives and
nouns
that you need to use in task 1 writing.
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LANGUAGE OF TRENDS: SENTENCE
STRUCTURE AND VOCABULARY
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Examples:
The overall sale of the company 
slightly increased 
by 10% in 2005.
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Note that 
“plunge”
and 
“plummet”
do not take adverbs 
because what they
mean is 
a big decrease
.
We can say “decreased
considerably/sharply/dramatically/significantly/substantially” or 
“plunged”,
or 
“plummeted”. 
But, we 
must not say,
“plummeted 
considerably/sharply/dramatically/significantly/substantially
”
or
“plunged 
considerably/sharply/dramatically/significantly/substantially
”
No need to use those two verbs “plunge” and “plummet” 
with an adverb
.
Decreased sharply equals plummeted. They mean the same thing.
Likewise, 
“rocket” 
does not take adverbs
. So to say increased significantly,
rose sharply, they mean the same thing as 
rocketed
. A big/sharp increase, so
no adverbs 
for 
rocketed
.
There are some things I need you to be aware of here. I want you to know
that 
steadily
and 
gradually
 
mean the same thing. 
Slightly
is something means
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different. 
Steadily
 
and 
gradually
 
mean over a period of time
. 
Slightly
means
how much deals with amount. 
Steadily
 and 
gradually
 mean a gradual change
like a child growth; he or she grows gradually/ he or she grows over time.
Levelled off 
&
 stabilized
These are flat changes or no changes really, but I want you to be aware that
levelled off 
and 
stabilized
always happen after another trend
. You can say,
for example, “the figure remained the same before increasing/ the figure
remained stable before increasing/ the figure remained unchanged before
increasing/ the figure remained constant before increasing”. However, we
cannot use 
“stabilized 
or 
levelled off” 
in this case. 
Stabilized
and 
levelled off
always happen after another trend
. For example, sales fluctuated before they
levelled off/ sales fluctuated before they stabilized. 
Don’t ever use 
stabilized
and 
levelled off 
to start your description.
Fluctuation
You can say 
fluctuated significantly/ fluctuated wildly 
(big changes) 
or
fluctuated slightly 
(small changes)
.
The birthday fluctuated significantly/wildly between 2000 and 2005.
Reached a low
“Reach” 
always happen after a movement
. 
“A high” 
is always behind a point
of the diagram
. We 
shouldn’t say 
reached a high
, instead we say 
started at a
high/ began at a high
.
We can say 
reached a low/started at a low/ began at a low
Car sales reached a low of 15.000 in 2000.
Reached a peak
“A peak” 
is always up and down
. A peak can be a high but it doesn’t have to
be. For example, reached two peaks before reaching a high.
The number of people who were unemployed reached a peak of 2000 people
in 2015.
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The number of tourists reached a peak of 15 million in 1995.
Stood at
You can use 
“stood at” 
at anywhere on the graph
you want (at the beginning
it stood at, afterward it stood at, then it stood at”, then it stood at, then it
stood at something else). 
“Stood at”
works for anything on the graph.
The number of sales stood at 4 million in 2010.
The number of people travelling to London stood at 26 million in 2005.
Started at/ began at
You can use 
“started at/ began at” 
at the beginning.
In 2000, the figure for Internet users started at approximately 50 million.
The amount of meat consumed weekly began at about 150 grams.
Ended at/ finished at
You can use 
“ended at/ finished at” 
at the end.
The figure finished at over 50%.
Dipped/decreased 
slightly
Expenditure on furniture dipped slightly from 9% to 7% between 2002 and
2005.
Coffee sales decreased slightly between June and August.
Examples:
Coffee sales 
began at 
50 thousand dollars, then 
decreased slightly 
to 48
thousand dollars. Subsequently, sales 
plunged 
and 
reached a low of 
40
thousand dollars between June and August. Afterwards, coffee sales 
rocketed
to a high of 
70 thousand dollars. Sales 
remained stable 
before decreasing
and stabilizing at…
Started at a high
…then it 
fell slightly/declined slightly/ dropped slightly/ fell
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steadily/declined gradually
…then it 
levelled off/ stabilized/ remained
unchanged/ remained stable/ remained the same/ maintained the same figure
.
Sales 
soared/rocketed/rose dramatically/grew sharply/increased
substantially
.
“Soared” 
really is the same as 
“rocketed”.
Increased 
slightly
/increased 
gradually
.
The number of people using the Internet increased slightly between 1995 and
2005.
From 2002 to 2004, CD sales in the UK increased gradually from 3 to 4
million - a rise of 30%.
Experienced/witnessed/saw 
a decrease/a decline/a rise/an increase
Laptop prices experienced a decrease/a decline.
Laptop prices underwent a decrease/a decline.
The price of laptop saw a fall/decrease/a decline.
The price of laptop witnessed a fall/decrease/a decline.
As far as I know, this method allows you to 
have a variety while maintaining
accuracy and limiting what you need to learn
. I don’t need you to learn
everything. I just need to learn these things. These are simple structures,
because there are 
no time
, and 
no figure
. There are 
no adjectives or adverbs
here. These are very simple. Let’s look at these again:
The purchase of Honda increased slightly from…..to….
Honda sales grew slightly from nearly…to…..
Honda sales decreased substantially, falling from…to…
Sales of Yamaha rocketed.
Sales of Yamaha soared.
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Sales of Yamaha increased substantially.
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