2023年雅思小作文折线图

Writingtaskone:singlelinegraphYouwillbegivenagraphwithasingleline.Yourtaskistowritea150wordreporttodescribetheinformationgiveninthegraph.Youarenotaskedtogiveyouropinion.Youshouldspendaroundtwentyminutesonthetask.Taskoneisnotworthasmanymarksastasktwoandsoyoushouldmakesurethatyoukeepwithintherecommendedtwentyminutetimeframe.Whatisbeingtestedisyourabilityto:objectivelydescribetheinformationgiventoyoureportonatopicwithouttheuseofopinionusesuitablelanguagetodescribethegraphSampletaskYoushouldspendabout20minutesonthistask.Writeareportforauniversitylecturerdescribingtheinformationinthegraphbelow.Writeatleast150words.Whenyou’vefinishedthetask

Howgoodisyouranswer?Checktheguidelinesbellowandreadthesampleanswer.GuidelinesforagoodanswerDoesthereporthaveasuitablestructure?Doesithaveanintroduction,bodyandconclusion?Doesitincludeconnectivewordstomakethewritingcohesivewithinsentencesandparagraphs?Doesthereportusesuitablegrammarandvocabulary?Doesitincludeavarietyofsentencestructures?Doesitincludearangeofappropriatevocabulary?Doesthereportmeettherequirementsofthetask?Doesitmeetthewordlimitrequirements?Doesitdescribethewholegraphadequately?Doesitfocusontheimportanttrendspresentedinthegraphicinformation?SampleanswerThegraphshowsthenumberofcasesofXdiseaseinSomelandbetweentheyears1960and1995.Asanoveralltrend,itisclearthatthenumberofcasesofthediseaseincreasedfairlyrapidlyuntilthemidseventies,remainedconstantforaroundadecadeat500casesbeforedroppingtozerointhelate80s.

In1960,thenumberofcasesstoodatapproximately100.Thatnumberrosesteadilyto200by1969andthenmoresharplyto500in1977.Atthispointthenumberofcasesremainedstableuntil1984beforeplummetingtozeroby1988.From1988to1995Somelandwasfreeofthedisease.

Inconclusion,thegraphshowsthatthediseasewasincreasinglyprevalentuntilthe1980swhenitwaseradicatedfromSomeland.Whatdoyouthink?

Whatisyouropinionofthissampleanswer?Howwelldoesitmeettherequirementsoftheguidelines?Readtheteacher'scommentsonthisanswer.Teacher'scommentsonthesampleanswer“Thereportstructureiseasytofollowandlogicalwithaclearintroduction,bodyandconclusion.Thecandidateusescohesivewordstoconnectpiecesofinformationandmakethewritingflowsuchas‘until’and‘before’inthesecondsentence.Thecandidateusesavarietyofgrammaticalstructuresandvocabularysothatthewritingisnotrepetitive.Intermsoftaskrequirementsthereportisalittleshortbutthisisbecausethesimplegraphusedasanexampledoesnothavesufficientinformationforthecandidatetodescribe.IntherealIELTStestthegraphwillhavemoreinformationandsotheneedtolookfortrendswillbeevengreaterthaninthisexample.”StrategiesforimprovingyourIELTSscoreSelectinginformation

Itisimportantthatyoudescribethewholegraphfully.However,thisdoesnotmeanthatyoushouldnoteeverydetail.Inmostcasestherewillbetoomuchinformationforyoutomentioneachfigure.Youwillthereforeneedtosummarisethegraphbydividingitintoitsmainparts.Thisiswhatwemeanbydescribingthetrends.Forexample,inachronologicallinegraphitmightseemsensibletodescribetheinformationyearbyyearorperiodbyperiod.Thegraphabovegivestheinformationinfiveyearsectionssowecouldwriteourreportlikethis:ThenumberofcasesofXdiseasestartedat50in1965andthenwentupgraduallyto100in1965andcontinuedupto200in1970andthenwentupmoresharplyto380in1975.Whilethiswayofdescribingtheinformationmaybeaccurate,itdoesnotmeaningfullysumuptheinformationinthegraph.Infact,theinformationinthegraphwouldmostmeaningfullybedescribedinfourchronologicalsectionsfollowingtheshapeofthegraph.IntheSampleTask,thegraphshowsfourmaintrends:first,agradualincreasefrom1960to1968second,asteeperincreasefrom1968to1977third,aplateaufrom1977to1983fourth,adropfrom1983to1988Thestructureofthereportmustshowthesefourmaintrendsclearly.Reportstructure

Yourreportshouldbestructuredsimplywithanintroduction,bodyandconclusion.Tensesshouldbeusedappropriately.Introduction

Usetwostandardopeningsentencestointroduceyourreport.Theseopeningsentencesshouldmakeupthefirstparagraph.Sentenceoneshoulddefinewhatthegraphisabout;thatis,thedate,location,whatisbeingdescribedinthegraphetc.Forexample:ThegraphshowsthenumberofcasesofXdiseaseinSomelandbetweentheyears1960and1995…Noticethetenseused.Eventhoughitdescribesinformationfromthepast,thegraphshowstheinformationinthepresenttime.

Noticethatthesampleopeningsentencedoesnotsimplycopythewordsusedonthegraphicmaterial.Copiedsentenceswillnotbeassessedbytheexaminerandsoyouwasteyourtimeincludingthem.Describingtheoveralltrend

Sentencetwo(andpossiblythree)mightsumuptheoveralltrend.Forexample:ItcanbeclearlyseenthatXdiseaseincreasedrapidlyto500casesaroundthe1980sandthendroppedtozerobefore1999,whileYdiseasefellconsistentlyfromahighpointofnearly600casesin1960tolessthan100casesin1995.Noticethetenseused.Herewearetalkingabouttheoccurrenceofthediseaseinthepast.Describingthegraphindetail

Thebodyofthereportwilldescribethegraphorgraphsindetail.Youwillneedtodecideonthemostclearandlogicalordertopresentthematerial.

Linegraphsgenerallypresentinformationinchronologicalorderandsothemostlogicalorderforyoutowriteuptheinformationwould,mostprobablybefromearliesttolatest.Bargraphs,piechartsareorganisedindifferentwaysandsoyouneedtodecideontheorganisationofeachone.Concludingsentences

Yourreportmayendwithoneortwosentenceswhichsummariseyourreporttodrawarelevantconclusion.GrammarandvocabularyAvoidingrepetition

Youwillreceiveahighermarkifyourwritingusesarangeofstructuresandvocabularycorrectlyratherthanalimitednumber.Forexample,thecandidatewhowrites:ThenumberofcasesofXdiseasestartedat50in1965andthenwentupto200in1970andthenwentupto500in1980andthenwentdowntozeroin1990.willlosemarksforbeingrepetitive.Youshouldthereforepractisewritingreportsusingawidevarietyoftermstodescribethedifferentmovementsinthegraphsanddifferentstructurestovaryyourwriting.Describingtrends

Trendsarechangesormovements.Thesechangesarenormallyexpressedinnumericitems,forexample,population,productionvolumesorunemployment.Therearethreebasictrends:Expressingmovement:nounsandverbs

Foreachtrendthereareanumberofverbsandnounstoexpressthemovement.Wecanuseaverbofchange,forexample:UnemploymentlevelsfellOrwecanusearelatednoun,forexample:TherewasafallinunemploymentlevelsDirectionVerbsNounsRose(to)

Increased(to)

Wentup(to)

Climbed(to)

BoomedArise

Anincrease

Growth

Anupwardtrend

Aboom(adramaticrise)Fell(to)

Declined(to)

Decreased(to)

Dipped(to)

Dropped(to)

Wentdown(to)

Slumped(to)

Reduced(to)Adecrease

Adecline

Afall

Adrop

Aslump(adramaticfall)

AreductionLevelledout(at)

Didnotchange

Remainedstable(at)

Remainedsteady(at)

Stayedconstant(at)

MaintainedthesamelevelAlevellingout

Nochange

Fluctuated(around)

Peaked(at)

Plateaued(at)

Stoodat(weusethisphrasetofocusonaparticularpoint,beforewementionthemovement,forexample:

Inthefirstyear,unemploymentstoodat…)Afluctuation

Reachedapeak(of)

Reachedatplateau(at)Describingthemovement:adjectivesandadverbs

Sometimesweneedtogivemoreinformationaboutatrendasfollows:Therehasbeenaslightincreaseinthevalueofthedollar(degreeofchange)

Unemploymentfellrapidlylastyear(thespeedofchange)Rememberthatwemodifyanounwithanadjective(aslightincrease)andaverbwithanadverb(toincreaseslightly).DescribingthedegreeofchangeAdjectivesAdverbsdramaticdramaticallysharpsharplyhuge

enormousenormouslysteepsteeplysubstantialsubstantiallyconsiderableconsiderablysignificantsignificantlymarkedmarkedlymoderatemoderatelyslightslightlysmall

minimalminimallyDescribingthespeedofchangeAdjectivesAdverbsrapidrapidlyquickquicklyswiftswiftlysuddensuddenlysteadysteadilygradualgraduallyslowslowlyExercise1Usethefollowingtermsandanyothersnecessarytodescribethegraphbelow.

initially,stoodat,dip/dipped,peak/pe