Academic IELTS Writing Task 1 (Part 2)

Before you read this post, you should go through the First Part of this post.

As we have discussed in Academic IELTS Writing Task 1 (Part 1), the general layout of the second paragraph (or body paragraph) of Academic IELTS Writing Task 1 should be as follows:

Body Paragraph: Linking words, comparison + Linking words, comparison + Linking words, comparison + Linking words, comparison + Linking words, comparison + Linking words, comparison.

Find out some common Linking Words & Practice

The most significant aspect of Academic IELTS Writing Task 1 is that you must compare the statistics. If you only describe the data, it will not ensure a good score. So, at the planning phase, you should first decide on the “Basis of Comparison” that is to be used in your writing.

Now let us focus on the phrase “Basis of Comparison”.

Please, carefully study the following Diagram 1 and its different parts.

Diagram 1: Crime Rate of ABC Town

Now, go through the following three sentences:

1.     The rate of crime of ABC town was decreasing rapidly from 1998 to 2001.

2.       In the next year, this rate increased moderately.

3.       From 2001 to 2003, the rate of crime again started to decline slowly.

Now, again carefully study the following Diagram 2 and its different parts.

 Diagram 2: Annual Profit of DEF Company

Think carefully. Will you use sentences similar to the three sentences above (Diagram 1) to present the figures of Diagram 2?

You should not.

The sentences might be as follows:

1.       In 2003, the total profit of Company DEF was 2 million.

2.       The total profit of 2004 reduced to half of the profit of 2003.

3.       In the next year, the profit of DEF Company increased by 7 times and reached to 8 million.

Look at the differences of the sentences of Diagram 1 and Diagram 2. Diagram 1 is presenting “Period of time” whereas Diagram 2 is presenting “Point of Time”. This is the basic difference among the words that need to be selected in presenting these two types of diagrams.

These differences are also prevailing in other types of Task 1 diagrams regarding which I intend to write on my later writings.