IELTS Writing Task 1.  Describing a Chart.

Make notes and answer these questions from the video http://ieltsliz.com/ielts-bar-chart-tips-and-techniques-for-a-high-score/

This is a very useful website for when you get closer to your test.

1. What main points does she mention about writing the introduction?

2.  What was missing from the chart description that she added in the introduction?

3.  Why should we pay special attention to the date?

4.  How many sentences should your introduction be?

5.  If you have no overview, then you can not get higher than a ______ on task response, and task response is worth _______ % of your writing score.

6.  What are the key features of the overview?

7.  What makes a good overview?

8.  What word does the overview start with?  Why?

9.  How many key features are in her overview?

10.  How many features should you normally have?

11.  How many body paragraphs does she feature?

12.  What’s important about the organization of the body paragraphs?

13.  What will happen if your sentences in the body paragraphs are not supported by data?

14.  Can you put information in brackets?

15.  Can you use symbols instead of unit names? (For example “$” instead of “dollars”)

16.  What does ‘respectively’ mean?