Key language for IELTS Task 1. For success on the IELTS, you need to use some good language. In this slideshow you can see some key language for describing overall trends, introducing key points, introducing supporting details, comparing data, approximating, describing trends. talking about time, describing a process.

1. IELTS Writing Task 1
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Making an overview statement
● We can see from the chart/table that…
● The chart/table shows us that…

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Describing an overall trend
● Overall…
● From an overall perspective…
● Looking at the graph/chart/table as a whole…
● One of the first things to note is…
● One thing that clearly stands out is…

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Introducing a key point
● It is interesting to see/note that…
● One striking feature of the graph/chart is…
● Interestingly…
● Surprisingly…

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Introducing supporting details
● For example,
● For instance,
● Moreover,
● More specifically,
● This fact is borne out by…

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Comparing data
● There are twice/3 times as many X as Y
● In comparison to X, Y is…
● There are slightly more/fewer X than Y
● There are significantly more/fewer X than Y
● The amount/quantity/percentage of X is ____er than
that of Y

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Approximating
● Approximately
● Roughly
● About
● Just above/over/under/below
● A little less/more than
● Slightly less/more than

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Describing trends
● The figures rose/increased/went up from…to
● The figures fell/decreased/went down from…to
● There is/was a steady/gradual/sudden…
● There is/was a(n) upward/downward trend
● There is/was little or no change

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Describing trends: adverbs
● Dramatically
● Sharply
● Suddenly
● Significantly
● Steadily
● gradually

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Describing trends
● There is/was a…
● …rise/increase between / from…to
● …fall/decrease/drop/decline between / from…to

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Describing trends
● Fluctuated between
● Rose to…
● Dipped to…
● Reached a peak/high (point) of…
● Reached a low point of…

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Talking about time
● From the beginning of this period
● During this period
● From then until March
● Between March and June
● …ending the year at…
● When/once/as soon as

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Describing a process
● First
● Then / next / after that
● Before that
● As soon as
● until
● Finally

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Describing a process
● The X is made/done…
● After X has been completed / finished…
● …Y is begun / initiated / started

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