IELTS Writing Part One- Line Graphs Tasks
A LESSON PLAN FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHERS
Brainstorming useful language for IELTS changing trends tasks
Lesson Plan Content:
Useful phrases for IELTS Writing Task One line graphs tasks
In pairs, speak about a Writing Task 1 line graph for as long as you can
Change pairs. Compare which things you talked about and what language you used, then brainstorm other ways of describing the line graph.
Brainstorm language for describing each of these things:
Parts of the graph
Ways of speaking about time
Things going up
Things going down
Going up and down
Staying the same
Becoming flat
Similarities
Differences
First sentence of the introduction
Second sentence of the introduction
Starting the first main paragraph
Starting the second main paragraph
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Suggested answers
Parts of the graph
The vertical axis/ The horizontal axis/ The x axis/ The y axis/ The axes
Ways of speaking about time
In the 90s/ At the beginning of that period/ In the first few weeks
Things going up
Rise/ Climb/ Rocket/ Take off/ Increase
Things going down
Fall/ Drop/ Dive/ Plummet/ Crash/ Decrease
Going up and down
Fluctuate/ Be unsteady/… but remain between… and…
Staying the same
Remain at…/ Be stable/ Remain steady/ Stay (more or less) flat
Becoming flat
Flatten out/ Plateau/ Bottom out
Similarities
A similar trend/ Follow/ (Very) similar/ (Almost) the same
Differences
(Far/ Much) …/ (Not) (nearly) as…as…”
While…,…/ In contrast,…/ … shows a rather/ very different pattern/ trend.
We can contrast this with…/ … is almost the exact opposite.
… is (a/ the) (major) exception…
First sentence of the introduction
The (line) graph shows/ represents/ compares/ gives data on/ gives information about/ is based on…
Final sentence of the introduction
The data can be split into… and… I will look at each of these in turn./ I will first look at… and then describe…
Starting the first main paragraph
The first thing you notice looking at the graph is…/ The most noticeable trend is…
The biggest/ most noticeable/ most important difference/ similarity between the… is…
Starting with…/ Looking first of all at…
Starting the second main paragraph
Moving on to…/ Looking at…/ Turning to…
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