Writing – Task 1;

Hi all dear friends. Here is a sample of the first IELTS writing task. This is a Data Distribution. Write an essay of at least 150 words using the expressions and techniques you’ve learned in your classes. I’m looking forward to seeing your answers, and then I’m going to correct them and give you some advice.

Task 1: The table below shows the number of mobile phones and personal computers per thousand people in five different countries. Write an essay and record the main points of the table and make comparisons where appropriate.

How to prepare for IELTS – Writing

Part 3

 How to do Task 1 – Processes and flowcharts 

• Spend about 5 minutes studying the flow chart or diagram and preparing your answer.

• Make sure you understand what the important stages of the flow chart or diagram are and that you know what order they all come in. Find a place to begin and work your way through or around the diagram or chart.

• You will need to include all the stages in your description.

• Make sure you are aware of any stages that happen at the same time as other stages or are alternatives.

• You will probably be using the present simple passive and present simple if you are describing a process.

• Use any notes on the diagram but put them into your own words.

• Think about varying your vocabulary. Use synonyms. If, for example, the diagram describes jobs – interchange ‘jobs’, ‘occupations’, ‘types of employment/work’ etc.

• Make sure you organize your information clearly. You will need an introduction and body for this report. A conclusion is not necessary. 

   -       Your introduction should introduce the process or flow chart and give an overview to summarize its overall function. 

   -       Your body will describe the process or flow chart in a logical order.

• For this report you will need to guide the reader with sequence expressions such as ‘first of all’, ‘after that’, ‘at the same time’, ‘concurrently’ etc.

• Don’t copy phrases from the instructions as this will not be assessed. Use your own words.

• Don’t take more than 20 minutes over this task.

• Try to write neatly and cross out errors with one line only.

• Leave a couple of minutes to read through what you have written. 

Remember: 

   -       That you will receive a higher mark if your use a range of structures and vocabulary. 

   -       You are NOT being asked for your opinion on the information, just to report it. An opinion would be considered ‘irrelevant’ for this task.

Corrected sample writings – task2

 The 21st century has begun. What changes do you think this new century will bring? Use examples and details in your answer. 

¹Man, through the ages, has undergone many changes from the time when he depicted a herd of mammoths on the walls of his cave to these days when he can create beautiful pictures and even make coffee by use of computer technologies without leaving his favorite chair. ² The 20th century made huge steps in developing computer technologies and reached many goals that made our life much easier. ³ What should we expect in the 21st century? 

The writer made two grammatical mistakes: first he must have used “the use” instead of use and “lives” instead of life. There is nothing wrong with “cave”. But what is worth noticing is that he/she doesn’t have a thesis statement in the introduction. The last sentence, which is a question, cannot be considered a thesis because the thesis needs to be a statement not a question. It carries the idea/the opinion of the writer. So it should have been something like this: “The 21^st century will certainly bring about grave changes to the life of mankind, changes like speedier transportation and faster pace of life because of computers, exploration of outer space and new technologies which are coming to existence every day.” Notice the correct use of present perfect tense in the first sentence and simple past in the second.

The writer uses a very nice transition of past connected with present and then past, but in the last sentence when he should have moved to the future he uses a question, which is not appropriate at all. He doesn’t formulate his plan of supporting his thesis because there is no thesis. If you look at the thesis I presented, you will see a short and quick transition to the coming supports in the last part of the thesis.

To read the rest of the essay please click on the link below to download the PDF file.

Corrected sample writings-T2.pdf (127.68 kb)

Dear M.Ghaemi; First of all, your writing was too long for a task 1 writing (about 200). Its overall structure was pretty good and some of your comparisons were brilliant.There wereseveral grammatical mistakes, and also some verbs that are used in wrong positions. And , why don’t you keen on “the” ?! Overally , it looks like band 5 to me. The corrected forms are highlighted in yellow , while wrong or unnecessary forms are middle-lined in blue. I hope you will find my corrections useful. Keep on practicing and posting new items . good luck.

In the first bar chart, we can see some information about USA marriage and divorce rates between 1970 and 2000.

Based on this chart , tendency of the number of divorces was variable but the number of divorces had a rise of 500000 person in 1980.

However, there was a slow fall down in the number of marriages in the USA during 30 years. These numbers didn’t change from 1970 to 1980 and there was a pick of 2.5 million person in these same years. All in all , in all 30 years, the number of marriages was more than the number of divorces in the USA.

As a result of this discussion, we can say that married group has devoted assigned the most number of adults to itself (or the most number of adults were assigned to the married group ) in comparison to the three other groups, while USA marriage rates faced a moderate drop of around 500000 person during studied years.

Hi there again,

This is a task topic for the second task in IELTS writing. Both General Training and Academic students can write it. I am waiting to see your replies. I will correct them as soon as possible. 

You should spend about 40 minutes on this task.Write about the following topic: 

Some people prefer to spend their lives doing the same things and avoiding change. Others, however, think that change is always a good thing. Discuss both these views and give your own opinion. 

Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.Write at least 250 words.