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IELTS Writing Task 1
Christophe Sagnet and Catherine Sloan
Live Language
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Describe a line graph
Problems:
vocabularygrammar
The diagram below illustrates sales of laptops and desktop computers in a UK electronic store between 1990 and 2010.
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Lesson aims
Lexical Resource: Language of change
i.e. increase, rise, decrease, decline
Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Use a variety of structures
i.e. Sales increased; There was an increase in sales
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Lexical Resource: Verbs 1
Sales decreased.
Sales fell.
Sales dropped.
Sales declined.
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Lexical Resource: Verbs 2
Sales increased.
Sales rose.
Sales grew.
Sales climbed.
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Practice 1: Which sentence is correct?
1. Sales fell. Sales rose.
2. Sales increased. Sales increase.
3. Sales claimed. Sales climbed.
4. Sales dropped. Sales droped.
Problems:
spelling
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Grammatical Range and Accuracy
Sales fell.
Subject + verb.
There was a fall in sales.
There was a + noun + in sales.
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Grammar focus
Sales fell.declined.decreased.dropped.
increased.rose.climbed.grew.
Sales
There was a falla declinea decreasea drop
in sales. There was an increasea risea climba growth
in sales.
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Practice 2: Grammatical Range and Accuracy
Sales increased.There was…There was an increase in sales.
Sales grew.There was…There was a growth in sales.
Sales climbed.There was…There was a climb in sales.
Sales dropped.There was…There was a drop in sales.
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Writing: 20 minutes
Think about:
vocabularygrammar
The diagram below illustrates sales of laptops and desktop computers in a UK electronic store between 1990 and 2010.
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Sample answer: StrengthsThe line graph shows how many people bought laptops and desktop computers in one British electronics shop over a period of twenty years.
To begin with, desktop computers were more popular than laptops. Between 1990 and 2002, sales of desktop computers rose dramatically from 3,000 to 6000. Over the rest of the period, there was a substantial decline in sales, from 6000 to approximately 2,500.
Fewer people bought laptops at the beginning of the period. There was a steady increase in sales from 500 to about 1,500 between 1990 and 1997. Then sales climbed sharply to reach 6,000 in 2010. By the end of the period, laptops were less popular than desktops.
Overall, sales of desktops fell. However, there was a significant growth in laptop sales.
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Summary
Lexical Resource: Language of change
i.e. increase, rise, decrease, decline
Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Use a variety of structures
i.e. Sales increased; There was an increase in sales
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Next: Writing introductions
The diagram below illustrates sales of laptops and desktop computers in a UK electronic store between 1990 and 2010.
The line graph shows how many people bought laptops and desktop computers in one British electronics shop over a period of twenty years.
The question:
The introduction:
The next lesson will be available at the end of October 2012. See you again soon!
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