IELTS WRITING TASK 1

QUESTION WORDS
graph
trends in
information
chart
the diagram
results
survey
from 1999 to 2009
from 1999 to 2009
in 1999
in three countries

US consumption
people in the USA
Average weekly spending

PARAPHRASING WORDS
line graph
changes in
data
flow chart (also: bar chart, pie chart, table)
the figure
Findings
study
between 1999 and 2009
over a period of 10 years
in the year 1999
in the UK, France and Spain (i.e. name the
countries) = in three different countries = in three
countries, namely UK, France and Spain
consumption in the United States
Americans
spent on average
average expenditure
weekly spending figures
levels of spending
spent per week
expenditure per week
Danh t: Spending (on/ for sth) = expenditure
(on/ for sth)
ng t: be spent on = be allocated for = be
used for = be expended = be paid out for

Male female (coun.n/ adj)

Danh t ch ngi: Spender (on sth)

Men women (ch dng cho ngi ln)

Boys girls (ch nn c dng cho tr em)

The percentage of people who used
The percentage of people using the
the Internet
Internet
The percentage of people who had access
to the Internet
Internet usage
The percentage of Internet users
The proportion of people who were
unemployed

The proportion of people who were jobless

Levels of unemployment

Poverty rate

Unemployment rate

The proportion of people without job

Level of joblessness

Level of poverty

The percentage of people who live in

poverty

The percentage of people who live under

the poverty line

Poverty level

Be poor
The number of people driving to work

The number of people who use

cars/ buses/ trains

The number of car commuters

The number of people who commute by
car
The number of people who travel by car
The number of car users
Nu i bng xe p: The number of people who
cycle to work = the number of cycling commuters

Tiu th

Nu i bng tu ha: The number of rail

passengers

(Noun): Consumption

Sn xut

(Verb): be used, be consumed, be drunk or

be eaten

(Noun): production, manufacture

the number of

(Verb): be produced, be made, be

manufactured
the figure for (figures for) = the percentage of =
the rate of
the figure for

the amount of
the total number
Sales of

the overall number

- The number of items sold

the proportion of

- Turnover from

Per person
per year
Per week

- Fast food earned/obtained/gained just under

$6 billion
per capita = an average of = average + Noun
Annual = yearly
weekly = each week = a week

the process of paper recycling

how to produce

how paper is recycled

the process of producing

shows
shows
to produce forecasts
maps show
conducted
affect
major
various mobile phone features
an island before and after
workers
work performance

illustrates
compares
to forecast
diagrams illustrate
Performed/ implemented
influence
large
different functions of mobile phones
some changes to an island
Employees
Occupational function