Task 1 — Academic
Describe charts, graphs, tables, or diagrams. 150 words min.
Writing
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What you see on screen
A chart, graph, table, or diagram appears beside a text box with a live word counter. Write at least 150 words describing it, budgeting about twenty minutes.
How it is marked
Task 1 carries one third of the writing score, judged on achievement, coherence, vocabulary, and grammar. Falling under 150 words loses task achievement marks.
Strategy
- Include an overview naming the main trend; without it, task achievement caps around band 5.
- Group the data into two body paragraphs by pattern instead of narrating every number in order.
- Report only figures supporting the trend; quoting every value wastes words and blurs the message.
- Vary comparison language: 'twice as high', 'marginally greater', 'plummeted', instead of repeating 'increased'.
Traps that cost marks
Speculating about causes of the data is never asked for and dents task achievement.
Copying the prompt's wording into your introduction; copied rubric is excluded from your word count.
Now try it under exam conditions.
Practise Task 1 — Academic