Line charts Vocabulary, IELTS Writing Best Vocabulary 1

Line charts Vocabulary – IELTS Writing

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Line charts Vocabulary – IELTS Writing

In IELTS writing test, candidates need to assess four things:

1. Task achievement
2. Coherence and cohesion
3. Lexical resources
4. Grammatical range and accuracy

Structure

The structure to write task 1 is very simple which contains paragraphs. Candidates use different structure if they like, but this one has been proven to be successful and approved by IELTS examiners.

Paragraph1 (introduction)

Sentence 1: paraphrase question

Paragraph 2 (overview)

Sentence1: overview of first main feature

Sentence 2: overview of second main feature

Sentence 3 makes general comparison, if appropriate

Paragraph: 3 (details of significant feature 1)

Sentence 1- supporting details

Sentence 2 – supporting details

Sentence 3- supporting details/ comparison details if appropriate.

Paragraph 4- details of significant feature 2

Sentence 1 – supporting details

Sentence 2 – supporting details

Sentence 3- supporting details/ comparison details, if appropriate

All the task 1 questions can be classified into the following:

1. Line chart
2. Bar graph
3. Table chart
4. Pie chart
5. Map
6. Process diagram
7. Multiple pie charts/graph

Line charts Vocabulary

Line charts Vocabulary, IELTS Writing Best Vocabulary 1

Possible verbs: upward trend

• Rise
• Jump
• Grow
• Climb
• Increase
• Rocket

Downward Trend

• Fall
• Drop
• Decline
• Decrease
• Go down
• Plummet
• Plunge

There are two main grammatical structures candidates can use to describe trends.

1. There + be+ adjective + noun+ in + noun phrases

Example: 

(a) there is/was a gradual rise in the price of oil

(b) There has /had been a sharp drop in the price of oil.

Possible adjectives:

• Gradual
• Moderate
• Modest
• Sharp
• Dramatic
• Slight
• Steep
• Steady
• Significant
• Considerable
• Rapid

2. Noun phrase+ verb+ adverb

Example: in past tense

• The price of oil rose gradually
• The price of oil has been risen dramatically

Possible adverbs:

• Gradually
• Moderately
• Modestly
• Sharply
• Dramatically
• Slightly
• Steadily
• Significantly
• Considerably
• Rapidly
• Slowly

Possible nouns:

•  Variation
• Decline
• Decrease
• Dip
• Drop
• Fall
• Peak
• Fluctuation
• Growth
• Increase
• Rise
• Slump

No change 

• Remained stable
• Leveled off
• Stabilized
• Remained the same

Other vocabulary

• Fluctuate
• Dip/ a dip
• Remain steady
• Remain stable
• Peak at
• Reach a peak of
• Hit a high of
• Bottom out
• plateau

There are three main ways to describe increases and decreases.

1. Noun phrase+ verb+ adverb

Example: in past tense

• The price of property fell sharply
• The percentage of homes dropped dramatically.

2. There+ be+ noun+ in+ noun phrase.

Example

• There had been an increase in the cost of coffee.
• There was fall in literacy levels.

3. Using fractions

Example

• The price of oil halved in less than a year.
• The price of oil has halved since July.
• By July, the price of oil has halved

Making comparisons:

IELTS writing academic task 1 often requires candidates to make comparisons between data sources, groups and times.

Here are five grammatical structures to make comparisons.

1. More/few/less+ first noun+ than+ second noun

Example: overall, more people preferred public transport than taxies.

2. Of one syllable (-er) + than + second noun

Example: a higher number of people preferred public transport than taxies.

3. More/less + adj of more than one syllable+ than + second noun

Example: taxies were more popular than public transport

4. Of one syllable (est.)

Example: the highest % of commuters preferred taxies.

5. The most/ least + adj of more than one syllable

Example: the least popular mode of transport was buses.

Time Phrases:

• Over the next three days.
• Three days later
• In the following three days
• The next three days show
• Over the period
• From….. To……
• Between…….. And……..
• The last year
• The first year
• The final year
• At the beginning of the period
• At the end of the period.

Comparison words

• To compare
• Than
• As compared to
• In comparison with
• As opposed to
• More than
• The majority of
• Only small majority
• Greater than
• Less than