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IE 16: 3 Sentence Structures to Improve your IELTS Grammar Grade on Task 1

IE 16: 3 Sentence Structures to Improve your IELTS Grammar Grade on Task 1

FromIELTS Energy English 7+


IE 16: 3 Sentence Structures to Improve your IELTS Grammar Grade on Task 1

FromIELTS Energy English 7+

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Length:
12 minutes
Released:
Mar 11, 2015
Format:
Podcast episode

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Today you’ll get 3 sentence structures to improve your grammar grade on IELTS Writing Task 1.
On IELTS Task 1 you are shown a graph, table, pie chart, or bar chart. They have numbers and you have to compare and contrast how they change.
You will see a graph that shows “Change Over Time”
The examiner wants you to use different sentence structures for this category.
 
Here they are:
1) Subject + verb + adverb : “The numbers increased dramatically in 2008.”
2) There was + adjective + noun: “There was a dramatic increase in 2008.”
3) Before +verb-ing: “Before increasing in 2008, the number of surfers experienced a decline.”
 
Where can you find graphs to use to practice these sentences?

Find IELTS forums


Go to IELTS.org


Go to a bookstore and write down some sentences with your notebook


New York Times and USA Today


Google Images, type in “bar chart” or “pie chart”

 
Where else have you found resources like pie charts or graphs to practice these sentence structures for Writing Task 1?
Let us know your ideas below!
 
 
Released:
Mar 11, 2015
Format:
Podcast episode

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