19 IELTS table vocabulary phrases you can use in academic task 1 hi there my name is
Ben Worthington in this video we're going to look at the academic phrases which you
can use to describe your table and then in the second part I'm going to give you three
useful techniques and then we'll finish this tutorial with a small warning and in a few
minutes I'm going to have to ask you for a small favor now then let's have a look at
these phrases I'm going to move over here so you can see them there the first one is
an inspection of the data in the first table clearly shows so hopefully you'll be writing
these down because copy/pasting is one thing but if you really want to learn these phrases
write them down with a pen and paper and you've got your own list there get the PDF get the
text later just to compare your spelling but anyway let's go an inspection of the data
in the first table clearly shows this is very useful it's quite long and if you copy/paste
it it's grammatically perfect unless you mess it up at the end next one it is apparent from
this table that considerable…
something okay that there is a considerable increase in the final year in the third column
there is a distinct trend of something okay or in the third column there is a distinct
trend of increasing production okay I'm just trying to give you different kinds of examples
that you might find yourself using these phrases next one what stands out in the table is…
and then here what you can do is put the largest figure okay what stands out in the table is
the data for 2002 which is the largest in the entire table okay that's a very useful
technique because by highlighting the lowest and the highest we're going to be using superlatives
and superlatives will help you pick up points for your grammatical range and accuracy next
one closer inspection of the table shows that in 2002 corn production was at its lowest
okay quite a useful sentence because not only have I told you you can use these with the
superlatives but now you've got two sort of like copy/paste sentences we've got one for
the highest superlative so one for the highest data point and another one for the lowest
data point and they’re all cased beautifully if I do say so myself next one there is significant
difference between column A and column B most notably there is a 500% difference for the
final year something like that okay but this is another useful phrase because if you use
it appropriately it's going to force you to make comparisons which is one of the criteria
for IELTS academic task 1 next one an inspection of the data in the table reveals that okay
this is just very similar to what I said before but if you are familiar with IELTS and you're
familiar with the scoring criteria is that we don't want to be repeating ourselves so
although these phrases might sound like they’re saying the same they are grammatically different
so this is why we don't – that’s why I’m giving them to you so you can score points
for grammatical range and accuracy next one then I’ll ask that small favor from you
next one so what stands out in this table these ones are quite useful now what stands
out in this table… we've got as the beginning and then we're going to say … is the general
pattern of slowly decreasing figures okay or is the general pattern of erratic fluctuations
chi-ching chi-ching 4 points there okay erratic just means crazy erratic fluctuations just
means like very violent changes very violent sort of like differences very large differences
between the numbers anyway what stands out in this table is the difference between column
A and column B like we said before what stands out in this table is the wide disparity between
figures of 2020 and figures of 2030 okay I like that sentence and I’ll explain why
in a second now I gave you those sort of like two fragments what stands out in this table
is and now we've got three other opportunities at the end we can say is the rapid increase
of data is the growth of I don’t know is the growth of production of corn from country
A yeah or is the high rate of expansion or something okay now this relates to my final
tip of warning okay which I'll get to in a second now then the favor that I want to ask
you is that if you go and get all these phrases which I recommend you do then I'm going to
post this link into the comment section and when you go to the -- when you click on that
link just click like on the comment or even on the video but probably better on the comment
because this will help the comment stay at the top which will help other students find
that URL find that link okay it's just a small favor so now we get into the tips so the first
tip is to use fancy sentences or advanced sentences now for this you also need to be
quite familiar quite confident with your use of numbers with your mathematical abilities
it doesn't take a PhD from Cambridge in Mathematics but it does take a general high ability so
what you need to do is when you're looking at the data you just keep an eye out for opportunities
to use this sentence so for example what we're going to do is look for figures where it might
be double or triple or quadruple or quintuple okay but generally double triple and this
way we can use this phrase which is the figure for 1999 is almost three times that of 2010
okay or the figure for 2011 is exactly four times that of 2010 yeah so can you see it's
just increasing the amount increasing the amount of grammatical structures we’re using
and it shows the examiner that we've got an eye for detail and we can spot trends or patterns
or just certain interesting points but most importantly we're looking for opportunities
to use these sentences because these sentences will help us score points okay I’ll go on
the last one it is clear that figures between 2010 and 2011 are broadly in the same range
okay similar to the ones before so that tip number 1 is to use fancy sentences that’s
probably better described as keep an eye out for the opportunity to use fancy sentences
but that doesn't sound as good does it okay tip number 2 is quite quick tip number 2 is
that when we’re describing this chart we’re more than likely going to have to use the
table shows or figure or column A shows and this is okay but if we can vary it we could
say – or if we can vary it we’re increasing the chances of showing the examiner that we've
got a vaster a larger lexical resource so we can say so instead of using shows we can
say the figures in column A illustrate a rising trend the figures in column B reveal a decreasing
trend okay so you can use show, reveal and illustrate just to vary your language and
help boost your lexical resource score now then tip number 3 and then I’ll tell you
something quite funny okay so tip number 3 is similar to the tip number 1 but this time
we're looking for opportunities to group data and the reason why we want to group data is
because then we can compare and contrast the data and this is another criteria the ability
to compare and contrast and because when we're comparing and contrasting we're going to be
using some more advanced structures okay so when you look -- when you're looking at the
table when you're analyzing it look for similarities because then we can group them together and
most importantly this will help you avoid listing every single data point if you're
listing every single data point not only is your writing going to be terribly boring for
the examiner but you're going to fail because you're not giving a general idea you're not
giving an overview which is what's requested so this is why we need to group now the phrases
that I will give you now once again will help you group it will force you to look for those
grouping opportunities so here's one of the sentences the figures between 1999 and 2000
are very similar to those of the previous year next one the figures in column A and
column B are almost identical of course you're going to adapt these to your specific table
I hope if not you might as well just close YouTube and go to the D cheers with no point
anyway so I’ll just say the warning okay the warning’s related to what I was just
saying before is that use these in context practice with them don't just go into the
exam and just write them all out like I just listed now use them use them in context actually
look at the graph I mean sometimes you might not be able to use the ones I gave you in
which case don't use them don't force them into your writing because then it doesn't
sound natural so experiment with them before the exam don’t do your experimentation in
the exam practice get some feedback and master these phrases the best way to get feedback
is to get somebody to look at your essay and say this is great this is great this is bad
this is terrible this is awesome but just to give you feedback so you can discover your
errors and then the next time you write your IELTS academic task 1 table description the
next time you do that you're going to be wiser and you're going to improve and if you do
get regular feedback from your IELTS tutor or from an essay correction service go for
an IELTS essay correction service don't go for any essay correction service but if you
do this you are slowly going to be -- well not slowly you'll be quickly improving the
quality of your writing now that was the warning just get some feedback use them in context
and this way you will improve now if IELTS is stopping you from going to the UK from
going to Australia from going to Canada or even staying in one of those countries then
have a look at the course I think it'll be very helpful for you it's quite methodical
we go at your pace we've got an expert IELTS essay corrector on the team she's doing some
amazing feedback in fact as you probably know if you're on the email list that she's complaining
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popular as well so if you are struggling don't worry about it there is help there now my
final message before I go is that what type of table can you eat there's only one what
kind of table can you eat the answer: vegetable