today I've prepared for you a band 9 answer to a common type of IELTS academic writing
task one two charts you'll learn how this answer means different requirements and what
you should do to get a high score for your report it's Asiya let's get started [Music]
here is our task the bar chart below shows you a seafood inputs between 2002 and 2022
and the forecast for 2032 the pie chart shows the geographical structure of these inputs in
2022 summarise the information by selecting and Reporting the main features and make comparisons
where relevant write at least 150 words and we have two charts a bar chart and a pie chart
the bar chart shows Seafood inputs in three time periods in the past and a forecast
the pie chart shows What proportion of seafood comes from each country
let's get straight to the model answer each report needs an introduction one or two sentences where
you tell the reader what information you've got here is mine the graphs provide information on
the volume of seafood impulse in the United States from 2002 to 2022 along with the prediction for
2032 and illustrate the distribution of seafood inputs among countries in 2022 in the introduction
quite often we simply paraphrase the task in our case we have two simple sentences I've
merged them into one longer sentence which covers both charts the paraphrasing is light instead of
saying the bar chart shows or the pie chart shows I used the graphs provide informational
instead of U.S Seafood inputs I wrote the volume of seafood inputs in the United States I repeated
the words Seafood Imports because that's what this task is about and I'm gonna use
them many times throughout the answer it's okay to repeat keywords instead of between
2002 and 2022 and the forecast for 2032 we have from two along with the prediction form
so that was the description of the first chart now the second the task reads
the pie chart shows the geographical structure of these inputs in 2022 and I wrote
the graphs illustrate the distribution of seafood Imports among countries so the
geographical structure is the distribution among countries so in my introduction I paraphrased the
task sentences but kept the meaning and you can actually watch my in-depth lesson on how to write
introductions from my paid calls this is a free preview and I'll link it in the video description
and now let's have a look at the overview an overview is one or two sentences where you
summarize what you've learned from the task what's the big picture without going into detail I think
it's best to write your overview together with the introduction in a single paragraph and it's common
to start with the word overall to clearly indicate to The Examiner that this is your overview next
let's look at the first chart the USC food import market grew substantially in the past two decades
on the chart you can see that inputs increased a lot between 2002 and 2022 as we are in 2023 we can
say in the past two decades I'm not given numbers just an overview of the trend next I continue the
same sentence with an overview of the pie chart with the majority of the inputs sourced from
several countries I'll name these countries in my body paragraphs what I want to say here
is that several countries import most or more than 50 percent of the seafood and the last bit
in the future however input levels are focused to shrink this is a reference to the forecast on
the first chart again I'll give the exact number in the body paragraph here I simply say that the
inputs will go down the trend will change instead of simply saying inputs I used input levels to
add variety to the vocabulary have a look at the overview as a whole you see I've summarized all
the information on both charts that's important and if you're wondering why it says input levels
are forecast and not are forecasted both are possible because this verb can be used
as regular or irregular to be forecast or to be forecasted let's move on to the body paragraphs
most reports have two body paragraphs occasionally you may have three but never one because of how
examiners assess in the structures right and if you can logically organize information
to get band 7 your report must be logically organized which means that you need to find
a logical way to divide information between your body paragraphs in this task it's easy
I described the first chart in the first body paragraph and the second in the second and my
first body paragraph is between the years 2002 and 2022 Seafood inputs in the United States tripled
up starting the body paragraph by making a big statement that described the strong
upward Trend we have now I need some figures from the charts to support this description
from about 6 billion dollars at the beginning of the period to over 20 billion dollars in 2022 this
is a gold standard of writing body paragraphs in your task one you describe a trend and then you
select the figures that support this description this shows that you're summarizing the information
instead of Simply reporting details indeed you'll be penalized for giving too many details or too
many numbers you must be strategic despite the past growth uh this phrase links my sentences
and tells the examiner that something different is coming next that's great for your cohesion despite
the past growth the graph forecasts a decline in Seafood inputs by approximately 2 billion
dollars in 2032 compared to the 2022 levels let's move on to body paragraph two describing
the pie chart regarding the geographical split of imports in 2022 this phrase introduces what this
paragraph is about and helps link paragraphs together which is a must for band 7 score
China Thailand and Canada were the dominant countries controlling two-thirds of the market
we have a lot of countries on the chart but when it comes to inputs the larger the country the more
important it is so I'm talking more about the top three countries and I've calculated that their
share of inputs is 67 percent or two thirds please note that in this fraction we need the hyphen
and the denominator the second number is plural okay we've described the key findings now we
need to support this description with some figures from the chart China had the largest
share of sifa dimples to the United States 28 followed by Thailand 23 and Canada 16 percent
when you want to name several countries and give a figure for each the simplest and quickest way
is to put those numbers in Brackets next to each country now we have several smaller countries what
do we do with them well there are only three left how do we group them in contrast other
countries such as Indonesia Vietnam and Ecuador each contributed less than 10 percent of the
seafood Imports in contrast is the Linker which shows that these countries are different from
the big importers we talked about before other countries such as Indonesia Vietnam and Ecuador
I used M dashes before and after the countries to separate them from the rest of the sentence
this is spent eight or nine grammar but if you can do it in your report that's great
and in this sentence I don't give numbers for each country rather I say that they are small
less than 10 percent that's enough in your report you should concentrate on describing
Trends and key features not little details but it may not be easy to pick them straight
away that's why in my courses there are report plans for each type of task helping you select
the most important information by asking yourself certain questions I'll link the
IELTS academic pack in the description it can help you prepare for your IELTS writing and
speaking step by step in less time and hopefully achieve a higher score and our report is ready
as it's a task 1 report you don't need a conclusion we have three paragraphs and 180
words if you'd like to download this model answer in PDF format it's linked in the description
the next step is to learn how to write each part of your report and how to answer different types
of task one you can watch my in-depth lesson on how to write an introduction in this video here
I'll teach you how to paraphrase and how to write an introduction for each type of task
one and thank you so much for watching me today good luck with your preparation and your exam bye