IELTS-Simon-Writing-Task1-Academic-part-1

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Résumé

TLDRThis lesson provides an overview of the IELTS Writing Task 1, focusing on techniques and structure. The task requires students to describe a figure, like a graph or chart, without giving opinions or conclusions. The recommended structure includes an introduction, an overview or summary, and two detailed paragraphs. Six types of questions are identified: line graphs, bar charts, pie charts, tables, diagrams comparing things, and process diagrams. The language for the task revolves around describing numbers, comparing, and noting trends, with specific techniques for the distinct question types offered throughout the course.

A retenir

  • 📝 Focus on description, not opinion or conclusion.
  • 📊 Six question types: Line graphs, bar charts, pie charts, tables, diagrams, process diagrams.
  • 📐 Use a four-paragraph essay structure for clarity.
  • 🔢 Number language skills are crucial: describe, compare, and identify trends.
  • 🗺️ Maps are considered diagrams in the task types.
  • 📚 Overview or summary can be placed at the end as well.
  • 🖋️ The introduction is a paraphrase of the question.
  • 🧐 An overview is essential for scoring well.
  • 📈 No special language for different chart types, just consistent description techniques.
  • 🔄 Different techniques will be provided for each question type in the course.

Chronologie

  • 00:00:00 - 00:07:53

    The lesson introduces the video course for IELTS Writing Task 1, aiming to provide methods and techniques to approach the task, which involves describing figures like graphs, charts, or diagrams. Emphasis is placed on description rather than opinion, and the importance of including a summary rather than a conclusion. The instructor plans to outline six different question types, focusing on techniques for each. The first four types—line graphs, bar charts, pie charts, and tables—share a common feature of displaying numbers and require language for describing numbers, comparing numbers, and describing changes or trends.

Carte mentale

Vidéo Q&R

  • What is IELTS Writing Task 1?

    IELTS Writing Task 1 involves describing a figure such as a graph, chart, or diagram, and writing a report on it.

  • What should you avoid in IELTS Writing Task 1?

    Avoid giving your opinions and writing a conclusion. The focus is on description and summary.

  • How should the IELTS Writing Task 1 be structured?

    Use a four-paragraph structure: introduction, overview (or summary), and two paragraphs of details.

  • Is there special language required for different types of graphs or charts?

    No special language is needed. The language for describing numbers, comparing more than one number, and describing changes or trends is sufficient.

  • What are the common types of questions in Writing Task 1?

    The common types include line graphs, bar charts, pie charts, tables, diagrams comparing things, and process diagrams.

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    ielts writing task one lesson one
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    in this lesson i'll quickly explain what
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    we're going to do on this video course
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    for writing task one
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    similar to what we did um for task two
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    in the task two lessons my aim is to
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    give you methods and techniques to look
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    at the task to break it into parts and
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    to give you a good approach good methods
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    for those parts so for example of course
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    we'll look at the different types of
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    writing task 1 question
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    a few things to remember before we start
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    the writing task 1 the task is to
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    describe
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    a figure some kind of
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    graph chart diagram
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    that you see your task is to describe it
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    and write a report on it you are not
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    supposed to give your opinions you don't
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    know why the line on a graph goes up or
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    goes down you haven't got the research
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    all you see is the graph and you
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    describe what you see this we would call
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    a report is the description
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    task so no opinions first of all and
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    another important thing before we get
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    going i'll just say this now
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    no conclusion because a conclusion is
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    like a final opinion a final judgment so
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    we're never going to put a conclusion in
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    writing task one you can put a summary
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    in writing task one examiners call this
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    the overview but it's the same as a
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    summary so if you want to put something
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    general at the end of your essay in
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    writing task one let's call it a summary
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    and not a conclusion
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    so i've said that writing task 1 is a
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    report it's a describing task we have no
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    conclusion but we do have a summary
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    and we're going to look at
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    the different types of question in fact
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    i'm going to define them as six
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    different types which i'll show you in a
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    moment and then i'll give you techniques
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    for those six types and we'll work on an
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    example question for each one i said we
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    were going to look at the six question
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    types for writing task one
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    so here they are
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    line graph bar chart pie chart table
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    a diagram that's comparing things or a
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    diagram that's showing a process
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    i consider a map to be a type of diagram
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    so maps are included in either number
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    five or number six
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    now i always ask my students what do
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    numbers one to four line graph bar chart
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    pie chart and table have in common i've
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    highlighted those four in green because
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    they're very similar the reason is the
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    answer is that they have one thing in
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    common which is that they all show
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    numbers
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    when you're describing a line graph bar
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    chart pie chart or table you're just
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    describing something that shows numbers
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    people often ask me
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    is there some special language that i
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    need to know for pie charts or for
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    tables the answer is no there's no
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    special language the language for those
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    four types is exactly the same
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    it's number language and the only things
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    you have to do really are three things
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    you might have to describe one number
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    or
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    for more than one number you might have
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    to compare so you need some comparing
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    language
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    you need to know how to compare numbers
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    in a sentence and the final thing with
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    numbers is to be able to describe
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    changes or trends that's where you use
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    your
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    increase decrease language those are the
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    only three things in terms of language
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    that we need to really worry about
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    describing numbers comparing more than
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    one number and describing these changes
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    and trends
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    in fact
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    number five the diagram
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    you're using very similar language
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    describing and comparing things on a
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    diagram of course there are no numbers
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    but the comparing language is going to
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    be very similar the only one that has
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    different language where you need to use
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    something different is the process
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    diagram and we'll talk about that in a
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    lesson dedicated to the process diagram
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    questions later in this course
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    but in terms of language just remember
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    that it's fairly simple we've got four
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    types that are all the same just showing
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    numbers and there's only this one type
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    where we need to look at some slightly
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    different language uh items or
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    structures
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    moving on from question types to
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    essay structure
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    i'm going to show you now the four
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    paragraph structure that i always use on
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    my blog my website and with my students
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    here in manchester if you've followed my
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    blog lessons you should already know
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    this here are the four paragraphs that i
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    suggest
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    introduction overview which you can call
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    summary if you want the examiners call
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    it an overview and then two paragraphs
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    of details
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    no conclusion you notice i said that
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    earlier in this lesson but if you want
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    you can
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    put the overview at the end we can have
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    a summary at the end i personally prefer
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    to put it second because i know how
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    important the overview is for your score
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    so i do it just after the introduction
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    but it makes no difference you can put
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    it at the end as a summary if you want
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    just don't begin with in conclusion
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    begin with in summary or
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    it is clear that something that shows
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    this is a general summary of the
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    information
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    now moving on the introduction what do
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    we do very simple one sentence
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    paraphrase the question so you take the
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    question
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    and you go through it bit by bit
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    changing the words if you can maybe
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    change the order you don't have to
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    change everything just try to change
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    the keywords in there anyway moving on
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    the overview or summary what do we do
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    well my advice is this is very important
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    so i give it two sentences
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    and in those two sentences you're
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    looking to explain or describe sorry the
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    main
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    general things
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    so look for two main things two main
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    points
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    you'll see how what i mean in in more
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    detail when we actually do some
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    questions later on this course
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    then finally we have two paragraphs
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    about the details this is where you
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    include
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    numbers and you do your comparisons
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    your describing trends if there are
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    trends shown
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    sometimes people ask me why do we need
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    two paragraphs well the simple answer is
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    this makes you organize or group the
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    information better
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    if you can
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    for example if you've got numbers you
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    might put all the higher numbers in one
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    paragraph and the lower numbers in
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    another or you might put the first half
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    of the period in paragraph three and the
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    second half of the period of years in
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    paragraph four just grouping and
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    organizing this will help
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    your score for coherence and cohesion
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    makes your structure look better
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    and that's it no conclusion remember
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    that's the structure and i've shown you
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    the types of questions in the rest of
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    this course we're going to go through
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    those different question types so next
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    lesson next week we will start with the
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    line graph question
Tags
  • IELTS
  • Writing Task 1
  • English
  • Graphs
  • Charts
  • Diagrams
  • Writing Techniques