IELTS Writing Task 1 Introduction Paragraph – learn what mistakes to avoid. The introduction should be short and factual based on the information given. It should also be the quickest part of task 1 for you to write.
Look at the graph and introduction paragraph below. Then answer the questions.
Source: The above chart was not created by IELTS Liz.
Introduction Paragraph
Look at the introduction below and spot the mistakes.
Introduction:
The graph give the information about the number of computer ownership by education level in two different years.
Questions:
- How many mistakes are there in the introduction above?
- How would you write the introduction?
ANSWERS
Click below to reveal the answers and a model introduction.
Answers- The graph = The bar chart
- give = gives (s)
- gives the information about = gives information about (no “the”)
- the number of = the percentage of / proportion of
- computer ownership by education level = copied from graph. Do not copy phrases from the question paper. You can use the words, but change the order or paraphrase where possible.
- in two different years = always provide full information. Give the precise dates
Model Introduction
The bar chart gives information about the proportion of people from five different levels of education who owned a computer in two different years (2002 and 2010).
Model Introduction Comments: As you can see, the first words are not altered because they are not required to be paraphrased. A bar chart is a bar chart. However, the verb is paraphrased and the rest of the information is reworded. As the education levels are length to write, it is possible to give information about how many there are in your introduction. Regarding dates, you can use brackets in IELTS Writing Task 1 and you can see that the dates are given in the brackets in this introduction.
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