Chart / Graph Description
IELTS WRITING TASK 1 ACADEMIC
Assessment Criteria
Task Achievement - 25%
Grammatical Range &
Accuracy -25
Lexical Resource -25 %
Coherence & Cohesion
-25%
Writing Strategies
● Understand how the test is marked. Knowing the marking
criteria will allow you to give the examiner exactly what
they need.
● Paraphrase the question. It is best to paraphrase the
question in the first paragraph. ...
● Write the overview. ...
● Support the main features. ...
● Check your work.
Sample Question and Answer
The graph below gives information from a 2008
report about consumption of energy in the USA
since 1980 with projections until 2030.
Summarise the information by selecting and
reporting the main features and make
comparisons where relevant. Write at least 150
words.
Write at least 150 words.
Introduction & Overview
The given line graphs illustrates data from a report in 2008
regarding energy consumption in the USA since 1980 with
predictions until 2030.
Overall, fossil fuels have shown increases in consumption since
the start of the period, with expectations for even more reliance
on these fuel sources. Cleaner energy sources have accounted
for considerably less consumption with predictions for a similar
trend.
Body Para I & II
Regarding fossil fuels such as coal, natural gas, petrol and oil, they have seen
steady increases in energy consumption since 1980. Petrol and oil started at 35
quadrillion units in 1980, then fluctuated until 2000, at which point they rose
steadily with a prediction of over 45 quadrillion units by 2030. Additionally, coal
followed a similar rising trend. It is predicted that it will have surpassed 30
quadrillion units by 2030. Natural gas usage and it is set to level off at around 24
quadrillion units from 2020 onwards.
In contrast, cleaner energy fuel sources all began the period at under 5 quadrillion
units and showed declines in their use, with the exception of nuclear, which
climbed slightly to 6 quadrillion units in 2005 with solar/wind expecting to see slight
increases . Hydropower is projected to remain relatively unchanged until 2030.
