IELTS Online Unit 4 Writing

IELTS Online Unit 4 Writing

Describing Chart and Graphs

Understanding the Prompt

The bar chart shows the percentage of adults who were overweight or obese (too fat or much too fat) in one country from 1965 to 2015. The pie chart shows the proportion of adults who were overweight, obese, or severely obese in 2015.

Multiple Select

Which of the following are synonyms for percentage?

• Proportion

• Ratio

• Total

• Number

• Portion of ...

Multiple Choice

What tense will we use the most in this writing?

• Past Simple

• Present Simple

• Present Perfect

• Future Simple

Multiple Choice

Which of the following would not be a correct paraphrase to use?

• The bar chart shows the percentage of the adult population who were overweight or obese between 1965 to 2015, while the pie chart shows the percentage of people who were a healthy weight, overweight, obese, and extremely obese in 2015

• The bar chart illustrates the proportion of adults who were too fat or much too fat in a country over a 50 year period. The pie chart shows the percentage of adults who were overweight, obese, or severly obese in 2015.

• The bar chart illustrates the number of adults who are overweight or obese in a country from 1965 to 2015, while the pie chart shows the amount of people who are overweight, obese, or severly obese in 2015.

• The data in the first chart illustrates the proportion of overweight or heavier adults in a country over a 50 year period, while the pie chart further details the percentages of weight ranges for the year 2015.

Understanding the graphs

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• Answer the questions concerning the graphs with complete sentences.

• Make sure to use proper grammar

Open Ended

What is the main trend revealed in the bar chart?

Open Ended

Which ten-year period showed the first significant increase?

Open Ended

What happened in the ten-year period after that?

Open Ended

What is the link between the two charts?

Open Ended

In 2015, what percentage of people were severely obese?

Open Ended

Which was the largest group in 2015?

Create an overview

Write an overview of the graphs to complete your introductory paragraph.

Open Ended

Write your overview sentence.

Organizing your essay

• Paragraph 2 will describe the bar chart

• Paragraph 3 will establish the connection and describe the pie chart.

Multiple Choice

Should your essay include numbers from the chart?

• Yes

• No

Multiple Choice

Should you approximate numbers?

• Yes

• No

Multiple Choice

Should you describe every trend and number in the charts?

• Yes

• No

Multiple Choice

Should you include a concluding paragraph summarizing the information and giving the conclusion that can be determined from this information?

• Yes

• No

Multiple Choice

Which of the following would you NOT use as a point in your paragraph 2?

• The percentage of overweight adults did not start increasing rapidly until 1995.

• The proportion remained largely stable during the first 30 years

• The year 2005 saw the largest increase.

• The increase from 1995 to 2005 stems from the introduction of fast food.

• The rate of increase slowed slightly in 2015.

Open Ended

Write your introductory sentence to your 3rd paragraph. This sentence should explain the connection between the two charts.