WRITING TASK 1- DESCRIBE A TABLE

IELTS WRITING TASK 1

DESCRIBING A TABLE

IN TASK 1 OF IELTS WRITING TEST

You are often asked to describe data from a chart or a table.

In this unit, you will learn how to write paragraphs using data from a table.

Getting Ready to Write

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Give your opinion about these questions;

a.       Would you like to go overseas to study one day in the future?

b.       Where do most Vietnamese students go for study?

c.       Where would you like to go?

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The table shows the numbers of international students from four areas of the world who came to study at university level in a western country in 2000 and 2005.

Look at the table and discuss these questions with a partner.

a.       Which two years are being compared here?

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The table shows the numbers of international students from four areas of the world who came to study at university level in a western country in 2000 and 2005.

Look at the table and discuss these questions with a partner.

b.       How many countries are listed in the table?

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The table shows the numbers of international students from four areas of the world who came to study at university level in a western country in 2000 and 2005.

Look at the table and discuss these questions with a partner.

c.       Which country did most students come from in 2000? in 2005?

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The table shows the numbers of international students from four areas of the world who came to study at university level in a western country in 2000 and 2005.

Look at the table and discuss these questions with a partner.

d.       Which country did the fewest students come from in 2000? in 2005?

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The table shows the numbers of international students from four areas of the world who came to study at university level in a western country in 2000 and 2005.

Look at the table and discuss these questions with a partner.

e.  What are the major trends that you can see from this table?

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The table ​

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the ​

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from ​

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who attended tertiary institutions ​

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in 2000 and 2005. ​

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illustrates

number of students

four different countries

in a western country

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, the number of international students ​

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over this five-year period and, ​

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, there was a ​

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in student numbers from China, although it still ​

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. There was a fourfold rise in Brazilian student enrolments.

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Overall

dropped slightly

in particular

significant decrease

remained the largest group

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In 2000, the number of students who came from China, ​

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, was ​

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the number of Indian students, ​

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. ​

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came from Japan and Brazil, at 6,000 and 2,000 ​

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.

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In 2005, ​

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students changed considerably. Chinese student numbers ​

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22,000, but there was ​

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in the number of Brazilian students, which went ​

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. Indian student numbers ​

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, at around 16,000, and there was a small decrease in the number of Japanese students, from 6,000 in 2000 to 4,000 in 2005.