IELTS Quiz: Writing Task 1

Which of the following is true about the rounding process?

• Trained examiners know how the scores are rounded.

• IDP/BC teachers know how the scores are rounded.

• The rounding principles are not publicised on the Internet, and nobody knows.

• all the scores are rounded up.

According to Khoa Do's (me :)) analysis, if your overall writing score is 6.6666, your rounded score would be...

(remember this is not the official information from the owners of IELTS)

• 6.5

• 6.25

• 7.0

• 6.75

This is an example of a/an...

• pair comparison chart

• group comparison chart - no timeline

• timeline (one category)

• timeline (multiple category)

This is an example of a/an...

• map

• process

• timeline

• pair comparison

Which of the following is NOT a recommended introduction?

• The graph shows...

• The graph illustrates...

• The graph details...

• Given is the graph illustrating....

Which of the following approach is appropriate?

• Write one-sentence introduction

• Include numbers in the overview

• Write two-sentence introduction

• Write the overview in two paragraphs

Which of the following is NOT true about writing an overview?

• You are supposed to cover key trends of the graph.

• There is always one key trend per graph.

• The key trends help a person visualise the generally accurate overall picture of the graph.

• The overview is the least important thing in the Task 1 report.

One good strategy when teaching overview is.... (choose all that apply)

• To ask the students to redraw the graphs based on the given overviews.

• To ask the students to look at each feature of the graph one at a time.

• To spend around 30-40 minutes explaining the importance of overviews and teach them according to a task type..

• To use one or two fixed templates for all task types.

The suggested way of looking at a graph is... (abbreviated form)

• HKT

• TSC

• TCS

• TKK