Don’t Make This Mistake in Your Overall Trend - IELTS Energy Podcast 1164

The video tutorial discusses how to write an effective overall trend for writing tasks, particularly focusing on change over time and static graphs. It addresses a student's question about the number of trends to include and provides detailed guidance on identifying and articulating key trends without using specific numbers. The tutorial emphasizes the importance of a well-crafted overall trend for achieving higher task scores and provides an example analysis to illustrate the concepts.

What was the student's main concern regarding the overall trend in Task 1?

• Whether to use specific numbers in the trend

• How many trends to include in the essay

• How to find correlations in the data

• The length of the overall trend statement

When dealing with a change over time graph, what should you focus on?

• The correlation between different lines

• The biggest changes over the period

• The highest and lowest points

• The average values

What should be included in the overall trend for a static graph?

• The correlation between different data points

• The total sum of all values

• The average values

• The highest and lowest values

What is a common mistake students make when writing an overall trend?

• Focusing only on one aspect of the data

• Using vague statements like 'things changed'

• Writing more than one sentence

• Including too many specific numbers

Why should numbers be avoided in the overall trend statement?

• They confuse the reader

• They are not important for the trend

• They are repeated in the body of the essay

• They make the statement too long

In the example of the underground railway systems, what was identified as the key trend for London?

• It has the shortest route

• It is both the oldest and longest railway

• It is the newest railway

• It has the most passengers

What is the consequence of not having a correct overall trend in your essay?

• You will lose marks for grammar

• You will need to rewrite the essay

• Your task score will be reduced to 5

• Your essay will be too long