IELTS Writing Task 1: charts showing countries

A few things to remember when the graph or chart shows countries:

1. If the question doesn't name the countries (e.g. "in three countries"), you could name them in your introduction (e.g. "in Britain, France and Germany"). You could even write "in three countries, namely Britain, France and Germany".
2. Don't forget the word "the" when writing about "the USA" and "the UK".
3. Always compare the countries; never describe the figures for each country in separate paragraphs.

Finally, try to vary the way you write about countries. For example:

• The number of elderly people in the USA rose.
• Canada also saw a rise in the number of elderly people.
• However, the figure for Australia fell.

Comments

[Arpana]

Hi Simon
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L=9.0
R=8.5
W=7.5
S=8.0 (Overall = 8.5)
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[baljeet kaur]

Congrats Arpana

[Kofo]

Congratulations Alpana, and best of luck to those of us that will be sitting for our ILETS exam tomorrow.

[Simon]

Congratulations Arpana. Great scores!

[Alper]

Hi Simon,

First of all thank you so much for this amazing site.
I have a question about reading part. Let's assume that a question's answer is 'the celebrity culture' in the reading part. If I write 'celebrity culture' as an answer, will I lose points?

Thank you very much in advance

[Simon]

That answer would be fine Alper.

[irum]

hey simon .i request u can u plz give some good idea regarding speaking part2

describe a situation which makes u laugh?
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[Tu Bui]

Dear Simon,

I don't understand the meaning of "the figure for".

Pls explain more details.