Summarising trends in graphs Reading: Note completion Lestening Section 4

1. Lecture 5
Writing task 1
Reading section
Listening section4

2. 5.1 Summarising trends in graphs and tables
5.2 Reading:
- Note completion
- Short-answer questions
5.3 Listening section 4
- Sentence completion
- Flow chart completion

3. 5.1 WRITING TASK -1:
Summarizing trends in graphs and
tables
• When you write about a graph, table or chart, you
will have to give a general description of the
information shown, describe trends or changes that
you see and compare specific details over time.

5. In IELTS writing task-1, It is important to identify
whether a diagram shows changes over time or
differences in one fixed time, as they require different
vocabulary and grammatical structures. Therefore,
1) study the headings and information from the diagram
carefully to check you understand what periods of time
the diagram describes; (allow between 2 and 3 minutes)
then
2) have to decide how many paragraphs to write and what
to put in each one; after that
3) decide what will you go in your overview (allow
between 2 and 3 minutes in the step2 and 3), finally
4) write your report, allowing a couple of minutes to
check it through afterwards. ( about 15 minutes)

6. Paragraph planning is essential in
Writing Task-1.
Paragraph 1. Say what the diagram shows in your own
words (you will lose marks if you copy the question).
Follow this with several sentences (Paraphrasing)
describing the main features supported by reference to
the diagram (e.g. include dates and figures).

7. Cont.
Paragraph 2. Give further details- describe other features,
significant differences of the data from the diagram (not your
own opinion) and need to compare information as well as you
describe, using appropriate language such as various types of
a) Vocabularies for describing trends,
b) Prepositions of time expressions,
c) Linking phrases (discourse markers) and
d) Verb Tenses.
Paragraph 3. Summarizing sentences: End with one or two
sentences that give an overall summary of the main
features. No explanation, reasons or conclusion should be
given.

8. 5.2 READING SECTION-1
• Note completion
• Short- answer questions

9. Note completion
• This task tests your ability to understand the main
ideas in a section of text or to understand details.
The questions require you to read and understand
a large section of a passage. The organization of
information in the notes is usually the same as
that in the text.
• You are given a summary of information from a
text, but there will be information missing which
you have to find in the text.
• You have to select a certain number of words (e.g.
one, two or three) from the text or choose the
right word from a list of possible answers.

10. Strategies for note completion
• Use the note headings, e.g. Non-Managers and Managers
to help you to locate the sections of the text containing
answers to the questions.
• Try to predict what kinds of words may be missing by
using your knowledge of grammar (noun, verb, adjective
or adverb, plurals/ singulars etc).
• Use the right number of words, given in the instruction.
• Numbers can be written using figures or words. A number
or symbol counts as one word.(e.g.$70)
• Hyphenated words count as single words. (self-image)
• Notes are usually based on a specific section of the text,
so don’t waste time reading sections you don’t need to
concentrate on.
• Be careful to transfer the answer to the sheet.

11. Short-answer question task
In this task, you are asked about factual
details.
The task tests your ability to find and understand
specific information in a text.
Your answers will consist of no more than a
certain number of words or numbers.
The questions are normally in the same order as
the information in the text. In other words, the
answer to question 1 occurs in the text before the
answer to question 2, and so on.

12. Strategies for Short-answer
• In order to find correct answer in a text, focus on
what you are looking for. One way to do this is to
think about the key words in the questions. So
Underline the key ideas in each question and find
where it is dealt with in the passage.
Example: What is your favourite memory of your time in
school?
• The question word ‘What ‘ is important. The nouns
‘memory’ and ‘school’ also carry a lot of
information. Words like ‘your’ and ‘of’ are not
necessary to understand the question. Note the ‘time’
is not a key word: the question asks about
memories, not time.

13. Cont.
• Number can be written as words (e.g. eight) or
figures (e.g.8).
• Hyphenated words count as one word (e.g. merry-
go-round).
• If you cannot find an answer to a question, go to
the next one. If you find the answer to that
question, you will know that you need to go back
to find the answer to the previous one.
• It can be difficult to limit your answers to two or
three words. Sometimes it can help to change a
verb to a noun, or to use nouns as adjectives.

14. 5.3 listening