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IELTS Academic Writing Task 1 assesses your ability to analyze graphs, charts, or diagrams. To achieve a high band score, you must use a range of grammatical structures accurately.
- Tenses
- Past Simple: Use for past data (e.g., “In 2015, Oxford produced the most international graduates”).
- Past Perfect: Use with “by” for past actions completed before another past action (e.g., “By 2015, the number had increased to 20%”).
- Present Simple Passive: Use for current observations in graphs (e.g., “It can be seen that…”).
- Present Perfect: Use for current data with future predictions (e.g., “The number of visitors to Cardiff has increased”).
- Punctuation
- Comma Splice: Avoid overusing commas; use semicolons, conjunctions, or full stops (e.g., “The population increased moderately; however, it dropped dramatically in Rwanda”).
- Hyphenating Superlatives: Join compound adjectives with hyphens (e.g., “second-largest”).
- Complex Sentence Structures
- Band 6: Mix simple and complex sentences.
- Band 7-9: Use a variety of complex structures with increasing accuracy.
Use conjunctions to form complex sentences (e.g., “In 1990, Uganda had the highest population, whereas Gabon had the lowest”). Avoid common grammatical errors to enhance clarity and coherence in your writing.
For more info: https://edubenchmark.com/blog/grammar-for-report-writing-ielts/
