date: 2024-10-15
title: "IELTS-Write-Task-1-Material"
status: DONE
author:
- AllenYGY
tags:
- NOTE
publish: True
IELTS-Write-Task-1-Material
Increase | Decrease |
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rise / rose | fall / fell |
increase / increased | decline / declined |
grow / grew | drop / dropped |
surge / surged | plummet / plummeted |
climb / climbed | dip / dipped |
escalate / escalated | reduce / reduced |
“Sales increased from $1 million to $2 million over the year.”
Rise/ Rose from A to B between C and D
increase/ increased
grow/grew
climb/climbed
escalate/escalated
Sth surged to <> in ...
“Sales surged to $2 million in the first quarter.”
Fall/Fell from A to B by the end of the decade
Decline/Declined
Drop / Dropped
Dip / Dipped
sth plummeted to <> in ...
“The stock price plummeted to its lowest point in March 2021.”
Remain Stable/Constant
Stay the Same
Maintain the Same Level
Stabilize At
Peak / Peaked At
Reach a Peak of
Hit a Low of / Lowest Point
Bottom Out
Fluctuate / Fluctuation
Vary / Variation
Oscillate
Undulate (more formal)
The bar chart shows the divorce rates in two European countries from 2011 to 2015.
Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant.
The bar chart provides information about the percentages of divorces in Finland and Sweden between 2011 and 2015.
shows = provides information about = represents = illustrates
Major Trends / General information
Overall, Sweden experienced a downward trend, while Finland showed an upward trend throughout the period. Both countries' divorce rates had some fluctuations. Although Finland initially had a lower rate, it outraced Sweden at the end of the period.
Sweden's divorce rate was about 45% in 2011, being higher than Finland's rate by approximately 8%. Then, it rose to almost fifty percent in 2012. However, the figure showed a gradual decrease to about 47% 2013, and continued to decline steadily to the end of the period, reaching around 45% in 2014 and hitting a low-point of about 37% in 2015.
hitting a low-point of x%
Percentages of divorces in Finland was less than 40% in 2011, and it decreased in 2012, when about one third of marriages in Finland ended with a divorce (as opposed to almost a half in Sweden). However, the figure experienced a steady growth during the next 2 years.
It rose to approximately 39% in 2013, then increased by around 3% in 2014, and remained steady for the next year, outracing the rate of Sweden.