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Thursday,May01,2014
IELTSWritingTask1:
recentbarchart
ThefollowingquestionwasusedinarecentIELTStest.ThankstoYounesforrememberingandsharingit.
Thebargraphshowstheglobalsales(inbillionsofdollars)ofdifferenttypesofdigitalgamesbetween2000and2006.
...
Thingstoconsider:
-howyouwouldparaphrasethequestionforyourintroduction
-whattwothingstoincludeinyouroverviewparagraph
-howtoseparateyourdescriptionofdetailsintotwoparagraphs
Note:
clickonthephototoseealargerversion.
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Thursday,April24,2014
IELTSWritingTask1:
samequestion,twoanswers
Today'slessonislongerthannormal,soI'veattacheditasadocument.Justclickonthelinkbelowtodownloadit.
Clickheretoseethelesson
IELTSWritingTask1:
samequestion,twoanswers
Lookatthefollowingquestion,thencomparethetworeportsonthenextpage.Iwrote
bothmyself,thefirstoneinAugust2011andthesecondoneinApril2014.Ididnotlookat
thefirstreportwhenwritingthesecondone.
It’sinterestingthatmyfirsttwoparagraphs(theintroductionandoverview)arealmost
identicalineachreport.YoucanseethatIalwaysusethesameapproachwhenwriting
theseparagraphs.Ontheotherhand,Imadedifferentdecisionswhenwritingparagraphs
3and4(describingspecificdetails).Iwouldn’tsaythatoneessayisbetterthantheother;I
justthinkit’sinterestingtocomparetwowaysofansweringthesamequestion.
ThemapbelowisofthetownofGarlsdon.Anewsupermarket(S)isplannedforthe
town.Themapshowstwopossiblesitesforthesupermarket.
FromCambridgeIELTSbook5
ielts-Essay1
Themapshowstwopotentiallocations(S1andS2)foranewsupermarketinatown
calledGarlsdon.
ThemaindifferencebetweenthetwositesisthatS1isoutsidethetown,whereasS2isin
thetowncentre.Thesitescanalsobecomparedintermsofaccessbyroadorrail,and
theirpositionsrelativetothreesmallertowns.
Lookingattheinformationinmoredetail,S1isinthecountrysidetothenorthwestof
Garlsdon,butitisclosetotheresidentialareaofthetown.S2isalsoclosetothehousing
area,whichsurroundsthetowncentre.
TherearemainroadsfromHindon,BransdonandCransdontoGarlsdontowncentre,but
thisisanotrafficzone,sotherewouldbenoaccesstoS2bycar.Bycontrast,S1lieson
themainroadtoHindon,butitwouldbemoredifficulttoreachfromBransdonand
Cransdon.BothsupermarketsitesareclosetotherailwaythatrunsthroughGarlsdonfrom
HindontoCransdon.
(171words,band9)
Essay2
Themapcomparestwopotentiallocationsforthebuildingofanewsupermarketinatown
calledGarlsdon.
Themaindifferencebetweenthetwositesisthatoneislocatedinthecountrysideoutside
thetown,whereastheotherisinthetowncentre.Bothpotentialsitesareclosetothe
railway,andreasonablyneartoamainroad.
Thefirstpossiblesiteforthesupermarket(S1)islocatedinanareaofcountrysidetothe
northwestofGarlsdon.Itisclosetotherailwaylineandtoamainroadconnecting
GarlsdontothesmallertownofHindon.Itisalsosituatedneartotheresidentialhousing
areaofGarlsdon.
Thesecondsite(S2),bycontrast,isinGarlsdontowncentre.Itisalsoaccessiblebyrail,
butnotbyroadbecausethetowncentreisano-trafficzone.Despitethis,themainroads
toCransdon,BransdonandHindonarenottoofaraway.ThedistancetoGarlsdon’s
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Thursday,April10,2014
IELTSWritingTask1:
agesandagegroups
It'seasytomakesmallmistakeswhendescribingagesandagegroups.Herearesomeexamplesthatshouldhelp.
Oneperson:
∙Heis10yearsold.
∙Heisa10-year-old.
∙Heisaged10.
Morethanoneperson:
∙Thechildrenintheclassareall10yearsold.
∙Itisaclassof10-year-olds(or"10-year-oldchildren").
∙Thechildrenintheclassareallaged10.
Agegroupswithmorethanoneperson:
∙Thechartshowsthepreferredhobbiesofchildren(whoare)between10and12yearsold.
∙Thechartshowsthepreferredhobbiesof10-to12-year-olds(or"10-to12-year-oldchildren").
∙Thechartshowsthepreferredhobbiesofchildrenaged10to12.
Note:
Ifyoumissthehyphens(-),it'snotabigproblem.Itwon'taffectyourscore.
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Thursday,April03,2014
IELTSWritingTask1:
diagramsandmaps
Inoticedacommentunderlastweek's map lessonfromastudentwhosuggestedthatwecouldignoremapsbecausetheyaremuchlesscommonthangraphsandcharts.
Whileit'struethatgraphsandchartsarethemostcommontypesofquestion,Ithinkitwouldbeveryunwisenottopreparefordiagramsandmapstoo.Whathappensifyougetoneofthesequestionsinyourtestandyouhaven'tpreparedforit?
Anotherpointtonoteisthatdiagramsandmapsare reallyeasy todescribeifyouknowwhatyou'redoing.TakingthetimetostudythelessonsI'vewrittenaboutthemcouldturnouttobeaverygoodidea.
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Thursday,March27,2014
IELTSWritingTask1:
mapessay
Hereisaband9answerfor thisquestion:
ThemapshowsthegrowthofavillagecalledChorleywoodbetween1868and1994.
Itisclearthatthevillagegrewasthetransportinfrastructurewasimproved.Fourperiodsofdevelopmentareshownonthemap,andeachofthepopulatedareasisneartothemainroads,therailwayorthemotorway.
From1868to1883,Chorleywoodcoveredasmallareanexttooneofthemainroads.ChorleywoodParkandGolfCourseisnowlocatednexttothisoriginalvillagearea.Thevillagegrewalongthemainroadtothesouthbetween1883and1922,andin1909arailwaylinewasbuiltcrossingthisareafromwesttoeast.Chorleywoodstationisinthispartofthevillage.
TheexpansionofChorleywoodcontinuedtotheeastandwestalongsidetherailwaylineuntil1970.Atthattime,amotorwaywasbuilttotheeastofthevillage,andfrom1970to1994,furtherdevelopmentofthevillagetookplacearoundmotorwayintersectionswiththerailwayandoneofthemainroads.
Don'tjustreadthisessayonce.Spendsometimeanalysingit:
∙InwhatorderdidIdescribetheinformationshownonthemap?
∙WhatinformationdidIchooseforparagraphs3and4?
∙Whatgoodvocabularydoestheessaycontain?
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Thursday,March20,2014
IELTSWritingTask1:
'overview'notconclusion
Youdon'tneedtowriteaconclusionforIELTSwritingtask1.Youneedtowritean"overview"oftheinformation.
Butwhydon'tyouneedtowriteaconclusion?
What'sthedifferencebetweenaconclusionandanoverview?
First,aconclusionisreallyafinaljudgement,decisionoropinion.Thisisperfectforthetask2essay,buttask1asksyoutowriteadescriptionwithoutanalysisoropinions.Ontheotherhand,an"overview"isasimpledescriptionofthemainpoints.Itisasummaryoftheinformationshowninthegraphorchart.
Second,aconclusionshouldbeattheendofapieceofwriting.Anovervieworgeneralsummarycouldgoeitherattheendornearthebeginning.Personally,Ithinkit'sagoodideatodescribethemainfeaturesofthegraphorchartnearthebeginningofyouressay.
So,mysuggestedessaystructurefortask1lookslikethis:
1.Introduction:
whatdoesthechartshow?
2.Overview/summary:
whatarethemostnoticeablefeatures?
3.Specificdetails:
trytowrite2paragraphs.
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Thursday,March13,2014
IELTSWritingTask1:
addacomparison
Inlastweek's videolesson Ifollowedsomeeasystepstobuildthefollowingsentence:
ThenumberofJapanesetouristswhotravelledabroadincreaseddramaticallyfromjustunder5milliontoaround15millionbetween1985and1995,ariseofabout10millionin10years.
ThenextstepafterwritingthissentenceaboutJapanesetouristswouldbetoaddacomparisonwithtouristsfromtheothercountriesshownonthegraphorchart.Let'susethechartbelowasanexample(numbersrepresentmillionsoftouristswhotravelledabroad).
Here'smyoriginalsentenceaboutJapan,withacomparisonsentenceaboutAustraliaandCanada.LookcarefullyathowIconstructthecomparisonsentence.Ifyouwantagoodscoreinwritingtask1,thesearethekindsofsentencesthatyouneedtobeabletowrite!
ThenumberofJapanesetouristswhotravelledabroadincreaseddramaticallyfromjustunder5milliontoaround15millionbetween1985and1995,ariseofabout10millionin10years.Bycontrast,thenumberofAustralianswhovisitedothercountriesremainedstable,atjustover7million,andthefigureforCanadafellslightly,from6milliontravellersin1985to5.5millionin1995.
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Thursday,March06,2014
IELTSWritingTask1:
sentencebuilding
Thefollowingvideolessoncontainsausefulexercisetohelpyoubuildlongersentenceswhendescribinggraphsandcharts.
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Thursday,February27,2014
IELTSWritingTask1:
piechartandtable
Ifyougetaquestionlike thisone fromCambridgeIELTSbook8,youdon'tneedtoworryaboutcomparingthetwocharts.Justdescribethemseparately:
1.Introduction:
saywhateachchartshows
2.Overview:
writeonegeneralsentenceaboutthepiechart,andoneaboutthetable
3.Details:
describethepiechart
4.Details:
describethetable
Here'sanexample
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