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Academic Writing Forum: Task 1

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Starting the IELTS Writing Task 1 
Can I start my writing task 1 first sentence with, For example The data below depicts information about ..... The given chart illustrates....... …

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IELTS Task 1 Data Misinterpretation 
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Paragraphing in IELTS Writing Task 1 
I took academic IELTS test 8th April 2017 and here are my results L: 8 R: 8 S: 7.5 W: 6 I wrote one of my best writings but I forgot to to …

Grammar Questions for IELTS Task 1 
Articles with Nouns I read that indefinite article a/an is used for countable nouns only. Comparing the following two sentences, which of these …

Complex Sentences in IELTS Task 1 
My first language is NOT English. Currently I am preparing for IELTS exam. Today I saw a youtube video about IELTS writing task. In this video, the …

How do I Organise the IELTS Academic Task 1? 
Starting the Academic Task 1 Hi, How could I start my answer?

Use of tenses in the IELTS Academic Task 1 
When do we use the future tense for graphs? If a line graph shows some data in future (e.g. till 2025), must we use future simple tense for the …

How to use numerical data in the IELTS Task 1 
I didn't refer to the data. Will this affect my score? Hi, I attended Academic IELTS recently. I just have a point to discuss with regards to the …

What happens if I didn't finish the IELTS Task 1? 
Hi I've done the ielts test this morning. I had no problems with all the sections, but writing test one: I ran out of time and I didn't finish the first …

Responding to the Different Types of Task 1 
How can I respond to this Line Graph? This graph is a little bit different from the others, so I am confused. Can you help me to describe this graph? …

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