Writing task 1
Line graph
Lưu ý khi viết bài dạng line graph
1. Bố cục bài viết sẽ giống các bài task 1 khác
Introduction: paraphrase câu đề bài. Tức là viết lại câu của đề bài sử dụng từ vựng của
bạn
Overview: tìm 2 đặc điểm chung của biểu đồ. Thường với biểu đồ dây bạn có thể lưu ý
một số đặc điểm sau để tìm cho nhanh:
o Đặc điểm về xu hướng: nhìn từ đầu năm đến cuối năm xem xu hướng chung của
dây là gì? Là tăng? Giảm? Hay dao động liên tục?
o Đặc điểm về dây nổi bật nhất: ví dụ đề bài cho tầm 3,4 dây > tìm xem dây nào
nằm cao nhất, thấp nhất hoặc thay đổi lớn nhất.
Body 1: 2 khổ thân bài của một bài biểu dồ dây thường sẽ mô tả số liệu, xu hướng của
số liệu. Lưu ý luôn luôn so sánh các thông tin với nhau, không mô tả riêng rẽ.
Body 2: như trên
2. Sử dụng quá khứ đơn (ví dụ: increased, fell,…) cho các năm trong quá khứ, “is
expected/predicted to” khi đưa ra dự đoán cho các năm trong tương lai.
Ví dụ 1: birth rates of China and USA
You should spend about 20 minutes on this task.
The graph below compares changes in the birth rates of China and the USA between 1920
and 2000.
Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make
comparisons where relevant.
Write ai least 150 words.
The line graph compares birth rates in China and the US and how these rates changed from
1920 to 2000
Overall, the birth rates of both nations decreased over the period of 80 years. Although the
two trends were similar in terms of a general decline, the birth rate of the USA in most
years was higher than that of China.
In the 1920 to 1935 period, the birth rate in America fluctuated, although it always
remained above 10%. However, in the following decade, the American birth rate fell sharply
to below 5%. In the 1950s, the figure for the USA increased significantly to exactly 15%,
which was its highest point during the 80-year period. Throughout the remainder of the
period, there was a gradual decline in the US birth rate, which fell to 7% by the 2000.
Over the same period, the birth rate in China varied more significantly than in the US. It
dropped to 5% from 1940 to 1945 before research the highest point of the whole line
graph, 20% in 1950. By contrast, 5 years later, the birth rate in China decreased rapidly by
over 10%, falling to approximately 2% in 2000.
Vi du 2: price changes for fresh fruits and vegetables, sugars and sweets, and carbonated
drinks.
The graph below shows relative (tuong doi, co lien quan) price changes for fresh fruits and
vegetables, sugars and sweets, and carbonated drinks between 1978 and 2009
Write at least 150 words.
Data are from the `bureau of Labor Statistics and represent the U.S. city averages for all
urban consumers in January of each year.
NOTE: What do the numbers represent on the y-axis of the line graph? They are NOT
percentages, they are simply numbers with represent the Consumer Price Index (CPI). This
goes up or down (usually up), and the numbers are simply numbers which indicate how
much this index is going up or down over a period of time.
Task 1 plan:
Paraphrase task heading
Summary paraphrase – 2 key features: (1) prices for 3 food groups and CPI increased
(2) only prices for fresh fruits and vegetables were higher than overall increase in
CPI over the period.
Compare sugar/sweets and carbonated drinks trend with CPI
Report on fresh fruits and vegetables trend.
The line graph provides information about changes in prices in USA of three different food
product groups from 1979 to 2009, and the overall trend in the consumer price index over this
30 – year period.
Overall, it is clear that prices increased for the three food product groups, despite fluctuations.
Only the increase in the prices for fresh fruits and vegetables was significantly higher than the
rise in the general consumer price index.
All the lines on the graph have the same starting figure in 1979. Over the period, the consumer
price index rose steadily (vung chac, deu dan) from around 60 in 1979 to over 200 in 2009.
Prices for sugar and sweets carbonated drinks showed similar trends. Although their prices also
rose, they were consistently (chac chan, kien dinh) below the consumer price index average
after 1987. After many minor fluctuations, the number for sugar and sweets was 200 on the
graph in 2009, higher than the final figure for carbonated drinks at 150.
Prices rose sharply (manh me) for fresh fruits and vegetables, particular after 1989. From the
same figure of about 60 at the start of the period, the prices finished at roughly 330 on the
index in 2009.
Vi du 3: the consumption of fish and some different kinds of meat
The graoh below shows the consumption of fish and some different kinds of meat in European
country between 1979 and 2004.
Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make
comparisons where relevant.
Writing task 2 – Test 1 – Cam 8
You should spend about 40 minutes on this task.
Write about the following topic:
Some people think that parents should teach children how to be good members of society.
Others, however, believe that school is the place to learn this.
Discuss both these views and give your own opinion.
Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or
experience.
Write at least 250 words.
A child’s education has never been about learning information and basic skills only, it has
always included teaching the next generation how to be good members of society. Therefore,
this cannot be the responsibility of the parents alone.
In order to be a good member of any society, the individual must respect and obey the rules of
their community and share their values. Educating children to understand the need to obey
rules and respect others always begins in the home and is widely thought to be the
responsibility of parents. They will certainly be the first to help children learn what is important
in life, how they are expected to behave and what role they will play in their world.
However, learning to understand and share the value system of whole society cannot be
achieved just in the home. Once a child goes to school, they are entering a wide community
where teachers and peers will have just as much influence as their parents do at home. At
school, children will experience working and living with people from a whole variety of
backgrounds from the wider society, this experience should teach them how to co-operate with
each other and now to contribute to the life of their community.
But to be a valuable member of any community is not like learning a simple skill, it is something
that an individual, goes on learning throughout life and it is the responsibility of every member
of a society to take responsibility for helping the younger generation to become active and able
members of that society.
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