IELTS is an international standard test to assess English proficiency skills of non-English speakers who are looking to study or work in an English-speaking country. The test module includes writing, speaking, reading, and listening. IELTS has two categories- General and Academic. The writing test has two categories- Writing Task 1 and Writing Task 2. The Academic writing task 1 requires you to write an essay of 150 words by analysing a graph/chart/diagram. The General writing task 1 requires you to write a letter of 150 words. Though the writing task 1 contributes only 33% of total marks obtained for IELTS, scoring higher at the test is essential.

Precautions to Follow

In the IELTS Writing Task 1, candidates have to be careful of a few important things.

  • Don’t take more than 20 minutes to finish the paper because the next 40 minutes will be for the Writing Task 2
  • Marks are given on the basis of task achievement, coherence, lexical resources, coherence and cohesion
  • Before writing don’t forget to read the question and instructions carefully to start the essay
  • Create a plan to start writing an essay
  • Be mindful of the information that you are providing in each paragraph
  • Pay attention to grammar and spelling mistakes
  • Don’t us the exact words given in the questions, instead paraphrase the question
  • Use synonyms to make the essay engaging
  • Keep the essay word limit as per the given instructions
  • Maintain the time frame as mentioned

Preparation Tricks

Firstly, polish your writing skills. Read the section of commodity market from newspaper where graphs and diagrams are given. It will give you an idea how to read these charts and graphs to prepare a short note on them. Mark new words and try to use the correctly in your writing.

Practice samples as much as possible. Every day, you can take a graph and describe it in your own words. Practice can improve your skills of writing tremendously. Whatever you are describing by understanding the graph or chart must be relevant to the topic or support the statement.

Coherence and cohesion in the writing are two necessary points to keep in mind. It is to maintain the flow that your ideas are connected skilfully and logically. It refers to the structure of the content.

Lexical resources focus on writing without grammatical and spelling mistakes. Sentences are formed used the correct vocabulary so that readers find it not difficult to read and understand.

Using conjunction and tenses to create a flow in the writing is necessary. Make sure each point you want to tell is clear and concise.

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