Describing data
IELTS writing

Types of graphs for IELTS writing

Describing increase and decrease: useful phrases

noun phrase + verb + adverb
A. The price of oil rose sharply.
B. There was a sharp rise in the price of oil.
there is / are
there was/were
there has/had been + (adjective)* + noun phrase
* it’s not always necessay to use an adjective in the grammar structure B.
Grammar structures for describing increase and decrease
A.
B.
A. The number of people attending the theatre has fallen dramatically.
B. There has been a dramatic fall in the number of people attending the theatre.
You can use structures A and B to describe increase and decrease, but be careful how you reformulate the
verb and the adverb in each case. Look at some examples below. Both sentences express the same idea.

Making approximations:
Answers

Extra class work
a. Do the activity ‘making approximations’ at home.
b. Bring a printed line chart of your own preference for next class.