2. IELTS Task 1 : "Introduction sentence 1 part 2"

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Last time we looked at how to write the first sentence of our task 1 introduction. Today, lets expand on that theme and practice doing this a bit more. Lets imagine we have three different task 1 titles, and that we have to write three different S1s for some introductions. Lets take a look at each one of them in turn.

Number 1: “Visitor numbers to New Caledonia 1995-1999”

There are a number of things we could do with this task 1 title. We could change one or more nouns, for example visitor to traveller. We could add some information, for example the island of New Caledonia. We could also play around with the dates and say something like, the final five years of the twentieth century. Here is our S1 paraphrased from the title:

(The line chart shows) the total number of travellers to the island nation of New Caledonia in the last five years of the twentieth century.

Number 2: Average length of holiday in weeks (2000-2009)

With this title, we could change average to a synonymous term like mean, length to duration, and holiday to a two-word synonym like days off. We could add some information to the time phrase and say something like the ten year period 2000-2009, or the decade starting in 2000 and ending in 2009. We could also add a passive verb like taken off. Here is our S1 paraphrased from the title:

(The bar chart clearly shows) the mean duration of days taken off over the decade starting in 2000 and ending in 2009.

Number 3: Females in manual jobs (1900-2000)

This is quite a short title so we could add some new information to it. The easiest thing to add would be a relative clause beginning with ‘who’. We could also change the adjective manual to something like blue-collar, physical, or labour-intensive. Finally, the time phrase could also be easily changed to the century. Lets see how our S1 looks below:

(The chart illustrates) the number of women who were doing labour-intensive jobs over the entire twentieth century, starting in 1900.

All of the above are really great ways to get off to a good start with your task 1 introduction. To be able to do this properly you will need to increase your topic-specific vocabulary, as well as get good at manipulating grammar forms. Remember, practice makes perfect.

Next time we can look at the second sentence of a task 1 introduction. See you then.