IELTS Technical Essay - Words Showing Movement

unchanged	declined	plunged
sharply	peaked	similar trends indicate
trends indicate	The general trend is..	downwards
most dramatic	same steady rate	gradually upwards
categories	reporting periods	chart/graph
survey	nearly	about
around	approximately	In spite of
significant	considerable	speculation
occurred	happened	change
exodus	reversed	flipped
harsh	severe	spectacular
explosive growth	extreme growth	spectacular growth
flat	remained steady	leveled off
illustrate	show	examine
Overall impression	In my opinion	I think
It appears to me	It seems to me	Overall
Let’s first examine	Let’s first look at	According to the
The map shows	impressive gains	moderate movement
steady increase

Key Elements: IELTS Technical Essay

ORGANIZE and PLAN what you are going to write. Take 3-5 minutes to do this. Be an EFFECTIVE and EFFICIENT writer. Spelling and grammar take a second position to organization, planning and getting the detail into the essay.

Write your INTRODUCTION and describe what you are going to write about. If you have 2 diagrams, describe what you are going to write about for each in a separate sentence in your introduction.

TIME MANAGEMENT is crucial. Be aware of it. You should be writing 3-4 sentences per paragraph and should limit yourself to 20 minutes for the first essay. Try not to go back and forth describing one chart and than another in the same paragraph. This technique can be quite confusing to both the reader and the writer.

You get penalized if you write less than 150 words. If you write 2 introduction sentences and maintain the 3-4 sentences in each paragraph for 2 paragraphs, you will reach the 150 words. (Try not to write more than 200 words)

Remember: NO conclusions or opinions in the technical essay!!!