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(1)Task writing
(2)General information
• Time: 20 minutes
+ -3 minutes: understand the question + details + 15 minutes: write quickly
Answer all parts of questions Paraphrase information
General – detail/ specific
+ minutes: check-up: punctuation, content, coherence, spelling
(3)H0W TO ORGANIZE TASK 1
• Introduction: paraphrase from the question • Body: general trend – specific trend
• Conclusion: no need
(4)Unit 1
describing trends
• Nouns and verbs
A rise Rose to
An increase increased to
Growth went up to
An upward trend climbed to
A boom boomed
(a dramatic rise)
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-A decrease fell to
A decline declined to
A fall decreased to
A drop dropped to/ dipped to
A slump went down to
A dramatic fall fell dramatically
A reduction reduced to
• Noun and verbs
A levelling out levelled out (at)
No change did not change
(5)Unit (cont)
• Degree of change
Dramaticdramatically Sharp sharply Huge Enormous enormously Steep steeply Substantial substantially Considerable considerably Significant significantly Marked markedly Moderate moderately Slight slightly Small
The speed of change
(6)Unit (use comparison)
• More males than females choose the TV
• Fewer males than females choose mobile phone
• The TV was more popular among males than females • The most popular form of communication was the
internet
• As many females as males rank TV as the least important invention
• Nearly as many females as males rank TV as the least important invention
• Not as many females as males rank cars as the most important invention
(7)Unit (cont)
• Red is the most popular car colour
• Professional is the second most prevalent employment category
• Spain is the least common holiday destination
• Twice as many women are employed in ABC company as …
(8)Helpful expressions
• The diagram reveals that…
• To some extent: chung muc nao
• To a lesser extent: pham vi/ qui mo nho hon
• A glance at … reflects : nhin qua… cho thay rang