IELTS Writing Task 1 : Introduction

Our very first sentence in Task 1 should always be a paraphrase of the question. Paraphrasing is when we rewrite phrase or sentence so that it has different words but keeps the same meaning. We can do this in a number of different ways, but the simplest way is to use synonyms.

For example:

Question: ‘The chart below shows the changes in three different areas of crime in Manchester city centre from 2003-2012.’

Paraphrased: ‘The line graph displays alterations for burglary, car theft and robbery in the centre of Manchester between 2003 and 2012.’

The synonyms we used:

chart - line graph

shows - Displays

changes - Alterations

different areas of crime - burglary, car theft and robbery

Manchester city centre - the centre of Manchester

from - Between