![]() There was a SHARP CLIMB in house prices during the first half of the year before a STEEP FALL in August. House prices CLIMBED STEEPLY during the first half of the year before FALLING SHARPLY in August. There was a STEADY FALL in the number of British households using their own shopping bags when shopping between 19. The number of British households using their own shopping bags when shopping FELL STEADILY between 19. The world population experienced a DRAMATIC GROWTH between 19. The world population GREW DRAMATICALLY between 19. The domestic car market GREW IMPRESSIVELY by 50% for three consecutive years from 2001 to 2003. ![]() The domestic car market showed an IMPRESSIVE GROWTH of 50% for three consecutive years from 2001 to 2003. Let’s look at four more example of this technique below. In the second sentence, S = sales of coffee, V = increased, and O = NONE. In the first sentence S = car sales, V = showed, and O = a slight increase. Let’s look at the grammar, especially SVO, in more detail. + N / V + adv.) in one task 1, you will really impress the examiner. If you can put BOTH these structures (adj. Sales of coffee INCREASED SLIGHTLY (verb + adverb) between 20.īoth of these sentences are saying exactly the same thing, but using different words to do it. Car sales showed a SLIGHT INCREASE (adjective + noun) between 20.Ģ. One easy way to do this is to exchange nouns for verbs, and adjectives for adverbs.ġ. Instead of using synonymous words, lets try to impress the examiner by using different forms of the same word. ![]() ![]() Today let’s learn a better technique to impress the IELTS examiner. This is a nice technique, but it is a little common and not special in any way. The synonymous terms used were (cars = automobiles) and (countries = nations). Synonymous language: The chart shows how many automobiles were sold in nations in Europe between 19. Title: Sales of cars in EU countries 1999-2009 One common way to vary language is to use synonyms. And one thing they LOVE is language variation. One thing that IELTS examiners HATE is language repetition. It’s a simple language variation technique that is especially useful when describing IELTS task 1 charts. Today let’s do a quick podcast and learn a great technique that not many people know about.
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