New Insight into IELTS Student book with answers 2008

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The Writing module

Asa student a college or universiy, you will ve:
preduce alot of written material. As sameune who may
soon be living or working in country wine-e English

is widely used, an abiicy to communicate effectively

in writing wil also be essential Some writing may be
Inthe form of lercers, emails, short essays or reports
Other pieces of writing will be longer and will euuire
considerable planning wnd attention (o detail,

Iwill therefore be important for youto be able to express
ourself elecry, write ina variety of ses and organise
Your ideas care“ully: You will uso need to be fauly accurate
{mn your writing so that your mesange is not obscured by
grammatical error

The 16LAS Writing medules test your ab ty to produce
ova quite ier gives of writing in airy shoet period
fim. Before applying to sit the test yon need to decide
whether take che Asacemie nr te General Trainirg
edule. Fach module is divided inso ewe parts and yor have
only ane hour t complete bath pieces of writing,

In ot Academic and General Training modvles, Task 2 is longer than Task 1, and
worth more maeks, You see herefore advised to apend approximately 0 rinttes on
Task 2and 20 animales on Task 1

‘The Writingexsminers mark your werk:an Seale 1-9 in fourareass Fonte,
organisation, vocabulary ard gramrrar (Ser pages 82 and 99) This book explains
Joh diese teres mean and hews they ate applies in rhe Writing test

Academic Writing Task 1
ts defi part, you ae given a tas hase on some graph or plctorkl informacion,
‘ware expecied wo wrteasanery of Ua inecnation pride i east 10 words
Acadomic Writing Task 2

‘The second cask ismore demsding, You ae expected fo praduce a written
argument on agiven capic and to organise your answer clearly giving sara
texauples W suppont yous points, You have (o aie at least 25 words,

General Training Writing Task 1

Inte first part, you always have 1 write a lever based ona situation described
to you in dhe task, Yow an expected tv wete lester of ui Teast 150 woe’ in at
approprinte style

General Training Writing Task 2

asks an essay based on a given tepic. You should prganise your answer eleuny,
ving suuae exaaples suppout sour points You have to write a least 250 words.
you are studying for the General Imining module, you should hegin with Writing
Units 5 and 6. Then go on co Units 7-10 or Task?,

a
| Writing
DES Wing Tak sesanent cri

‘Thora are four aess (called the assessment criteria wich the axaminar wl fos cn when
IrarkingTask 1 of he Acadoric Writing tes. These same four areas are also use to esses8

tha Caner! Training Writ'g ocule, eventhough Task Vin GaneralTaning av Academie ae
Aterent. Inbot maculs, each ofthe four ares is worth a quater ofthe otal marks for Task 1

In Academie Wiig Tate, the diagrams, hers, raph orablas are ahvays inroduced onthe
‘question paver, You ao shan nsirie

‘Summarise the Information ty selecting and repotng the man features, ane meke comparisons
where leant

1. Look a: the table and the box below. The table shaws the four assesses criteria
{or Writing Task 1 and the box shows alist of skis and strategies Academic
Wailing candidates must use inorder to get a goad math, Maich wach ofthe skills
“rnd strategies, AI to one ofthe lour assessment eriteria. Th frst to have

heen dane for you, ——_
Skilsandstrategies |
peremegugl [fomciig Use incers ap prooitely
ee Coase te righ words
Content Use he eorestpunctuston
Organstion heose words tial yo wll together
Vocebalony Include data t sport paints |
— Use the ight nse ae ice

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& Use paray-as anprmpriaey
H Provide an averwaw othe intormatior
1 dsewerdsis the corect‘orm

4 Ise complex senences
K_Isereference werdsto avod repeiion
Ise the right presoscions

1M. Spall words corecty

Select the mastimparsrtintamation
0 Use comparative structures corezty
P Uso revise words and xprassions

Write atleast 60 vorde

R._Prasen: information i nga ardor

2 Worcwitha partnes Tngether, disenss tase questions

42 What dr you think ce de most important sklls fora good writer to have?
bb Which of the fourertesia do you fine most eilivult when writing fn Figs?

'= General rising Wrting ask 1 dal th in Writing Units § and
"Exercises tohelp you improve your wrtng in these araas a’ alsa be fund nthe
Werkaeok

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IELTS Writing Task 2 ‘Assessment criteria

“Te instructions fo Acedemie and Genera Training Task2 are the sume. You havo ta wis
iseursiveossayof 3 east 250 wards, There may te mor than cre pal 1 the tes

‘Asin Task there ara four equally woightec era ad wach one hes up o nine bands,
Hoiever, te skis ad ststeses fur content are ferent in Task

Dssesenont cen Skilsand statoaios What you mst not do
‘on Showa clear onehenor Wie esthan 20 eres
foe tans vies
was om
|tecnottemeniies —— atdovee
Inmsuendcosue te | She ira onves
ta

ing in Task 2 than in Tas.

‘= Unde Orgentsabor, mare emahasis spaced an para
You cannot scare abeve Bara 5 you do nt use any p3ragraphs.
Yow enna scare above Bara Bf your parsgraphs do net avo ac ear carta ope.

Diherwiae, the stra for Organisation, Grammarand Vocabularyare the same es Task.

3. Work witha partner, Logether, see which of the skllsund strategies (A-R on poge
2) yu ean ald io the able below from your work on Task

‘Assossment

Shile and strategies

‘Organisation Thre main supporting ants

| Vossbalary | Use fess common vezatulery

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gu of sestence Nes |

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4. Why do you thinkthe markngerieria hrennent ave different in Task 2!

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“= Wliy do I have tointarpret
graphic information in
Task 1?

® What do! noodta krow? You need to develop a cood understanding af ettarent
‘types of visual data. Collac: some examplas o* graphs,
‘charts and diagrams to help you da ths,

/ tnepieteg Yue fereeton

ere are some examples of the main ypes of cers tablas, graphs and degra that you may
{etn ELTS Whiting Task. Mako sure youknow how tointernes trem.

Ina bar chert the valu are given lana one axis ara each bar ropresents whet is boing
easured along tho other axis, The bars can then be conpared

‘= Crars, tables end groshs present fects, wich
re objective nd ute ivalve measurement
example, tha bar ener nn the right shows
hata aroun o students think about afm
they 1a¥e just swen, We can intorpratthe
soursteyy as information by saying that hatte siudants
peal rat ie de nor by saying that ily percent
oe ofthe students oe narite tha fin, We sen ve Ok Tony ie
¥en more specific nd state that fiheen out of Seu oon
‘hay ster do otk ee i

ind out some facral information about
‘your class nuembers or your ‘tials und
amy. How many of them enjoy taking
puts the aetivites shown in the table
fon the right? Pucacck (against each | Shaping
activity the people ike doing and ties [Painting
‘write the rota in the Jorai eatin,

Paying bedninon

Listening tomas
Writing 1

2 Use the information inthe rable ro make a bar chart,

3. Make some factual statements wi dhe sat Try so use the following steuccures,
men Fiteaut often

cast Fifty per cent of peonteenioy

rescnons A sthd ofthe

4 Now take some general observations using the sarme data. For example:
The most
The second most popular cetiity is
The third most
Tie ist
The matarigy of
A large aumber of
ast people enjoy
Very few
Hardly rey

ple chan is arathar way of yresening informatio bt the syns ae always
peroetages of a wnole.Tagether thay raprasent 130%

5 Dray the lwaredart on theprevigus Bobs Muse Ste:sales am
paeasa pie chan teu

{© rad dh Fst cp andthe Fenprove your ei
toritnhar, Use the inormation in he moa |

pile duit of sales opposite la complete
sentences md below.

prove your writing
Maka sure ye know haw ous par cendand peroetago.
+ percent cares aera rumber
+ gercemagecomas ater arts ike mea tis, tha e214 is on
receded by an adeesve, 29. hig percantane of costa
+ Bud! yo wit the prapsitan ut
Common erat!
Nearby aOpoizentage ofthe beoks were ren: &
‘When iting rutbers or parcerages, ue mores up tame tnbet tee. eh percent
ardthen figures. 9, 1Zper cent Howva, auays wre rumgrat is baying of
sontencein Worcs eq Twelve percent

1 Accaudirg ta the chact, of ow shupsales are DVDS,

2 Cos eecount for a muck smaller tse

2 While PC games aceon for cofthe store sales
the ‘of CDs sold is ony 1.

4 Posters ippresenr tne ‘foods sok
Witing 1

7 Dawa pie chan ta show roughly what peresetage of tine you spend an the
Zollawing scutes in an average week: wading TY, working. study, sleeping,
using the huerret, diy spar, doiag other activites

8 Swap charts with a pariner and lock at what he or sie doesnt un average week,

tego. ‘Ot
i ‘Write some sentences that deserih2 your partner's chart.

ems ther
eat ah
Dime te

Tables prasent information abour diferent categories. Sometimes tables can 3e turned into

charts but sometiras tha catogerias are to d erento a tis

9 4 number of secondary schcols in three countries conducted a survey about how
‘heir students travel ta school, Here are the results,

‘Method of eave by %

Walking

Work with a partner, agethes discuss the s milaites and diftrenees in che
‘able and then say whether you could turn this table into a chart

410 Thesentences below describe the facts inthe table in exercise 8. Camplete the
sentences using the informacion inthe table and the words in the box

Ast tp. percent onfoct pereertage figures mostleastzommon pooulr

baat 1 the earis de reens of anspor for Bris and Austrliat
sehooteitdren with of studers in oth countries eting
{sche in tis ay.
2 Ircenteastonly cf Singaporean students use cars ad
thisishe ‘method of transport there
ROEM) 2 There are considerable diffewncesin the for public transport.
sort Sor sodng MANO tf shudenis in Singapore use public transport
opel hen Ie Buta sre Australie iguees for public iranspoct are owes, being
‘nd respoctivel:
6 Less chan of stutents wallet school in Britain and
‘sustalia,
7 For Singaporeans, walking isthe sooand
quaner nf th stents traveling te sehool
‘Guess wt he gases angat be for your wn comnery and add them tothe table
In oxereiae 9, Write some sentences comparing the fgunes wiry another country
Writing 1

Line graphs show how nfarmation or data ctange overtime, They highlight rand.
‘= The lne raph ante ight

shows te charging trandin

the level of caraomershipio,

Brian. Elogksvory simple = ™ '
bot trmey nb
12 Work witha partner s
logether, discuss the Test tip

questions, You mast

rik Sire yo

a Isthe graph about ides ht

peoplecrvehisles? = pra oh
b Whacdo the numbers $15 A

i represent before
alongthe horizontal You shart writ
ais present: 5 Nonever, you
Whatdo the numbers 1 dovet vad to
on the vertical axis be ts ots

romrescrt?

‘that be oho

fr vial the

14 Rest yourstaterentin vo newsentences whiciaduce dese words nd ES
phrases

18 Whitea short, merall stement abou car ownership in Britain.

bb vera. period between 150-ana 2005

15 Ninw reswrite your wo sentences, aan b, to nchide the number of car awaer,
You will have :0 re-erganise your sencences to da this
In Task ou will not aivays be asked to intrprefactulinfarmation fom a char able or
‘raph. Younay be ested ta deseibs a diagram which ilustrata a process orwhiah sons haw
Something works. You should examina the diagram and ay infation you cen soo carefully You
"must make sure you urderstend te diagram befara you write yeur answer

16 Work with a partner agate, lis

the questions

2 9 What does the process diagram below show?
PONE 3 51 do the artows represent?
3 i © What does the scale arthe side of the diagiaun describe?

Nerds bat yo
reo to produce
your om words,
Bich as verbs,
the vat to
yaaa

‘7 Complete this short destription ofthe diagram by firs choosing the most
stitable verb from the ba for eack gap and then putting tin the correct form:

vwduwe pass hepoen rs dovelop burn sary]
polute — uucure —ralaate = give allow attack
‘This diagram shows how carbon oxide 1 the worlds oceaas. ilions
of tons of carbon dios de and ather toxic substances 2 into the air every
year fiom the fos Fels thas 3 n our factories, homes and eas, These
gases eventually 4 lito the oceans and form a weal acid, which
3 plankton and the shells of marine creatures, causing serious damage,

Experts predce that the acd levels of the oceans 6 considerably berween

now and 2100. This aappens 100 acidic, nach

of the coral and plankton that lve within few decades
“Then to organise t of your answer, which
NN shuld inl the Ge ates acl ati
‘trondis}.
Wratisa trend? Irends are noticeable changes ina situation orinthe way
something usually behaves, e.g downloading music trom the
Infornetis now much more common than buyirg COs.

An overviews an overal summary ofthe information ends ferent fram an introsuction,
sahich simply staes what the sagram or ahert siaus,

The examiner will expect find an oxoriow as part of
your ansiter 0 Task',

4 Vaokat the bar chart and say what
information is being shawa,
Here are rn descriptions of the overall trend
shown in the Ear chart,

sa
smi

Add considerabyta the first sentence and considerable ta the second sentence,
‘What efleet do these words hevet

Re-wille the iso sentences abou! tourism in Bri inchiee a refstece ta rime
and to the number of tourists in igues,

Took at the table below and say whut information is being shown. Write neo

seotences which describe the information and provide an overview.

‘Total Number of Japanese Tourists Travelling Overseas

2005, Jul-Aug Sep Oct ord oud Tis

etn 142220 1534000 1634800 1502.790 1500700 1 hielo
tourists tse murs 1
oor mr is
Cr a
Nan 383600 1388,700 1.57700 1.250000 1386)
Writing 2

Using approp bulary

Tho oxamicer wll wait to see that vou know a ange of words to daserie ard intoreret
‘sual infonnation and that you can make precise statements in your answorusie agjatves,
avr an phrases

5 Loakat those words and phrases which will help you deseribe tends.

aie ‘fall
fivncrease —aeraa
asuys 2aecine
aguett agin
‘orise wial Tone
oherosse adres
tosuge——adacine

worm cod

‘afcctuston— ayarivéf | a pltseu
aviraton —sabity | slatwaur

Tofucwiate — tostabilse | 0 pelos

mos

Twshnwan— toshewe Tereachs —toshawsane | wramay | wrench

pware ved | eoamwerdione pack Thewaten? | ale’ platoaw
torte ovest varaton | constant cplavelat
Tore ater out
tontstough

satay)

esceg sharstiv) ‘stoadyly) | relativvill | considerabielably) | the second | sight}
t nighest | geri

and raatclally)
ST santicarthy) ‘emir | lise
owe

6 Use che nauns and adjecsives ftom the rable tn help you desesibe the trends in
Hine yraphs 2-8,

dfSerent varb tod

4 5 6

7 Descrihe each trend again, ris time using the ves sul aeveibs foun eaeteise 5,
eg 1 falls sharp

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