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📌 How to use this lesson

For Teachers

Guide learners through these four warm-up steps in about 10 minutes to build key writing vocabulary before they tackle data charts.

Review the instant answer feedback together as a class and discuss why specific word combinations sound natural in English reports.

For Learners

First, work through each short task carefully to practice words and sentences used to describe trends and numbers.

Next, check your answers, read the explanations, and reuse these useful patterns when you write your own summary in Module 2.

🌱 Module 1: Build-up — Planting Trees in a City Park

Learn the right words and phrases to report numbers accurately before you look at charts.

Part A: Word Forms (5 items)

Choose the correct form of the word to complete each sentence about the city park project.

1. The total count of young oak saplings showed a steady ______ over the three-year period.

____ a. increasingly ____ b. increase ____ c. increased

2. In 2024, the municipal team ______ the number of pine trees along the park perimeter.

____ a. double ____ b. doubly ____ c. doubled

3. Tree survival rates remained remarkably ______ despite the unusually dry summer.

____ a. stable ____ b. stability ____ c. stabilise

4. Budget cuts led to a ______ reduction in newly delivered seedlings.

____ a. significantly ____ b. significant ____ c. signify

5. The proportion of native maple trees rose ______ between April and October.

____ a. substantial ____ b. substance ____ c. substantially

Part B: Data Collocations (5 items)

Select the single word that naturally fits the gap when describing numbers and trends.

6. Park volunteer tree plantings ______ a peak of 450 saplings in mid-November.

____ a. touched ____ b. reached ____ c. arrived

7. Birch trees ______ for 35 percent of all newly established trees in the west meadow.

____ a. accounted ____ b. counted ____ c. numbered

8. The park groundkeepers ______ an upward trend in canopy coverage over five years.

____ a. caught ____ b. joined ____ c. witnessed

9. By December, the weekly planting pace ______ to a low of only 12 saplings.

____ a. lowered ____ b. fell ____ c. vanished

10. Flowering cherry and rowan trees ______ the top spot among new plantings in 2025.

____ a. mixed ____ b. matched ____ c. shared

Part C: Phrases for Describing Figures (5 items)

Type the missing word from the bank into each blank.

Word Bank: respectively majority quarter points overall

11. The share of park land shaded by trees grew from 15% to 25%, an increase of ten percentage ____.

12. A ____ of the park grounds (exactly 25%) was set aside for native willow trees.

13. Oak and beech trees made up 40% and 30% of the south grove, ____.

14. The vast ____ of planting occurred during early spring rather than autumn.

15. ____, the city planted more deciduous trees than conifers across the entire project.

Part D: Paraphrasing (3 items)

Choose the sentence that gives the exact same meaning using different words.

Original sentence: "The municipal gardeners planted twice as many maple saplings in 2025 as in 2020."

Which sentence says the same thing?

____ a. The number of maple saplings planted in the park doubled between 2020 and 2025. ____ b. The gardeners planted maple saplings in only two park zones in 2025. ____ c. In 2020, maple saplings were twice as popular as all other tree species combined.

Original sentence: "Oak trees accounted for the largest proportion of park trees planted in 2015."

Which sentence says the same thing?

____ a. Oak trees grew taller than any other variety planted in the park that year. ____ b. The park planted oak trees in more months of 2015 than in 2025. ____ c. More oaks were planted in the park in 2015 than any other tree type.

Original sentence: "The percentage of willow saplings planted along the park stream changed very little, moving from 20% to 22%."

Which sentence says the same thing?

____ a. The stream saw an almost negligible number of willow trees planted overall. ____ b. The proportion of riverside willow trees remained relatively stable, rising by just two percentage points. ____ c. Willow saplings increased rapidly until they reached 22% of all trees in the area.

🏃 Module 2: The Task — Running Club Race Types

Put your writing skills to work on a complete IELTS Academic Task 1 summary.

Writing Task 1

The table gives information about the types of race that people entered at one running club in 2015 and in 2025, as a percentage of all the race entries in each year. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

Write at least 120 words.

Type of race	2015 (%)	2025 (%)
5 km	35	25
10 km	30	25
Half marathon	20	22
Marathon	10	20
Trail race	5	8

(Figures are fictional.)

📋 Checklist: What every Task 1 report needs

✓ An overview: A clear statement summarizing the main trends or general changes.
✓ Key features: The most important numbers and patterns selected and reported.
✓ Comparisons: Relevant contrasts and connections made between categories and years.
✓ Accurate figures: Data cited correctly without misrepresenting values.
✓ Length: At least 120 words in full sentences.

Write Your Report

AI Evaluated

Draft your response to the running club race types task below. Aim for at least 120 words.

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🏆 Module 3: Model Answer

Read a full-score sample answer and learn why these sentence patterns work so well.

Sample Band 9 Report Length: 130 words

The table compares the proportion of race entries across five categories at a running club in 2015 and 2025.

Overall, entries for shorter distances decreased, while participation in longer events and trail races increased. In addition, 5 km and 10 km shared the top place in 2025.

In 2015, the 5 km event accounted for the largest share at 35%, followed by the 10 km race at 30%. However, by 2025, both distances fell to 25%, marking drops of ten and five percentage points respectively.

In contrast, the marathon share doubled from 10% to 20% over the decade. The figure for the half marathon changed very little, rising slightly from 20% to 22%. Finally, trail race entries grew from 5% to 8%, remaining the least popular category in both years.

💡 Why this works: 7 useful phrases

Notice how each bold phrase gives precise facts without repeating words or making false claims.

shared the top place

Use this when two categories finish with the exact same highest number.

Example: "5 km and 10 km shared the top place in 2025 at 25% each."

accounted for the largest share

A natural phrase to introduce the biggest part of a total without saying "the biggest number" every time.

Example: "In 2015, the 5 km event accounted for the largest share at 35%."

percentage points

Always use this phrase when you subtract one percentage from another. Moving from 35% to 25% is a drop of 10 percentage points, not a 10% drop.

Example: "Entries fell from 35% to 25%, marking a drop of ten percentage points."

respectively

Add this at the end of a sentence to link two figures back to two categories in that exact sequence.

Example: "5 km and 10 km fell by ten and five percentage points respectively."

doubled from 10% to 20%

Only use the word "doubled" when a value multiplies by exactly two. Because 10 multiplied by two is 20, this word is completely accurate.

Example: "The marathon share doubled from 10% to 20% over the decade."

changed very little

A clean way to report figures that barely moved. A minor shift from 20% to 22% does not represent a major trend.

Example: "The figure for the half marathon changed very little, rising by only two points."

remaining the least popular

A smooth way to show that even after growing slightly, this category still held the lowest position in both years.

Example: "Trail races grew from 5% to 8%, remaining the least popular category in both years."

Luyện viết IELTS: Phân tích số liệu

📌 How to use this lesson

🌱 Module 1: Build-up — Planting Trees in a City Park

Part A: Word Forms (5 items)

Part B: Data Collocations (5 items)

Part C: Phrases for Describing Figures (5 items)

Part D: Paraphrasing (3 items)

🏃 Module 2: The Task — Running Club Race Types

📋 Checklist: What every Task 1 report needs

Write Your Report

🏆 Module 3: Model Answer

💡 Why this works: 7 useful phrases

shared the top place

accounted for the largest share

percentage points

respectively

doubled from 10% to 20%

changed very little

remaining the least popular

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