IELTS Academic Writing Task 1
Task 1 lesson map
Move between response structure, visual analysis and full-task practice without losing your place.
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Paragraph 3 of the WeLearn response plan
Body 1 turns your overview into evidence. Choose one meaningful group, organise it logically and use figures only when they prove the pattern.
Official format: IELTS Academic Writing Task 1 requires a description of the visual information in at least 150 words. It does not prescribe fixed paragraph names or paragraph word counts.
WeLearn strategy: Use four paragraphs as a study structure. Body 1 is usually about 45-60 words and should add a distinct, evidence-based group to the response.
Review focus: Body 1 organisation, selected evidence and accurate grouping.
Explained answer: Check that this paragraph develops one meaningful group rather than repeating the overview or listing every value.
The paragraph blueprint
Develop the first meaningful group behind your overview.
About 45-60 words in the WeLearn study plan.
Select figures that prove a pattern; do not narrate every value.
Do not repeat the overview or describe data in visual order.
Choose the visual before building the paragraph
The paragraph job changes with the input. Choose a visual type to see the grouping decision, sentence blocks and an original model paragraph.
LINE GRAPH · GUIDED EXAMPLE
“The line graph shows internet access in three regions between 2000 and 2020.”
Establish the dominant direction and the leading series before moving to a secondary pattern.
Group Region A with the shared upward trend; use the lower lines as a second group only when they add a contrast.
Region A remained the most connected area throughout the period, rising from 30% in 2000 to almost 90% in 2020. The other two regions also increased, although both began from considerably lower levels.
WeLearn progressive engine
Move from recognising a useful group to selecting evidence and writing the first detail paragraph. These visuals are not the ones worked through above, so no model paragraph on this page gives the answer away.
“The line graph below shows the number of trips made by three forms of public transport between 2010 and 2025.”
Metro and tram journeys rise across the period while bus journeys fall, and metro ends highest.
What should Body 1 do first?
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