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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📝 Sub-skill 1 of 7 — Introduction
The introduction is the first thing the examiner reads. If you copy the prompt, your Lexical Resource score is affected immediately. Here you learn to paraphrase it with academic precision.
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Official format: IELTS Academic Writing Task 1 asks you to describe visual information in at least 150 words. The introduction is not a separate official task; it is a strategic part of the response.
WeLearn strategy: We train the introduction as a micro-skill because it reduces literal copying and prepares the overview.
Review focus: Paraphrase the prompt without adding trends, figures or interpretation.
Explained answer: A strong answer changes vocabulary and structure, preserves every detail from the prompt and does not invent conclusions.
Task 1 visual types
What is the Introduction?
The Task 1 introduction is a one- or two-sentence paragraph that paraphrases the question prompt. Its only purpose is to tell the examiner what the visual shows, without copying the prompt or mentioning trends and specific figures.
Formula
The [visual type] illustrates / presents / compares / depicts [paraphrased topic] [time period or place, if shown].
✓ Incluir
✗ Excluir
Paraphrasing techniques
The verb "shows" is simple. Replace it with a more academic synonym. Avoid using "shows" when it already appears in the prompt.
Transform nouns with academic synonyms: percentage → proportion, number → figure, people → population/individuals.
Turn gerunds into relative clauses: "people using the internet" → "people who had internet access". You can also use nominalisation: "countries that produce" → "producing countries".
Verbs
Nouns
Time expressions
Examples with authentic-style visuals
Each visual type has three worked examples; the rest are waiting in the practice engine below. Study the prompt, identify the information that must be preserved and compare two valid ways to paraphrase it.
You selected Line graphs. Choose a reference to study its visual and paraphrase with enough space to read both clearly.
Progressive engine
These twelve visuals are the ones the lesson above did not work through, so the answer is not printed anywhere on this page. Each level trains a different decision: first choose the words, then check that the sentence covers the whole prompt, and finally spot what a good-sounding introduction has added.
Level 1 · Build the paraphrase
Exercise 1 of 4
The prompt
“The bar chart below shows the number of visitors to four museums in 2010.”
Complete the introduction. Every blank has one option that works and two that fail for a reason you will see when you check.
Next sub-skill
🔭 Overview — the most important Task 1 paragraph