IELTS: Correlating Task One Data

It is common in IELTS Task One to have more than one set of data to describe. If you want a good score, you need to do more than just describe what you can see in each graph. You need to show the connection or effect they have between each other.

Look at the two graphs below. What connection do they have?

“While sales of video games increased in the five year, electronics and appliances on which they could be played declined.”

You want the examiner to know that you see and understand the connection between the two graphs, you should not try to explain why you think there is a connection.

For example, in the graph above, you could say. “The decline in the sales ofelectronics and appliances could be due to the lack of exciting new products such as the PS4 being released in the period.”

The examiner does not want you to guess, just write about what the graph shows you.

Phrases you can use

(A) appears to have a direct impact on (B).

A rise in (A) causes an attendant increase in (B).

There is an inverse relationship between (A) and (B).

There is a direct relationship between(A) and (B).

There is a direct correlation between(A) and (B).

An increase in (A) resulted in a decrease in (B).

Closely linked to (A), it can be seen that (B) …

As a result of the decline in (A), (B) …

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