IELTS Writing Task 1: Line graph 4 main sentences

Learn how to make 4 different complex sentences for a line graph report. It is important to show the examiner that you can make a range of complex sentence structures.

It’s not difficult. You can easily improve your range of complex sentences.

Transcript

Hello in this lesson I’m going to show you
how to write

different complex sentences for

a line graph report in IELTS writing
task 1

it’s very important when you write

your body paragraphs for your

IELTS task 1 that you have a range

of different complex sentences to show
the examiner

now in a previous lesson

I showed you how to write a sentence

similar to this if you haven’t watched
that

lesson please watch it is very important
that you understand how to make

the sentence so what I’m going to do is
I’m gonna take this sentence

the same information and change

the order so that we have different
structures

let’s have a look at the sentence first

the number of people becoming a vegetarian

that is our subject it’s quite long

after the subject we’ve got the verb

and if you look at the dates you can see
that it is

the past tense after the verb we need to

described the movement and that

is we say its increased steadily

so that’s our adverb after that

we had the numbers and after the numbers

we had that date so let’s

change that a little bit and write the
sentence in a different way

well one way we could change as we could
start with the dates

so between 2004

and 2007

the number

of people

we say becoming vegetarian increased

steadily from

about 75

to 200 I’ll stop there often when
we put the date first

we have a comma after that

and then we have the number of people

so that’s one way to change it now

there are more ways let’s have a look at
another way

the next way I’m gonna show you to
change that

is can you see this word here increased

now that’s a verb but

we could also use it as a noun an

increase so I’m gonna write a sentence
using

this word as a noun to do that we need
to start with

there was an increase

okay we always start with there was if it
past tense of course

so there was and lets

stop for a minute because here we’ve got

the word steadily which is an adverb

now we still want to use that word

but because this will be a noun we need
to use this

as an adjective so

if we have an adjective it usually comes

before the noun so that means we need to
change the order

and the form of the word so there was

a steady

increase so

again very important remember if it’s
a verb you have the adverb

afterwards if it’s a noun

you have adjective in front and
we change from steadily

to steady so there was a steady increase

now we need to give this information

but to do that we need to use a
preposition first

and the preposition is

in so there was

a steady increase in the number

of people

we could say becoming vegetarian

if we want to develop that so we’ve got
that

now we need the numbers

from about 75

to 200 and what’s missing

well the dates are missing

got between 2004

sorry 2004

and 2007

so that is another way to structure

your sentence and still give

all the information we need with the
numbers

and the dates now there;s one more way

that I’d like to show you so let’s have a
look

so the last way I’m gonna show you in
this lesson

is again to use this as

an noun but we changed the sentence
structure

again so the number of

people becoming

vegetarian

experienced a steady

increase

so with this sentence we’ve got the verb
experienced

the number experience the figure
experienced

we could also say witnessed after the

verb we’ve got the noun a steady

adjective a steady increase

and we got a steady increase

from about 75

to 200

between 2004

and 2007

so now we’ve added the numbers

and the dates well those are the 4

main complex sentences you can use

when you write your line graph report
for IELTS

writing task 1 there are other
sentences we can use but they are the

four

main ones that you need to practice and

perfect which means write without

too many mistakes remember the more mistakes you
make

lower your band score will be

so please practice writing those
sentence structures

well that’s all for this lesson I
hope that was useful for you

please remember to press like or share it
with your friends

if it was useful well I’ll see you
again

in another IELTS lesson

Comments

  1. Hi Liz,
    I don’t want to ask anything regarding this. I just want to know are you all right? You haven’t posted a video for about 8/9 years. I’m really concerned about you. I’ve heard you are sick. Can you reply me? I’m asking this, because you are the reason why many of us passed their IELTS and settled in a good country!

    • Thanks for your message. I’m still sick. It’s a long-term illness. However, this year I am a bit stronger than I have been in the last 8 years. I’m planning to return to making videos but I can’t do it quickly and have to be very careful. Each year I need to see what happens and make decisions based on my situation. I really appreciate your support πŸ™‚

      • Take care, Liz. The health is first! Wish you all the best! And thank you for all what you`re doing!

        • Thanks

          • Liz, i want to appreciate all of your doings, but i didnt know that you have a sickness. Wish you to get rid of it asap and hopefully hear these kind of thankful comments more than you have ever had. Actually, im having an exam on the 24th of February and ive been preparing for this gradually with your labour. I guess ive gained much enough knowledge to become a sevener πŸ™‚ and its all thanks to you. Thank you very much, Liz. We all love you!! All the best!!

            • Thank you for your very kind comment. I appreciate your support. I wish you luck in your test on the 24th. Make sure you complete a full practice test at home under exam conditions to get used to the pressure and timing. Fingers crossed for that 7. All the best, Liz

              • meghana says

                hope u get better soon and your practice tests and videos have been very useful to me i am planning to write exam in the next few weeks. Hope you get better and make more videos in the upcoming years. thank you for making the practicing the exam much easier and available for everyone. get well soon.

                • Thanks for your support. Good luck in your coming test πŸ™‚

            • Dear Liz, here are just some words of love and support for you! Take care and feel better. Thanks a lot for everything you’re doing. You’re great!

              • Thank you so much for your kind message. That’s really kind of you and much appreciated. As soon as my health is more stable, I’ll make a personal update video to explain what happened to me and how I am.

  2. Vidir Oskarsson says

    Hi Liz
    In your video clip you mention a previous lesson were you showed how to make a sentence like this, where can I find that lesson?
    Thanks

    • Sorry I took it down to remake it and then became too sick. Hopefully next year I might be able to do it again.

      • Tee Dos says

        Hi Liz,

        I pray you will get well soon (Hope you are well at the moment). Thanks for all you do. I really do appreciate all your efforts.

        I want to know if you have writing correction services and how much it cost.

        Thank you in anticipation of a quick response.

      • Dr Md Shamsul Haque says

        You did an amazing job for all of IELTS students. Thanks a bunch. My exam is on 29th October, keep me in best wishes please.

  3. That is very useful to me !

  4. Parambir says

    Thanks mam

  5. Hi Liz,

    Is it correct to describe a pie chart in terms the sections it is divided to and also to list what the key categories are in the overview? thank you

  6. Rocio Perez says

    I am studying for my IELTS exam and your videos have been so useful for me.
    Thank you so much fo you Help Liz.

  7. Thanks for your fabulous effort

  8. Sharanpreet kaur says

    We can start any graph by writing. ..
    To begin with or To commenc with or as it can observe
    Mam which one is right for task

  9. Thank you for your sincere lessons.
    I learned a lot of English from you via those videos.
    I think the link that established for the “Task 1 Main sentences” (the one you mentioned in the “”complex sentences for line graph”) is no longer there. However, I have got lots of point from you from the other video.

  10. Dear liz.
    I have learnt a lot from this site and enormous thanx from my side.

  11. Salman says

    Liz, you style is great and material is very useful. thanks

  12. very useful, thank you.

  13. Meruyert says

    Thank you Liz, I’m from Kazakhstan and I’m still watching your useful videos, keep making the new videos for us😊

  14. Elizabeth W. says

    Hi Liz,

    Thank you very much for your dedication to helping students preparing to take the ielts exam.

    The video you recommended for students to watch at the beginning of this video lesson is not available. Could you please check on that for us? Thank you.

  15. Marian says

    ????

  16. Filexandre Barcelona says

    This video is awfully useful because the content was well organized. Further, it was discussed thoroughly. Liz reminds of my teacher in highschool, quite an amazing and charming person, whose love for teaching is incomparable.
    YOUR FAN FROM THE PHILIPPINES
    -Xander-

  17. Chitra says

    Hi
    you are just perfect. Your knowledge, style of teaching, clarity is amazing.
    I wish some of the school teachers in my country watches your program and adapt this way of teaching in their method.
    Many many thanks

    • That’s so kind. I’m really pleased my teaching method is easy to follow and is helping you learn πŸ™‚

  18. Anjali Ajnager says

    Hi Ma’am! You r really an inspiration.I am an indian student and doing ielts now and the material u provide really really help me alot.I hope it will bring me good results.

    Thankyou so much πŸ™‚

  19. Anjali Ajnager says

    Hi Ma’am! You r really an inspiration.I am an indian student and doing ielts now and the material u provide really really help me alot.

    Thankyou so much πŸ™‚

  20. Hi Liz
    I’m a new student for you. You are terrific

    • I hope you find the help you need in my website. All the main pages for IELTS are found by clicking the part you want in the red bar at the top of my site. And you can find more options in the right hand side column. Good luck!

  21. You are a great teacher and polished presenter who is so creative in lesson design and delivery. The world is in need of such dedicated and passion – driven people like you. Keep up the good work, you have helped a lot of people to realize their goals.

  22. Muslimbek says

    Hi teacher
    How we can add extra information in process essay and write more words?

  23. Muslimbek says

    Hi Liz
    I can’t write an overview and details
    what should i do?

  24. It was awesome and you are a great teacher

    thank you so much

  25. Rabab Alkhathami says

    Hi Liz,
    thank you so much for your helping.
    I want to know that the video ( Writing Task 1 Lesson : How to make a complex sentence) is not available because it said a private video .
    we hope to change this as soon as possible .
    Thanks a lot Liz
    Rabab

  26. Bill Johnstone says

    Why is my question of 5 August still ‘awaiting moderation’?

    • Because I have over 1000 comments in waiting. I work alone for free and don’t have time to help everyone.

  27. Hi Liz,
    I am really enjoyed following your video lessons ,its really helpful,well presented and clear to understand.Just I need to focus more , practice and follow your tips in order to improve my English 4 skills .
    Thanks a lot
    note: On the Top of Video there was missing latter (R)
    It is written ( 4 main Complex sentences stuction ) and it should be stRucture .

    • Thanks. I’ve got so many types. Unfortunately I can’t change the video once it has been posted. Shame.

  28. Nazanin says

    I just want to say thank you liz your videos are great.

  29. sandeep malla says

    hi Liz,
    First of all i wanna thankyou for your great lessions,tips and information that you have been providing to many students at free of cost.Also you are great teacher who really care the needs and problems of your followers and students.Actually i wanna ask some question 2 you as i am confused about where to you this four complex structures.should we use only on overview or we can use it on both overview and bodyparagraph.

  30. I can’t watch the lesson 1 seems like private.

  31. AbdulAL Abdulrazek says

    Liz , it’s awesome ,quite beautiful material on your website really I’m gratitude you for the worth effort that you made .
    I have a question regards fearing of fail (low band score < 6) in term of submitting my request for IELTS test.
    I think I have enough background of words ,grammars but while I need to use it with the native people around me I'm feeling it lost ,

  32. Sumya says

    Liz, I’m a great fan of you and your blog! Keep it up. I have learned many things from you. Thank you very much.

  33. Bobby says

    You are doing a great job with you blog, by the way the video that you mention here that we need to watch is not available, it says private. Why is that? Thank you for your reply.

  34. Abeda Nihat says

    If i write twenty people instead of ’20 people’ provided that it fulfills the criteria, is that going to be wrong?

  35. Congratulations! Your blog is fantastic and so helpful !!
    Please go on with it!
    Kind regards from Spain!!

  36. Mohamed Shehata says

    Hello Liz,
    First of all , I would like to tell you that it is not sufficient to use all of the water in the universe as ink to express my admiration of your extremely helpful videos. I just have one more request which I hope you do not reject. Would you please post a video or even written material describing how to deal with flow charts?I have searched the internet but I have found nothing about that. A one more request is that , I want to re-write one of the writing tasks (actually Task 1 ) you have posted but in my own words and I would like you to check it with me to assess my band score before attacking the IELTS test. Thanks a lot in advance for your guidance and support.

  37. Rajoana Jannat says

    Hello!
    Liz,
    I am from Bangladesh. I would like to Thank you for your helpful videos,tips and suggestions. I am preparing for my IELTS by following your blogs and materials but I don’t know why I am unable to watch your one videos which called how to write complex sentences of line graph.Eagerly waiting for your reply and help.

  38. Ramanpreet Kainth says

    Hello liz what about the sentence…….. A steady increase has been seen in the number of people becoming vegetarian from about 75 to 200 between 2004 and 2007.

  39. Jay Kumar Shah says

    Liz you have made everything clear like crystal. I am going to appear for IELTS after 8 days, I hope I will follow every tips you gave

  40. Kiarash says

    Wow,It is awsome!….Thank you very much Liz πŸ™‚

  41. You are the Best

  42. hi liz can u pls check my work

    The line graph illustrates four different ways of good transportation (road, water, rail and pipeline) in U.K. The data was collected between 1974 and 2002. Units are measured in million tons.

    Overall, there is an increased in the demand in transferring of goods by means of road, water and pipeline. On the other hand, utilization of rail was fluctuating throughout the period but remain identical at end of the span.

    Road being the primary means of transportation started over 70 million tons in 1974 and increased to almost 100 million tons at the end of the period. However, same way with pipeline which is the least popular, came at around 5 million tons in the beginning but deflated over four folds in 1994 and remain constant until 2002.

    Moreover, water and rail started at almost the same level with around 40 million tons, but not until in 1992 where in water started to gradually increased until around 65 million tons, in contrast to rail that begins to fluctuate between 20 to 40 million tons and ended up over 40 million tons.

  43. Shareefa says

    Liz, thank you for your valuable lessons & tips.
    I have one query about the rephrasing the statement in a complex way.
    For example, in the above video you suggested to use the verb ‘experience’ which is not mentioned in the question, then how could it be relevant for this topic & how can we decide whether which one would be suitable.
    The number of people becoming vegetarian ‘experienced’ (???) How can we say that they experienced / witnessed.
    Could you please guide me on this? I request for an early reply, as I have my IELTS exam tomorrow.thank you.

    • This relates to the word “number” not the word “people”. The number [of smth] experienced an increase…”
      All the best
      Liz

  44. Hi Lyz, great site! It’s helping me a lot. I have a doubt about the following sentence I wrote while practicing task 1 on a line graph. Here it goes: “Overall, Leatherback turtles showed a decrease in their population through the years, while the Olive Ridley turtles displayed an increase.” I think there’s something wrong with the subect…
    thanks!!!

    Nicolas

    • It’s better to write: “Overall, there was a decrease in the population of Leatherback turtles, while the population of Olive Ridley turtles witnessed an increase”. You need to understand that it is not the Leatherback turtles that are decreasing, it is the population of Leatherback turtles. It is a common mistake that many students make when writing the subject.
      All the best
      Liz

  45. Liz, u are really a great teacher, may ALLAH blessing u.,,, I want to give u my favourite teacher award, do u have any Facebook account? πŸ™‚
    Or what’s your personal email address??
    Tell me please πŸ™‚

    • It is my pleasure to help IELTS students. You can contact me any time on this blog or follow my facebook page which is in the right hand side column.
      All the best
      Liz

  46. mohamed ahmed besha says

    hi liz , i couldn’t see the video , what should i do

  47. Zidael Meshichi says

    Once again Hi Liz,

    Fortunately I found the transcript of this video and I’ve got the complex sentences and pretty clear with the topic. πŸ™‚ and I’m writing down the 4 different sentences.

    1. The number of people becoming vegetarian increased steadily from about 75 to 200 between 2004 and 2007.
    2. There was a steady increase in the number of people becoming vegetarian from about 75 to 200 between 2004 and 2007.
    3. Between 2004 and 2007, the number of people becoming vegetarian increased steadily from about 75 to 200.
    4. The number of people becoming vegetarian experienced/witnessed a steady increase from about 75 to 200 between 2004 and 2007.

    PS: Possibilities of errors.
    Thanks Liz.

  48. I am not able to view your videos. It says the video is private. What should I do?

  49. April Yap says

    THANK YOU!!!

    • Hello there Liz, I browsed another site for IELTS test and according to the lecturer, I should use the “uhm”words for Speaking just to make it natural conversation with the examiner? But according to your lecture video, it is sign of hesitation? Pls enlighten me. Big thanks.

  50. is trhere any sample for flow chart?what can i use instead of if for conditional sentences?
    thanks in advance.

    • Flow charts are the same as diagrams. Please see the lesson on the main writing task 1 page.
      Liz

  51. Very very useful skills. I’ve been struggling with this problem for long and now it’s super clear. Very smart lesson. THX Liz!

  52. Hello Liz, pls I would like to ask whether I can use the past tense of these vocabularies. e,g instead of using go up, can went up be used? thank you.

    • You use past tense when the graph is presenting dates in the past. “go up” = “went up”, increase = “increased” etc
      All the best
      Liz

  53. Hi Liz!
    First of all I would like to thank you for your revealing videos!
    I would like to ask you some information about the position of time and place adverbs in english sentences. It is not clear to me wether the adverb of place should come first or not. For example, “The number of people becoming vegetarian increased steadily …between 2004 and 2007 in China” or “The number of people becoming vegetarian increased steadily … in China between 2004 and 2007”? Is there a standar grammatical rule?
    Thank you!

  54. I want to get 6.5 in writing. so what should I do now. plz write me.

  55. Hi Liz !
    It’s a very great job you doing, thank you very much! I am sure you enjoying it yourself too πŸ™‚

  56. Micky Chan says

    Liz, it is absolutely an amazing lesson. thank you.

  57. hari pathak says

    Hello Liz,
    I am little bit confuse in this particular lecture. As you said we must use adverb before the noun but my confusion is – Is “increase” is noun or its better if we write steady increment…instead of writing steady increase ? Please Liz help me on this, I have my exam on 1st of August and I am totally getting nervous. Do you have any capsule for IELTS so that I can use it for better score? especially for writing and reading section? Thank you !

    • “increase” can be used as a noun or verb. You shouldn’t use “increment” as it is not appropriate and rarely used. Paraphrases for increase are rise, climb, grow, go up.
      Liz

  58. Javier says

    Hello,
    I am very interested in different ways of saying the same thing. I realised you use the verb “experience” and would like to know some synonyms. I was thinking about “experiment” and “suffer”. I also saw “undergo” and “be exposed to” on Internet but I am not sure if those can be used for the sample you gave in the video tutorial.
    Thank you very much.

    • You can write “the number experienced an increase”, “the number witnessed an increase”, “the number increased” or “there was an increase in the number”. Anything else will be risky and less appropriate. The more errors you make, the lower your score will be.
      Liz

  59. Bita says

    Thanks a lot Liz πŸ™‚

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