General information about Task 1

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General information about 
Task 1 
Task
one
- is a summary / description of a graph(line, bar, pie),
table of figures, or diagram/map
- requires at least 150 words.
- Is recommended to take 20minutes 
An examiner reads your answer and gives it points, from 1 to 9, for each of the
following features:
• task achievement

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• coherence and cohesion
• lexical resource
• grammatical range and accuracy
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So what do they mean?
Task achievement means How well did you answer the question?
Coherence and cohesion means How clearly do ideas relate to each other?
Lexical resource means Have you used a wide range of vocabulary? Have you
spelled it correctly?
Grammatical range and accuracy means Have you used a wide range of verb 
forms and sentence
structures? Are most of them correct? Have you used proper punctuation?
Different types of visuals

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The structure of Task 1 Academic writing
Language of change: List one: Verbs

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List two: Nouns 
List three: Adjectives
List four: Adverbs

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Look at the following picture and check the vocabulary used:

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How to change adjective+noun structures to verb+adverb:
You can change the form of the words by using an adjective+noun combination
instead of a verb+adverb.