Unit 1: Essential Vocabulary for Describing Data & Basic Trends
This unit introduces the foundational vocabulary and expressions needed to describe data, numbers, and the simplest trends in IELTS Academic Writing Task 1. You’ll learn core verbs, adjectives, adverbs, and nouns that Band 5-6 candidates are expected to use, focusing on clarity and accuracy without complex grammar.
Unit 2: Comparing Data – Language for Similarities and Differences
This unit builds on your ability to compare data points, trends, and categories—a crucial skill for Band 5-6 in IELTS Writing Task 1. You’ll learn comparison structures, useful linking words, and appropriate comparative vocabulary to describe similarities and differences between groups.
Unit 3: Describing Trends Over Time – Dynamic Data Vocabulary
This unit focuses on the vocabulary and language structures needed to describe dynamic data—how things change over time in line graphs, bar charts, and tables. You’ll master verbs, nouns, adjectives, and adverbs commonly used to talk about trends, with special attention to the style and accuracy expected for Band 5-6.
Unit 4: Describing Proportions, Percentages, and Fractions
This unit teaches you the vocabulary and expressions needed to describe proportions, percentages, fractions, and parts of a whole—language frequently required for IELTS Task 1 pie charts, bar charts, and tables. You’ll learn the most common ways to refer to proportions accurately and naturally at Band 5-6.
Unit 5: Summarizing, Paraphrasing, and Reporting Information
This unit focuses on vocabulary and structures for summarizing, paraphrasing, and accurately reporting key data from visual information. Band 5-6 candidates need to express main features, avoid repetition, and write concise overviews. You will master synonyms, summary phrases, and reporting verbs to improve both coherence and vocabulary range.
Unit 6: Cohesion and Linking Devices for Clear Descriptions
This unit covers cohesive devices, transition words, and linking phrases needed for clear and organized descriptions in Task 1. Mastering these helps you sequence information, join sentences smoothly, and produce logical, easy-to-follow answers—a crucial Band 6 requirement.
Unit 7: Vocabulary for Describing Processes and Cycles
This unit equips you with the essential vocabulary and expressions to describe processes (such as how something is made) and cycles (like the water cycle) in IELTS Academic Writing Task 1. Band 5–6 candidates need to use accurate sequencing language, passive forms, and precise verbs to clearly explain steps in a logical order.
Unit 8: Vocabulary for Describing Maps and Location Changes
This unit covers the special vocabulary and phrases required to describe maps, location changes, and transformations over time in IELTS Academic Writing Task 1. You will learn words for describing position, movement, and developments, plus useful phrases to show before-and-after differences for Band 5–6.
Unit 9: Vocabulary for Describing Exceptions, Outliers, and Anomalies
This unit focuses on the key vocabulary and phrases needed to describe exceptions, outliers, and unusual data in IELTS Academic Writing Task 1. Candidates aiming for Band 5–6 must be able to highlight differences or points that do not fit the general pattern, using clear and suitable language.
Unit 10: Vocabulary for Describing Amounts, Magnitude, and Intensity
This unit helps you accurately describe quantities, the scale of change, and intensity in IELTS Academic Writing Task 1. You’ll learn essential words and expressions for describing large and small numbers, big or small changes, and the degree of difference, which are key for Band 5–6 clarity.
Unit 11: Vocabulary for Describing Predictions, Future Data, and Trends
This unit prepares you to describe future trends and predictions in IELTS Task 1, which are often required when the graph or chart presents projected data (future years). You’ll learn the essential modal verbs, prediction expressions, and language for discussing what may or will happen, which is crucial for Band 5–6 candidates facing future-oriented tasks.
Unit 12: Vocabulary for Precision, Approximation, and Academic Style
This unit helps you improve the accuracy and formality of your Task 1 writing. You will learn how to use vocabulary for precise numbers and approximations, as well as expressions that raise the academic tone of your answer—key for moving confidently from Band 5 to Band 6.