{"id":53012,"date":"2015-03-11T01:53:07","date_gmt":"2015-03-11T01:53:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/127.0.0.1\/aee\/elts-grammar-grade-on-task-1-sentence-structures\/"},"modified":"2023-04-25T16:12:27","modified_gmt":"2023-04-25T16:12:27","slug":"elts-grammar-grade-on-task-1-sentence-structures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.allearsenglish.com\/elts-grammar-grade-on-task-1-sentence-structures\/","title":{"rendered":"IELTS Energy 16: 3 Sentence Structures to Improve your IELTS Grammar Grade on Writing Task 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today you\u2019ll get 3 sentence structures to improve your grammar grade on <a href=\"\/ielts\/ielts-writing-task-1-academic-how-not-lose-points\/\">IELTS Writing Task 1.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>On IELTS Task 1 you are shown a graph, table, pie chart, or bar chart. They have numbers and you have to compare and contrast how they change.<\/p>\n<p>You will see a graph that shows \u201cChange Over Time\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The examiner wants you to use different sentence structures for this category.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Here they are:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1) Subject + verb + adverb : \u201cThe numbers increased dramatically in 2008.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>2) There was + adjective + noun: \u201cThere was a dramatic increase in 2008.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>3) Before +verb-ing: \u201cBefore increasing in 2008, the number of surfers experienced a decline.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Where can you find graphs to use to practice these sentences?<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Find IELTS forums<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Go to IELTS.org<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Go to a bookstore and write down some sentences with your notebook<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>New York Times and USA Today<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Google Images, type in \u201cbar chart\u201d or \u201cpie chart\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Where else have you found resources like pie charts or graphs to practice these sentence structures for Writing Task 1? <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Let us know your ideas below!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today you\u2019ll get 3 sentence structures to improve your grammar grade on IELTS Writing Task 1. 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