{"id":65368,"date":"2022-09-13T18:32:00","date_gmt":"2022-09-13T18:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.allearsenglish.com\/?p=65368"},"modified":"2023-04-25T15:58:32","modified_gmt":"2023-04-25T15:58:32","slug":"two-ways-to-not-write-an-overall-trend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.allearsenglish.com\/two-ways-to-not-write-an-overall-trend\/","title":{"rendered":"IELTS Energy 1207: Two Ways to NOT Write an Overall Trend"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>For many students, Academic Task 1 is the most difficult part of the IELTS exam! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Today we share one of the trickiest topics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We give you a strategy to make sure it doesn&#8217;t trip you up on test day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>IELTS will try to confuse you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We&#8217;ll give you the tools you need so you don&#8217;t get thrown off<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:45px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Two Ways to NOT Write an Overall Trend - IELTS Energy Podcast 1207\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-ZjKwgvo19o?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; 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It\u2019s 100% guaranteed.<\/a><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:45px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Overall trend<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>If you have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.allearsenglish.com\/ielts-energy-949-level-up-your-overall-trend-to-raise-your-academic-task-1-score\/\">questions about the overall trend<\/a>, use our search bar here on the blog.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We have done several episodes with extremely valuable details.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For change over time essays, share the biggest increases and decrease.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For static, provide the highest and lowest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Don&#8217;t include any numbers or statistics!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For this essay, this would be a good overall trend:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Overall, the number of both woodland and farmland birds dropped, while the quantity of coastal species surged over this period. 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