What's involved?
In Academic Writing Task 1, you may be asked to describe: one or more graphs, charts or tables a diagram of an object, device, process or event. You have to include the most important points in the diagram. Some minor points or details may be left out.
You should write in an academic or semi-formal/neutral style.
You should spend no more than 20 minutes on this task. You must write at least 150 words and will be penalised if your answer is too short. While you will not be penalised for writing more than 150 words, you should remember that a longer Task 1 answer may mean that you have less time to spend on Task 2, which contributes twice as much to your Writing band score.
You should remember that you will be penalised if what you write does not relate to the topic. You will also be penalised if your answer is not written as a whole piece of connected text (i.e. you must not use notes or bullet points). You will be severely penalised if your writing is plagiarised (i.e. copied from another source).
You must write your answer on the answer sheet.
What skills are tested?
This task tests if you can give a well-organised overview of the visual information using language that is appropriate in its register and style.
Depending on the task type, you will be assessed on your ability to: organise, present and possibly compare data describe stages of a process or procedure describe an object, event or sequence of events