Practice Question 2 in Real-time

In this video we’ll be doing a second practice question in real time.

So let’s get to it.

So here; I’m starting off by first carefully reading my question.

Now I’m looking at the infographics.

I’m making sure that I have a good understanding of what the question is asking.

So now that I know what the question is asking me for and what the infographics are about I’m now ready to start writing my introduction paragraph.

Here I’m simply paraphrasing the question language, I’m using synonyms and changing up the word order to rephrase it in my own words.

Notice the synonyms for example instead of saying abroad I’ve said overseas.

Here I’m forming a complex structure by using the conjunction whereas.

So that completes our introduction of basically paraphrased the question language I have described what the table is about.

And I’ve also described what the bar graph is about.

Now it’s time to move on to writing the overview.

Our second paragraph and here I am simply looking at the highest and the lowest data points in the table and the bar graph.

Notice that I’m starting my overview by using the phrase in general. This is a great way to start your overview.

You can use words such as in general or overall to start your overview

Here I’m describing the highest data point for the table.

Here I’m combining the data from the bar graph.

Since we’re talking about the year 1998.

I’m also including additional information from the bar graph in the same sentence.

Here I’m using the phrase on the contrary to make a comparison.

I’m now describing the lowest data point in the table.

Now I’m combining this information about the wage data point which is in nineteen ninety five, I’m combining this information with a bar graph.

So now my overview is complete and I’m ready to start writing the detailed paragraphs.

So for the detailed paragraphs we have to split our info graphic into two halves.

So here I’m going to talk about our table in paragraph three and I’ll talk about the bar graph in the fourth paragraph.

Notice I’ve started my third paragraph with the word specifically you can use this word when you’re giving specific information about your info graphic.

Here I’m starting to describe the key numeric details for the table and I’m starting off by talking about the different categories.

So here I’m starting off by first talking about holidays.

So notice that here I’m simply providing the numeric details for the year 1994 and the ending data point which is 1998.

Remember you only have to talk about the most important data points.

So now that we’re done talking about holidays it’s time to start talking about the next category which is business trips and visits to family and friends.

In this sentence, I’m simply combining our two categories which are business trips and trips to friends and relatives.

I’m combining these two categories into a single sentence on describing the data points for both these categories at the beginning and at the end of our table.

So now that we’re done with our third paragraph we can now move on to describing the second part of our infographics.

In this case we’re going to be describing the bar graph. So we’re starting our fourth paragraph by using the phrase regarding destinations.

This is another phrase that you can use when starting the detailed paragraphs.

Notice that here again we’re not describing every single data point in our bar graph.

We’re simply describing the starting and the ending data points.

Remember that you don’t have a lot of time when writing the task one essay.

You only have a total of 20 minutes.

So it’s important that you prioritize your time and do not make your essay too long.

Now we’re using the phrase on the other hand to make a comparison since we’ve already talked about our first region which is Western Europe.

We’re now talking about the remaining regions which are North America and other unspecified regions.

So we’re going to be combining the information for these remaining regions into a single sentence.

Notice that here we’re not describing every data point again, in fact, in this case, we’ve made a general statement that the remaining regions had under 4000 visits each year from 1994 to 1998.

Now that I have some remaining time I’m spending that time to track my essay and to make sure that there aren’t any mistakes or errors.

OK, so I’ve checked my work and I see that there are no mistakes or errors to be fixed.

So here I’m finished with my task one essay. So that concludes this video in the next video.

I’m going to be breaking down this answer in much more detail and I’m going to show you all the different components that have went into writing this essay.

So I’ll see you there.