Practice — 3 sample reports Task 1 (Line / Pie / Map)

Theory — Cách dùng file này

3 sample Task 1 reports viết ở mức band 6.5–7.0. Mỗi bài gồm:

1. Đề bài + mô tả dữ liệu (thay hình biểu đồ bằng bảng chữ)
2. Sample report (170–190 từ)
3. Phân tích chi tiết
4. Common mistakes

Cách học đề xuất:

• Đọc đề + dữ liệu, tự viết Overview 2 câu trước
• Xem sample, so sánh Overview
• Note lại 4–5 cụm vocab mới
• Gõ lại (typing drill)

Report 1 — LINE GRAPH

📝 Đề bài

“The line graph below shows the number of international tourists (in millions) visiting France, Spain, and Italy between 2010 and 2020.”🔊🎤🌐

📊 Dữ liệu

{
  "title": "Số lượng du khách quốc tế (triệu người) — France / Spain / Italy",
  "xKey": "year",
  "yUnit": "M",
  "series": ["France", "Spain", "Italy"],
  "data": [
    {"year": "2010", "France": 76, "Spain": 52, "Italy": 43},
    {"year": "2012", "France": 82, "Spain": 57, "Italy": 46},
    {"year": "2014", "France": 84, "Spain": 61, "Italy": 48},
    {"year": "2016", "France": 87, "Spain": 65, "Italy": 55},
    {"year": "2018", "France": 90, "Spain": 65, "Italy": 62},
    {"year": "2020", "France": 88, "Spain": 65, "Italy": 68}
  ]
}

✍️ Sample report (178 từ, band 6.5–7.0)

The line graph illustrates the number of international tourists
visiting three European nations — France, Spain, and Italy —
over the ten-year period from 2010 to 2020.

Overall, tourist numbers in all three countries rose considerably
over the decade, though France consistently remained the most
visited destination throughout, while Italy overtook Spain by
2020 to become the second-most popular nation.

France, the leading destination throughout the entire period,
saw its tourist arrivals climb steadily from 76 million in 2010
to peak at 90 million in 2018. Although visitor numbers dipped
marginally to 88 million in 2020, France maintained a substantial
lead of approximately 20 million over its nearest competitor.

Spain and Italy followed contrasting trajectories. While Spain's
arrivals rose moderately from 52 to 65 million between 2010 and
2016 before plateauing, Italy experienced a more dramatic surge,
climbing from 43 million in 2010 to 68 million in 2020 — thereby
overtaking Spain to occupy the second position by the end of the
period.

🔍 Phân tích

Cấu trúc:

Vocabulary đắt điểm:

• “illustrates”🔊🎤🌐 thay "shows"
• “climbed steadily”🔊🎤🌐 + “peak at”🔊🎤🌐 (Line graph verbs)
• “dipped marginally”🔊🎤🌐 (thay "decreased slightly")
• “followed contrasting trajectories”🔊🎤🌐 (giới thiệu 2 nhóm khác hướng)
• “a more dramatic surge”🔊🎤🌐 (mức độ + động từ mạnh)
• “overtaking Spain to occupy the second position”🔊🎤🌐 (kỹ thuật comparison)

Grammar highlights:

• Past simple vì có mốc năm (2010–2020)
• Reduced relative clause: “France, the leading destination throughout”🔊🎤🌐 (thay "France, which was the leading…")
• Present participle: “climbing from 43 million…”🔊🎤🌐 (thay "Italy climbed…")

Giới từ đúng:

• “rose from X to Y”🔊🎤🌐 (chuẩn)
• “a lead of 20 million”🔊🎤🌐 (không phải "by 20")
• “increased by X%”🔊🎤🌐 / “increased to Y”🔊🎤🌐 (khác nghĩa)

⚠️ Common mistakes cần tránh

1. KHÔNG mô tả từng năm (2010 was 76, 2012 was 82…) → mất Coherence
2. KHÔNG dùng Present Simple — line graph có mốc thời gian quá khứ → Past Simple
3. Overview KHÔNG có số liệu cụ thể — chỉ nói xu hướng chung
4. KHÔNG đưa ý kiến ("It is amazing that France…") — Task 1 chỉ mô tả dữ liệu

Report 2 — PIE CHART (2 pies comparing years)

📝 Đề bài

“The two pie charts depict the proportion of household expenditure in the United Kingdom in 2000 and 2020.”🔊🎤🌐

📊 Dữ liệu

{
  "title": "UK household expenditure — 2000 (%)",
  "nameKey": "category",
  "valueKey": "share",
  "yUnit": "%",
  "data": [
    {"category": "Housing", "share": 34},
    {"category": "Food", "share": 25},
    {"category": "Clothing", "share": 18},
    {"category": "Utilities", "share": 10},
    {"category": "Entertainment", "share": 8},
    {"category": "Transport", "share": 5}
  ]
}

{
  "title": "UK household expenditure — 2020 (%)",
  "nameKey": "category",
  "valueKey": "share",
  "yUnit": "%",
  "data": [
    {"category": "Housing", "share": 42},
    {"category": "Food", "share": 24},
    {"category": "Entertainment", "share": 17},
    {"category": "Utilities", "share": 7},
    {"category": "Clothing", "share": 6},
    {"category": "Transport", "share": 4}
  ]
}

✍️ Sample report (182 từ, band 6.5–7.0)

The two pie charts depict the proportion of household expenditure
allocated to various categories in the United Kingdom in the
years 2000 and 2020.

Overall, food and housing continued to dominate household spending
across both years, though the share allocated to entertainment
grew markedly, largely at the expense of clothing.

In 2000, housing accounted for by far the largest slice of
household spending at 34%, followed by food at 25% and clothing
at a substantial 18%. The remaining budget was distributed across
utilities (10%), entertainment (8%), and transport (5%), which
together comprised roughly a quarter of total expenditure.

By 2020, the composition of household spending had shifted
noticeably. Housing further consolidated its dominance, rising
to 42% and thereby increasing its share by 8 percentage points.
Entertainment, meanwhile, more than doubled from 8% to 17%,
largely at the expense of clothing, whose share plummeted from
18% to just 6%. Food remained the second-largest category at
24%, while utilities and transport both saw marginal declines.

🔍 Phân tích

Cấu trúc:

Vocabulary đắt điểm:

• “accounted for by far the largest slice”🔊🎤🌐 (superlative)
• “a substantial 18%”🔊🎤🌐 (dùng "substantial" trước số)
• “comprised roughly a quarter”🔊🎤🌐 (fraction thay %)
• “consolidated its dominance”🔊🎤🌐 (giữ vững vị thế đầu)
• “thereby increasing its share by 8 percentage points”🔊🎤🌐 (chú ý “percentage points”🔊🎤🌐 thay vì “percent”🔊🎤🌐)
• “more than doubled”🔊🎤🌐 (dùng cho tăng gấp 2+)
• “at the expense of”🔊🎤🌐 ⭐ (cụm đặc biệt cho pie compare)
• “plummeted from 18% to just 6%”🔊🎤🌐 (mức độ mạnh)
• “marginal declines”🔊🎤🌐 (mức độ nhẹ)

Grammar highlights:

• Past simple cho các mốc năm cụ thể (2000, 2020)
• Past perfect: “the composition of household spending had shifted”🔊🎤🌐 (chỉ trạng thái sau 2020)
• Reduced relative clause: “clothing, whose share plummeted…”🔊🎤🌐

⚠️ Common mistakes cần tránh

1. KHÔNG viết “Housing is 34%”🔊🎤🌐 → dùng “accounted for / made up / comprised 34%”🔊🎤🌐
2. Chú ý “percentage points”🔊🎤🌐 KHÁC “percent”🔊🎤🌐:
   • "Housing increased by 8 percentage points" (từ 34% đến 42%)
   • "Housing increased by 24%" (tăng thêm 24% của giá trị gốc — tính tương đối) — RẤT KHÁC
3. So sánh 2 pie BẮT BUỘC dùng cụm “at the expense of”🔊🎤🌐 hoặc “increased its share”🔊🎤🌐 — nếu chỉ mô tả riêng rẽ = mất Coherence
4. Overview KHÔNG có số liệu

Report 3 — MAP (past vs present)

📝 Đề bài

“The two maps illustrate the changes that took place in the town of Islip between 1990 and 2020.”🔊🎤🌐

📊 Mô tả dữ liệu

Bản đồ 1990:

• Phía Bắc: rừng lớn
• Phía Đông: 1 nông trại
• Trung tâm: nhà thờ + tòa thị chính
• Đối diện nhà thờ (Nam): mảnh xanh nhỏ
• Đường chính: 1 làn, chạy Đông–Tây
• Phía Tây Nam: hồ tự nhiên

Bản đồ 2020:

• Phía Bắc: khu chung cư (rừng bị san) + trường tiểu học mới bên cạnh
• Phía Đông: trung tâm thương mại (nông trại bị phá)
• Trung tâm: nhà thờ + tòa thị chính GIỮ NGUYÊN
• Đối diện nhà thờ: quảng trường đi bộ (mảnh xanh cải tạo)
• Đường chính: nới rộng 2 làn, kéo dài về phía Đông
• Phía Tây Nam: hồ giữ nguyên, có bảng "khu bảo tồn"

✍️ Sample report (186 từ, band 6.5–7.0)

The two maps illustrate the changes that took place in the town
of Islip between 1990 and 2020.

Overall, the town underwent substantial transformation over the
three-decade period, evolving from a predominantly rural settlement
into a modern residential and commercial area, with the most
significant changes occurring in the northern and eastern sectors.

The most striking transformation took place in the northern half
of the town. The extensive woodland that once dominated the area
was cleared and replaced by a large residential complex, while a
new primary school was constructed adjacent to it. In the eastern
sector, the traditional farm was demolished to make way for a
sizeable shopping centre, and the main access road was
subsequently widened and extended eastwards to serve the new
commercial hub.

In contrast, the southern and central parts of Islip retained
much of their original character. The town hall and the church
at the centre remained unchanged throughout the period, though
the small green opposite the church was pedestrianised and
converted into a community square. The lake to the south-west
was preserved as a designated nature reserve.

🔍 Phân tích

Cấu trúc:

Vocabulary đắt điểm:

• “underwent substantial transformation”🔊🎤🌐 ⭐ (map opener)
• “evolving from X into Y”🔊🎤🌐 (cấu trúc biến đổi)
• “the most striking transformation”🔊🎤🌐 (highlight change chính)
• “was cleared and replaced by”🔊🎤🌐 ⭐ (verb kép cho map)
• “was demolished to make way for”🔊🎤🌐 (thay "was destroyed and built…")
• “adjacent to”🔊🎤🌐 (giới từ vị trí precise)
• “widened and extended eastwards”🔊🎤🌐 (2 verb ghép)
• “retained much of their original character”🔊🎤🌐 (mô tả không đổi)
• “was pedestrianised and converted into”🔊🎤🌐 (kỹ thuật advanced)
• “designated nature reserve”🔊🎤🌐

Grammar highlights:

• Past simple passive vì 2 mốc quá khứ (1990, 2020)
• Reduced relative clause: “The extensive woodland that once dominated the area”🔊🎤🌐
• Adverbial phrase mở đầu: “In contrast, / In the eastern sector,”🔊🎤🌐
• Verb ghép passive: “was cleared and replaced by / was pedestrianised and converted into”🔊🎤🌐

⚠️ Common mistakes cần tránh

1. KHÔNG dùng "they" ("They built a shopping centre") — luôn dùng passive
2. KHÔNG dùng Present Simple — 2 mốc quá khứ → Past Simple
3. KHÔNG mô tả 2 bản đồ riêng rẽ ("In 1990 there was…, In 2020 there is…") → kết nối bằng verb thay đổi (“was replaced by”🔊🎤🌐)
4. Giới từ vị trí phải precise: “adjacent to”🔊🎤🌐 ≠ “opposite”🔊🎤🌐 ≠ “across from”🔊🎤🌐
5. Overview KHÔNG mô tả từng thay đổi — chỉ big picture (rural → modern)

Bảng tổng kết 3 reports

Điểm cần nhớ

• Cấu trúc Task 1 chuẩn: Intro (25–30 từ) → Overview (30–40 từ) → Body 1 (60–70 từ) → Body 2 (60–70 từ) = ~180 từ tổng
• Overview đặt ngay sau Intro — giám khảo dễ tìm = dễ cho điểm cao
• Chọn thì phù hợp: có năm quá khứ → past; process → present passive; map QK → past passive
• Body 1 = nhóm nổi bật nhất (cao nhất, biến đổi mạnh nhất); Body 2 = nhóm còn lại / so sánh
• Vocabulary đặc thù mỗi dạng: Line = trend verbs; Pie = %; Map = change verbs + location prepositions
• Đã xong Practice module Sprint 1 — 3 T2 + 3 T1 sample essays, tổng ~1600 từ ví dụ chuẩn band 6.5–7.0