IELTS Writing Task 1: past simple, past perfect
Several people have asked me to explain how the past perfect tense can be used in writing task 1. The example below might help.
Look at the following description:
In 2002, the cost of an average house in the UK was £130,000. By 2007, the average house price had risen to almost £190,000.
Notice the verbs used with "in" and "by":
I used "in" with the past simple "was" to talk about what happened in one year only (2002).
I used "by" with the past perfect "had risen" to talk about an increase that happened in the years before 2007 (from 2002 to 2007).
Try writing your own sentences with "in" and "by" to practise describing numbers with the past simple and past perfect.
IELTS Writing Task 1: three sentence types
Here are three 'sentence types' that I like using:
while sentence
respectively sentence
saw sentence
Try using 'while' at the beginning of a sentence when you want to make a contrast between two numbers or trends. Use 'respectively' at the end of a sentence that compares two or three numbers. Use 'saw' to say what happened in a country (e.g. the UK saw an increase in...).
Can you write an example sentence for all three types, with no mistakes?
Look through my lessons to find examples if you need help.
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