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Task 1 selection

A Task 1 report can include many numbers and still miss the task.

Academic Task 1 asks you to select, organise, and compare visual information. The common issue is weak selection.

Short answer: state the main relationship first, then support it with detail; do not retell the chart point by point.

Point-by-point reporting

The paragraph looks hardworking, but the reader has to guess which changes matter most.

Overview and detail are mixed

Set up the overall pattern first; then the detail reads as controlled.

Unstable comparison target

The comparison keeps shifting between years, groups, and categories.

Why selection affects Task Achievement

Task 1 asks you to show which details are worth reporting. When the main feature is wrong, even accurate numbers feel scattered.

The shorter revision step

Leave the full report for later. First circle the biggest change, identify the clearest contrast, and write a number-free overview.

  • Biggest change
  • Main contrast
  • Exception or stable point

Diagnostic evidence

If a report includes many numbers but struggles to state the central pattern in one sentence, the next revision should test data selection; new phrases can wait.

Guides

Keep going with these guides.

These pages explain the Banfen Writing diagnostic and blocker-repair method, Task 1 overview, Task 2 development, and common score blockers.

Task 1 overview
很多 Task 1 卡分点在 overview：缺失、过泛或主特征抓错。了解 overview 为什么压分，以及下一步该专门练哪个动作。带着原文完成检查，再用重写验证是否真的改善。
Writing timing
IELTS Writing 只有 60 分钟。Task 1 和 Task 2 都要完成，时间失控会导致 underlength、展开偏薄和检查时间被挤掉。
Home
半分写作是雅思写作练习网站。在雾港写作通关里选择 Task 1 来信或 Task 2 议事局，从自己的判断和短句写到完整作文。登录后免费玩 4 关，进度自动保存；也可先做一道短练习，获得点评并修改。
Line graph
IELTS Task 1 line graph 折线图写作要优先识别总体上升或下降、波动、峰值、交叉点和最终差距，逐年数字只挑关键的写。学习把主要趋势放进 overview，再按阶段或可比较对象组织两段细节，用关键数据证明关系。提交报告后，检查趋势选择、段落分组、比较句和数据准确性，确定下一版最该重写的部分。
Line graph vocabulary
IELTS Task 1 line graph vocabulary 要先表达上升、下降、峰值、波动和幅度，而不是随机替换同义词。同一组数据写三句：趋势、幅度、与另一条线比较。
Map task
IELTS Task 1 map 地图题要按变化来组织，按方位逐个罗列建筑会很散。先识别新增、拆除、搬迁、扩建和功能替换，再把变化按区域、时间或用途分组，概括整体规划方向。结合 overview、位置表达和比较句的常见问题，检查自己的报告是否遗漏主变化，并决定下一版先重写总览句、段落分组还是关键位置关系，再验证信息层级。
Start practising

Test selection before the full report.

If Task 1 feels complete but the same score-gap evidence keeps appearing, check overview and main-feature selection first.

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