Vocabulary to write the Conclusion part

 Vocabulary to write the Conclusion part: 

To draw the conclusion :  In conclusion / To conclude / On the whole
To Summarize :  In short / In brief / To sum up / In summary 

Examples:
« In conclusion, third world countries have improved their production sectors like: garments, over the last 10 years whereas the first world countries have improved their technology and research sectors in the same period. 

« In brief, the overall sale of the company has improved in the last 5 years except 2005 when the sale reduced significantly due to retrenchment. 

Following are the vocabularies for Academic IELTS Writing Task 1 grouped as Noun, Verb, Adjective, Adverb, and Phrase to help you improve your vocabulary and understanding of the usages of those vocabularies. 

Noun:

Increase:
A growth: There was a growth in the earning of the people of the city at the end of the year.
An increase: Between the noon and evening, there was an increase of the temperature of the coast area and this was probably because of the availability of the sunlight at that time.
A rise: A rise of the listener in the morning can be observed from the bar graph.
An improvement: The data presents that there was an improvement of the traffic condition between 11:00 am till 3:00 pm.
A progress: There was a progress in the law and order of the city during the end of the last year.

Rapid Increase:
A surge: From the presented information, it is clear that there was surge on the number of voter in 1990 compared to the data given for the previous years.
A rapid increase/ a rapid growth/ a rapid improvement: There was a rapid growth in the stock value of the company ABC during the December of the last year. 

N.B: Following adjectives can be used before the above nouns to show a rapid growth/ increase of something:

Rapid, Sudden, Steady, Noticeable, Mentionable, Tremendous, huge, enormous, massive, vast, gigantic, monumental, incredible, fabulous, great etc.
(The above list is the words which are actually adjective and can be used before nouns to show the big changes) 

Highest:
A/ The pick: The number of visitors reached to the pick in 2008 and it exceeded 2 million.
Top/ highest/ maximum: The oil prices reached to the top/ highest in 1981 during the war. 

N.B: Some of the words to present the highest/ top of something are given bellow:
Apex, pyramid, zenith, acme, obelisk, climax, needle, spire, vertex, summit, tower, most, greatest, max, tops, peak, height, crown,

Changes:
A fluctuation: There was a fluctuation of the passenger numbers who used the railway transportation during the year 2003 to 2004.
A variation: A variation on the shopping habit of teenagers can be observed from the data.
A disparately/ dissimilarity/ an inconsistency: The medicine tested among the rabbits shows an inconsistency of the effect it had. 

Steadiness:
Stability: The data from the line graph show a stability of the price in the retail market from January till June for the given year.
A plateau: As is presented in the line graph, there was a plateau of the oil price from 1985 to 1990. 

Decrease:
A fall: There was a fall of the price of the energy bulbs in 2010 which was less than $5.
A decline: A decline occurred after June and the production reached to 200/day for the next three months.
A decrease: After the initial four years, the company’s share price increased and there was a decrease of the loss it was bearing. 

Compare and contrast

Compare and contrast 

One syllable

Adjectives with one syllable form their comparatives and superlatives :
cheap » cheaper » cheapest   ||   large » larger » largest    ||    bright » brighter » brightest  etc.
Exceptions:
good » better » best   ||   bad » worse » worst   etc.
 

Two syllables
Some adjectives with two syllables form their comparatives and superlatives :
pretty » prettier » prettiest    ||    happy » happier » happiest  etc. 

But many form their comparatives and superlatives using 'more':
striking » more striking » most striking    ||    common » more common » most common || clever » more clever/cleverer » most clever/cleverest etc.
 

Three or more syllables
All adjectives with three or more syllables form their comparatives and superlatives using 'more' & 'most':
attractive » more attractive » most attractive   ||   profitable » more profitable » most profitable   ||  expensive » more expensive » most expensive
 

Using Appropriate Prepositions:
You must use the right preposition in the IELTS writing task 1 to get a high score. Be accurate about the uses of to, by, of, off, in, on, for etc.

Example :
» Papers are sold by the ream.
» Oranges are purchased and sold by the dozen.
» Students enrollment in the University has increased by 2% this year.
» Eggs are counted in dozens.
» Rice is measured in kg.
» He is junior to me by 4 years.
» The employees are paid per week in this factory. 

Words to make a comparison / contrast: 

a bit / slightly / a little / only just / approximately / about / almost / precisely / quite / nearly / considerably / a huge / a great deal / quite a lot / completely / exactly 

Example:
» This year population growth of the country is slightly larger than the previous year.
» This year population grown is almost twice than 2007.
» Sale of the company has increased quite a lot this year.

Vocabulary to represent comparison in graphs

 Vocabulary to represent comparison in graphs: 

Type	Word(s) should be used
Similar	about / almost / nearly / roughly / approximately / around / just about / very nearly /
Just over	just above / just over / just bigger / just beyond / just across
Just short	just below / just beneath / just sort / just under / just a little
Much more	well above / well above / well beyond / well across / well over
Much less	well below / well under / well short / well beneath

 Example:  

1. The number of high-level women executives is well beneath than the number of male executives in this organization where approximately 2000 people works in executive levels.

2. About 1000 people died in the highway car accident in 2003 which is well above than the statistics of all other years.

3. The number of domestic-violence cases was just below 500 in March which is just a little over than the previous months.

Vocabulary to represent frequent changes in graphs:

 Vocabulary to represent frequent changes in graphs: 

Type of Change	Verb form	Noun form
Rapid ups and downs	wave / fluctuate / oscillate / vacillate / palpitate	waves / fluctuations / oscillations / vacillations /  palpitations

Example:  

1. The price of the raw materials fluctuated for the first three months.

2. The graph shows the oscillations of the price of fuel from 1998 to 2002.

Vocabulary to represent highest and lowest point in graphs: 

Type	Verb	Noun
Highest Point	peak / culminated / climax / reach  a peak / hit a peak / touch the highest point / reach the vertex	a peak / hit a vertex / get a vertex / get the highest point
Lowest Point	touched the lowest point / get the lowest point /	the lowest point /the lowest mark / bottommost point / rock bottom point/ bottommost mark

 Example: 

1. The price of the oil reached a peak amounting $20 in February and again touched the lowest point amounting only $10 in July.

2. Student enrollment in foreign Universities and Colleges increased dramatically hitting a peak of over 20 thousand in 2004.