#IELTS tasks from the internet. Part 2.

There are a lot of IELTS tasks from real exams on the internet -- and I use them extensively in my classes.

One important thing to understand about these tasks though, is that they contain mistakes. They are reported and reconstructed by test takers from memory after all.

Mistakes in tasks with figures are very likely -- IELTS candidates who report the questions might indeed not remember the precise data they saw. Such mistakes might affect Task Achievement, especially the overview, because there might be wrong or unidentifiable trends and patterns. Yes, and we mustn't forget that, but ...

Let's consider the attached task. It does look suspicious: the scales (the horizontal axes) on the four charts are not the same, and the countries seem somewhat random.

Let's not clutch our pearls еhough. Let's brainstorm for useful language and paraphrasing techniques.

🍋 Here is some useful language:

- the most exported fruit
- the main / leading exporter
- slightly less was sold by
- exported half the volume ... did
- showing ... metric tons in sales
- the largest suppliers in terms of total volumes
- the most prevalent type of fruit sold overseas
- lemons, traded internationally by Turkey and Mexico in almost the same volume

So if you get this task in your exam with different input data, you are ready language-wise, not to mention that many of these chunks will be useful for other tasks.

So my opinion is: It's OK to use IELTS tasks from the internet, but be alert -- use your good judgment and don't trust them blindly. I think it's better to learn to separate the wheat from the chaff than to rely on the meager four tests a year we see in the official IELTS books.

🍋 See two great answers for the attached task:

1. By a C2 level student: https://t.me/irinalutsenko/501

2. By me (along with many other answers): https://t.me/irinalutsenko/551