Academic Task 1: a precise overview, not every number
Choose what matters in a Task 1 chart: an overview that names the main trends without figures, then the key features, grouped and backed by the most telling numbers.
10 min
Module 25 · Lesson 1 of 5
In this lesson
- Find and write a Task 1 overview in four steps, with no figures.
- Avoid the usual overview mistakes: figures, causes, opinions and a repeated introduction.
- Select and group the key features, backed by the most telling numbers.
- Describe the size of a change precisely: quadrupled, by about a third, percentage points.
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