Make a Chart of tense Do this on page
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In this lesson I give you a quick outline on using tenses in task 1 writing. This is a common problem for many candidates who forget to use the correct tense.
In some ways, the advice is quite simple and can be summarised in these two tips:
if the time is 1999 then you choose the past
Some basic examples of how to choose the correct tense
The golden rule is to look at the title of the chart/graph and the x/y axes to see what time is used there. You then use that time to choose the tense you write in:
if the time is 2030 you choose a future
if there is no time you use the present simple
It really doesn’t make too much difference if you are looking at a pie chart or a bar graph here. The idea is the same.
Example 1
Look at this pie chart. What time does it show? Which tense would you choose?
pie-tenses
This should be easy. The time is 1999 and so you will use the past tense.
Example 2
Look at this bar chart. What time does it show? What tense would you use?
chart-present