Ask one 12 commandments

Task one: The 12 Commandments

1.    Never jump into writing. You do not need more that 12 minutes to write 150 words. The remaining time is for you to manage the task, including editing.

2.    Never try to touch all the entries, rises, falls and fluctuations. Highlight what is relevant and simply ignore what is not. Examiners never look for the missing data, but for the missing English.

3.    Never believe that every graph or chart or table has a set answer; rather 100 candidates will write 100 different answers; they are right as well.

4.    Never be under the impression that your writing tool is just for writing answers. Use it for marking, noting, drawing and jotting down information, type of vocabulary and the like.

5.    Never write in huge paragraph as if the whole chart is a single stuff. Try to have meaningful paragraphs and an ineffectual conclusion: at least mention; that is the end of the report.

6.    Never fail to make comparisons when asked: if there is no such demand, it is better to have comparisons. Similarity, contrast, degrees, complexities and the like are able to give you comparative language.

7.    Never write wrong spelling of the words taken from the graph: always observe typography, like big letters and small letters. Currencies, countries days and months.

8.    Never repeat usages, trend words or mix tenses while touching date. You may write present tense while introducing a new data or a point.

9.    Never write all the answers or process chart in active voice: Passive voice will save you a lot of space and time, and help you avoid mistakes.

10.  Never miss out the major components of the graph and the scale in the introduction. Scales like percentage, quality, degree, currencies, amounts and the like.

11.  Never fail to switch between past and present tenses, when comparing two points of time while writing maps and locations,   if the second period is present; and use past and past perfect or continuous when both the periods are past.

12.  Never try to include anything from your hand; there is everything and you do not need to invent anything. Instructions like. Write a report, summarize, and write for a university lecture and the like have different tones and texts.