IELTS Task 1 Academic 評分標準有一條寫得很白:

No overview = maximum Band 5.5.

Overall 句漏了 = 自動 5.5。但寫了 = 就過關嗎?不是。大部分考生的 Overall 其實寫錯了。

Overall 是什麼

不是:上一段的總結。

:整張圖的最 big picture 的 1-2 個 trend——讀者只看這句就知道整張圖在講什麼。

錯誤 vs 正確

❌ 學生版(Band 5.5)

Overall, the line graph shows the number of tourists in Spain from 1990 to 2020.

問題:這只是 paraphrase 題目的改寫。沒有任何 big picture。

✅ Band 7 版

Overall, tourist numbers rose substantially over the thirty-year period, with domestic visitors consistently outnumbering foreign ones until the final decade.

差別:有趨勢(rose substantially)+ 比較(domestic outnumbering foreign)。

兩個萬用 Overall 模板

模板 1(時間趨勢題 = line graph / multi-year table)

Overall, [main metric] [rose / fell / fluctuated / remained stable] [substantially / marginally] over the period, with [category A] [consistently leading / overtaking / declining relative to] [category B].

模板 2(比較題 = bar chart / pie chart)

Overall, [category X] [accounted for the largest share / ranked highest] across all groups, while [category Y] was [consistently the lowest / least common], with clear [age / gender / regional] contrasts between the two extremes.

什麼時候放 Overall

放在第 1 段最後——paraphrase 之後、details 之前。

§1:
  句 1: Paraphrase 題目
  句 2: Overall...
§2: Details group A
§3: Details group B

不要放在最後一段當結論——Task 1 沒有結論段。

一個快速自我檢查

寫完 Task 1 後,把 Overall 句單獨抄出來

  • 這句單獨讀能告訴讀者整張圖 80% 內容嗎?

- 能 → ✓ - 不能 → 重寫

試試看

拿你最近一篇 Task 1。把 Overall 句挑出來——有沒有「趨勢 + 比較」兩個元素?

沒有 → 套上面模板改一次。交之前只要多改這一句——分數就會動。


深入閱讀:Task 1 Academic 折線圖完整模板