Mastering IELTS Writing: Task 1 Academic (Band 9 Answers) (Udemy.com)
Eighteen model answer walkthroughs for IELTS Writing Task 1 Academic for the best in IELTS Academic Writing preparation.
Created by: The IELTS Teacher
Last updated May 2026
What you will learn
- Understand how to write high-scoring responses for different types of graphs, charts, tables processes and maps
- Learn how to identify overall trends and select key features
- Learn how to record information accurately and how to maintain accuracy throughout
- Discover how to make appropriate comparisons between data points
- Learn a number of ways of linking information, ideas and paragraphs together with transitional devices
- Discover how a number of complex grammatical constructions can be used
- Learn a variety of useful words and phrases for describing data with precision
- Save more time in the exam by learning a variety of time-saving techniques
- Learn how to structure your Task 1 response paragraph by paragraph, sentence by sentence
- Feel much more confident about tackling any task that comes up in IELTS Academic Writing Task 1
How it compares
Against the other 535 rated Udemy courses in Language Learning on CourseDuck:
- Rating4.8 out of 5higher than 82% of them
- Reviews676#232 of 536 by number of reviews
- Length9.8 hourslonger than 73% of them
- Last updatedMay 2026more recently than 79% of them
Course Description
"This course and the basic task 1 introduction course give useful information such as how to select the key features and report on the main trends, useful cohesive devices, good vocabulary, how to paragraph trends, report maps, and a lot more.
After this course my writing band improved from 6.5 to 7." - Mohamed
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Are you intimidated by the graphs, charts, processes and maps that appear in IELTS Writing Task 1?
Do you struggle to identify main trends, to work out which information is most relevant, and to record data with precision?
Are you unsure how to structure your response? Do you feel you lack the words to describe data? Do you panic at the thought of comparative grammar and complex sentences?
I designed this course for anyone who answers 'yes' to any of these questions.
After seeing the popularity of my Mastering IELTS Writing: Task 2 (Band 9 Model Answers) course, which has been enrolled upon by over 16,000 students and has an average rating of 4.7/5, I decided to make a similar course for IELTS Writing Task 1 for the Academic module.
Throughout the course of each video, we will discover how to effectively plan our response for each type of Task 1 question, how to produce a quick and accurate introduction, how to transition seamlessly between sentences and paragraphs, how to identify main trends and select information which counts as 'key features', how to use vocabulary which describes data precisely and effectively, and how to include a wealth of grammatical complexity without sacrificing clarity.
This course has been divided into six sections, with each section dedicated to a different type of task: graphs with a trend; comparative graphs; tasks with more than one graph; tasks with a future element; processes; and maps. Within each of these sections are three responses, and each of these section's responses looks at a different topic. That makes a total of eighteen responses!
Designing the course in this way allows you to see the different language and the different approaches we use for each of the task types, and it also provides you with a great range of vocabulary and ideas according to different types of data presentation.
There are vocabulary exercises following each of the letter lectures which aim to consolidate the vocabulary you have learnt in that video. These will also provide you with a copy of each response in document form.
To make the most out of this Model Answers course, it is strongly recommended that you go through the original 'Mastering IELTS Writing: Task 1 (Academic)' course before beginning as all of the responses here rely on the strategies, vocabulary, grammar and general guidance taught in that course. This course has an average rating of 4.7/5 from over 17,000 students and over 2,000 reviews, so it's definitely worth checking out!
However, you can still benefit a lot from these model answers if you take the two courses at the same time.
And if you have any questions as you work your way through the lectures, don't hesitate to contact me via Udemy's Q&A feature.
See you inside the course!
Instructor Details
- 4.8 Rating
676 Reviews
The IELTS Teacher
The IELTS Teacher is an online IELTS tutoring service, which was established in 2013 with the aim of offering IELTS preparation to those who could not reach a native-speaker teacher. The IELTS Teacher's Udemy courses are comprehensive courses which take the tips, techniques and skills which have been most effective at helping The IELTS Teacher's students to achieve their IELTS target scores. They are some of the most popular and well-respected IELTS courses on Udemy.
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Reviews
By Nguyen Quynh Giang on 9/1/2024
This writing course is my life-saver and exceeds my expectations. Actually, I have attended a few courses and studied with several teachers who taught me how to write task 1, but they turned out to let me down because I could not make progress. This course is like a key which opens my mind and helps me realize what I lack when it comes to charts, line graphs, processes, etc. Similar to the Task 2 course, this course helps me be more confident with my writing. Thank you so much, Matt ^^
By Shruti Agarwal on 2/6/2024
Simply amazing, the tips helped a lot. I achieved an overall band 8 within a month, with band 7 in writing.
By Qing Yang on 3/31/2023
I would have not known how to approach and address this type of writing task, if had not learned this course. I can't say thank you enough to you, Matt. Thank you for all your effort and time making this available to all of us. There will be one month away from my actual exam. I feel much more confident now and I will definetely need to go over all the lessons again along with exercise.
By Archie Valenzsa on 7/19/2022
Good course, but could have been better with a caption text for each section.
By Igor Gonçalves Guerreiro on 3/14/2022
Overall, it was a really great course. Possibly one of the best you can find here on this platform. The professor has a unique way to express and explain the task, being attentive. He walks you through every sentence, explaining his thoughts and what you should tackle in each task. I highly recommend it.
By Anju on 2/5/2022
The level of grammar and explanation in his charts are recommendable. I wish I would have purchased this course earlier. He is having extensive control over the language and explains throughout in the videos, that what must be used in a respective situations. Moreover, task is completed without using fancy words.
By Nguyen Thu Thao on 11/13/2020
The contents that this course provide me are really precious, they helps me to complete exactly what I've missed to achieve higher score in IELTS writing task 1. I hesitated at first whether I should purchase the course, but this is definitely worht it! Thank you, Matt!
By Sarthak kwatra on 11/10/2020
The video I just saw "(Goods Transported part 1)" takes you from the highest point of learning to the deepest point of using vocabulary to gain a slight point of attention towards your Answers to a question. As it was just the first video so can not say much about the course but yeah as of now I'm enjoying it. SEE YAA!!
By Mohamed wasim on 9/5/2020
I got 6.5 when I gave my indicator test and need a minimum of band 7 at least. While giving a mock test I found out that task 1 was my major weakness, so I subscribed to this course. This course and the basic task 1 introduction course give useful information such as how to select the key features and report on the main trends, useful cohesive devices, good vocabulary, how to paragraph trends, report maps, and a lot more. After this course my writing band improved from 6.5 to 7.
By Neil on 8/6/2020
Each lecture is precise, logical and clear. The whole explanation is given based on relevant examples. Complex grammar and advanced vocabulary are used which can help each learner to maximise their writing band. This course is one of the best ones I have ever studied! It is definitely 10 out of 10!
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