Section Three / Lesson Two - Using Accurate Prepositions
Below you will find 8 questions about adding detail to your sentences that describe a change in data. Using the study notes and the class video, you should be able to answer these questions to practice the language, and then be able to use the language in your IELTS writing test. The answers to all the questions are available to Patreon supporters as a means to support this website and Youtube Channel. Please find them here.
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This is an example of an IELTS writing question that shows change over time.
Fill in the gaps with the correct numbers that match the prepositions
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1. Between _____ and _____, there was a rise in the number of cases of Dengue Fever. (3 possible answers)
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2. In ____, the number of cases of Zika Virus peaked.
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3. There was a substantial growth in the number of cases of both measles and Dengue Fever _____ a one-_____ _____.
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Fill in the gaps with the correct prepositions
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4. In 2011, there were very few cases of Dengue Fever ______ only around 70 cases recorded.
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5. Between 2015 and 2016, there was an increase _____ approximately 200 in the number of cases of Zika Virus.
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6. The number of cases of measles rocketed ______ around 400 to over 1200 between 2018 and 2019.
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7. The number of cases of Dengue Fever rapidly fell ___ almost 600 between 2016 and 2017.
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8. Fix the seven mistakes in the following paragraph.
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On 2010, there were around 700 cases of Dengue Fever. The next year, there had been a drop by 500 cases. This number rose steadily around 400 cases to the next two-year period. The infection rate fluctuated between 2013 to 2018. There was then a dramatic growth of almost 1,000 cases from about 450 and over 1400.