VARY YOUR LANGUAGE As with any Writing task 1, this is import | IELTS9Official Academy
VARY YOUR LANGUAGE
As with any Writing task 1, this is important. You should not keep repeating the same structures. The key language when you write about pie charts is proportions and percentages.
Common phrases to see are the proportion of… or the percentage of…
Percentage Fraction
80% = four-fifths 75% three-quarters 70% = seven in ten 65% = two-thirds 60% = three-fifths 55% = more than half 50% = half 45% = more than two fifths 40% = two-fifths 35% = more than a third 30% = less than a third 25% = a quarter 20% = a fifth 15% = less than a fifth 10% = one in ten 5% = one in twenty
Percentage Qualifier
77% = just over three quarters 77% = approximately three quarters 49% = just under a half 49% = nearly a half 32% = almost a third
Percentage proportion / number / amount / majority / minority
75% - 85% = a very large majority 65% - 75% = a significant proportion 10% - 15% = a minority 5% = a very small number
