Writing Ielts

1. KLISH EDUCATION | IELTS BUD WRITING BAR CHARTS & TABLES
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WRITING TASK 1 | Bar Charts & Tables
Similar / Opposite patterns
 Categories
 Legends
(13/2/2020) The bar chart below shows the amount of money invested in each category
from five organizations.
S1: 3Ws
- When: not available  HTĐ
- What: the amount of money invested in each category
- Where: 5 organizations
 INTRODUCTION:the given bar chart gives information about how much money is
invested in each category by 5 organizations
S2: LUC
- Legends: machinery, building….
- Units: billion euros
- Categories: 5 tổ chức
S3: TF
- Features
 Global
o Highest category: B / legend:building
o Lowest category: D / legend:research
 Individual
Overview
- B đầu tư nhiều nhất > < D ít nhất
- Building nhận dc nhiều đầu tư nhất > < research

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Body 1: A – B Body 2: C – D – E
- machinery A > B: 0.1
- building A > B: 0.1
- An opposite pattern is seen
in the investment in staff
training and research
- Staff training B > A: 0.7
- Research B > A: 0.5
3 so sánh hơn kém
3 số liệu
- building (C = D = E) = 1
billion
- staff training: quite similar,
averaging 0.8 billion euros
- machinery + research (D =
E) 1.5 billion euros < 2.6
billion of company C
3 so sánh bằng
1 so sánh hơn kém
4 số liệu
 7/20 số

3. KLISH EDUCATION | IELTS BUD WRITING PIE CHARTS
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WRITING TASK 1 | Pie Charts
I. Types of pie charts
1. Changes over time ~ Line graphs
 Languages of Trends (increase, decrease, fluctuate….)
 Grouping methods: Legends & Time period
2. Comparison ~ Bar charts & tablese
 Languages of Comparison (higher, lower, double, highest….)
 Grouping methods: Similar & Opposite
II. The 3-step approach
1. Changes over time
S1: 3Ws
S2: LUC
- Legends: manufacturing & sales & services
- Units: %  đa dạng ngôn từ = A / B
+ The percentage / proportion of employees working as salespeople in town A in 1960 was
49%
 X + be + number (1)
X = the number of students studying in ___
X = beef consumption
X = spending on clothes….
+ The percentage / proportion of employees working as salespeople in town A in 1960 was
49%
 The percentage / proportion of employees working as salespeople in town A in 1960 was
about a half
 There + be + number + noun + MDQH (2)
There were 49%of employees working as salespeople in town Ain 1960
 There were about a half of employees working as salespeople in town Ain 1960
 Number + noun + verb (3)
49% of employees worked as salespeople in town A in 1960
 about a half of employees worked as salespeople in town Ain 1960
 % = A / B (4)
25%  a quarter
50%  a half
75%  3 quarters
49  about a half
51  about a half
 Higher: quy về số đẹp gần nhất & cao hơn: (just) under / less than

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 Lower: quy về số đẹp gần nhất & thấp hơn: (just) over / more than
 Both: about, around, approximately, roughly, nearly…
*trong phạm vi 2-3%
*chỉ dùng với công thức viết 2 – 3
52-53  50
59  50
47 – 48  50
39 – 40  50
 A account for / amount to / take up / make up / comprise of
…% of B (5)
+ The percentage / proportion of employees working as salespeople in town A in 1960 was
49%
A = salespeople
B = all employees
 Salespeople accounted for 49% of all employees in town A in 1960
1960
comparison
2010
comparison & trends
- service: A = 30%, higher than
20% of B
- manufacturing A; 29% while B:
8%
- Sales: highest,in both towns. B:
72 % and A: 41%
- service A halved to 16%,6%
lower than B
- manufacturing A more than
doubled to 64% whereas
manufacturing B experienced a
three-fold increase
- sales A was half of its previous
level while sales B reduced by
18%
5 cấu trúc mô tả trend
1960 – 2010
sales A reduced by 21%

5. KLISH EDUCATION | IELTS BUD WRITING PIE CHARTS
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sales B fell to 54% in 2010
help people a lot  informal  help people
enormously / significantly
people can find a lot of  numerous/ various / a
great number of… materials on the Internet
Percentage & Fraction
Percentage Fraction
80% four-fifths
75% three-quarters
70% seven in ten
65% two-thirds

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Percentage Qualifier
77% just over three quarters
77% approximately three quarters
49% just under a half
49% nearly a half
32% almost a third
Age & Age Groups
One person:
 He is 10 years old.
 He is a 10-year-old.
 He is aged 10.
More than one person:
 The children in the class are all 10 years old.
 It is a class of 10-year-olds (or "10-year-old children").
 The children in the class are all aged 10.
Age groups with more than one person:
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

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 The 10-12 age group
 The chart shows the preferred hobbies of children (who are) between 10 and 12 years
old (or “10 and 12 years of age”)
 The chart shows the preferred hobbies of 10- to 12-year-olds (or "10- to 12-year-old
children").
 The chart shows the preferred hobbies of children aged 10 to 12.