9. 1. Using Subject
• THE PERCENTAGE OF …
• THE PROPORTION OF …
• THE RATE OF …
10. 1. Using Subject The pie chart shows the proportion of
adults who were overweight, obese or
severely obese in 2015.
The percentage of adults who were
severely obese was 31%.
The percentage of the overweight adults
was 31.
11. 2. Using Verb
TO ACCOUNT FOR + (_) %
TO MAKE UP + (_) %
TO OCCUPY + (_) %
TO REPRESENT + (_) %
12. 2. Using Verb
The adults being obese
occupied 34% in the
total proportion of adult
population.
Obese people made up
34 per cent in the total
proportion of adults.
13. 3. PERCENTAGE → FRACTION
The phrases in the list are alternative ways of describing proportions. Divide
the list into 4 groups that each have similar meanings
Three quarters almost half one third 75 percent one in three
Nearly half 26 percent 48 percent about one in four 33 per cent
Three out of four just under one half just over a quarter close to one half
Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 Group 4
14. 3. PERCENTAGE → FRACTION (1)
The phrases in the list are alternative ways of describing proportions. Divide
the list into 4 groups that each have similar meanings
Three quarters almost half one third 75 percent one in three
Nearly half 26 percent 48 percent about one in four 33 per cent
Three out of four just under one half just over a quarter close to one half
Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 Group 4
26 percent
about one in four
just over a quarter
33 per cent
one third
one in three
48 percent
almost half
Nearly half
just under one
half
close to one half
75 percent
Three out of four
Three quarters
15. 3. PERCENTAGE → FRACTION (2)
Write the adjectives next to the correct meaning in the table
The vast majority a tiny minority a massive 85 per cent
A modest twelve per cent a hefty 85 per cent a mere twelve percent
The overwhelming majority
Very big
Very big (used before
numbers)
Very small
Not very big ( used before
16. 3. PERCENTAGE → FRACTION (2)
Write the adjectives next to the correct meaning in the table
The vast majority a tiny minority a massive 85 per cent
A modest twelve per cent a hefty 85 per cent a mere twelve percent
The overwhelming majority
Very big vast, overwhelming
Very big (used before
numbers)
massive, hefty
Very small tiny
Not very big ( used before modest, mere
21. Practice
Just under a quarter
The overwhelming/ the vast majority of
75 per cent
Just over one third; one in ten
Fifty per cent / a hefty 64 percent
The overwhelming/ the vast majority
23. The pie chart shows the proportion of
adults who were overweight, obese or
severely obese in 2015.
Compare 2 categories in the pie chart below
Thuy: The rate of adults being obese was
RELATIVELY the same as the proportion of
those who were overweight.
Khanh: The adults being overweight
made up 31 per cent which WAS not
much different from the obese people.
24. 1. (1st)… to be the most + Adj
2. (2nd) This (is/was) followed by …
3. (=): The A and B have// share the same
(= equal = similar) number// percentage
Comparing information
25. COMPARING AND CONTRASTING
4. The percentage of S1 is……., higher
than+ S2
Ex: The percentage of overweight adults
was 31%, higher than those being healthy
or underweight
26. COMPARING AND CONTRASTING
5. S1 account for…….in the total….,
compared to/ compared with…..of S2
Ex: Overweight people accounted for 31%
in the total proportion of adults, compared
with 34 per cent of those being healthy or
underweight.
