Complete IELTS Bands 4-5 . Unit 1 .

Writing

Describing pie charts

Approach - Use the time to select the key features or the most important data. - Organize your ideas. - Write and edit your essay. - Check you have an overview at the beginning and a conclusion at the end. Remember - You should write a factual description of a chart. - It is important to identify whether a diagram shows changes over time or differences in one fixed time, as they require different vocabulary and grammatical structures. That means you have to decide if you need to write about changes over time, make comparisons or both. - Study the diagram carefully to check you understand what period(s) of time the diagram describes and use appropriate tenses. - The opening statement should contain general information, but dont simply repeat the words in the diagram. Useful expressions for beginning the opening statement The chart shows gives information about / on provides information about / on - Add some figures from the pie chart to support the statements. You can use these phrases with the figures more than / over just just over 17 % just under nearly Some useful expressions which can help you with your writing The largest percentage of / The largest group of / The majority of / The number of Ex. The largest percentage ,47%, go to New Zealand on holiday. The number of people living alone is 28%. The percentage of visitors from Australia is the highest, at 40%.\ The East Asian countries , China, Japan and South Korea , send 5 percent, 4 percent and 3 percent each. As can be seen from the table , 60 percent of the population live in cities. To conclude Overall , the majority of visitors go for pleasure, not for work,

Example 1 ( p 14 ) The chart shows why people from other countries go to New Zealand. The largest percentage ,47%, go there on holiday. Twenty-nine percent visit New Zealand in order to see friends and family. Thirteen percent go there on business, and just 11 percent visit for other reasons. Overall, the majority of visitors go for pleasure, not for work. Example 2 ( p 15 ) The chart gives information about where people who travel to New Zealand come from. The percentage of visitors from Australia is the highest, at 40 percent. The second largest group, 12 percent, comes from the United Kingdom, and 9 percent come from the United States. The East Asian countries , China, Japan and South Korea, send 5 percent ,4 percent and 3 percent each. However, 27 percent come from other countries. Overall, more than 60 percent of visitors come from English-speaking countries.

Complete IELTS Bands 4-5 . Unit 1 . Writing. Describing bar charts . Example 1 ( p. 16 ) The chart shows what international visitors to New Zealand do when they are on holiday. The most popular activity is walking, which 85 percent of people on holiday do. Seventy-five percent of visitors go to see places of interest / go sightseeing and 45 percent go to see volcanoes. Another popular activity is boating, which 50 percent of holidaymakers do. Just over 40 percent of visitors also like going to museums. Overall, people enjoy doing outdoor activities more than indoor activities. Notes : 1) The most popular activity is ., which Another popular activity is , which 2) - international visitors / people on holiday / visitors / holidaymakers / overseas visitors - go to see places of interest / go sightseeing Example 2 (p.16) The chart gives information on the means of transport used by overseas visitors to travel in New Zealand. Nearly 70 percent of visitors travel around in New Zealand by car., which is the commonest mode of transport. The second and third most common ways of travelling in the country are by plane or coach, and just over 30 percent of visitors use each of these. By comparison, only 20 percent of visitors use trains. The least popular method of travel is boat, which six percent of travellers use. Overall, the chart shows that although cars are the most popular means of transport, more people use public transport than private transport. Notes : 1) Compare The most popular activity is walking, which 85 percent of people on holiday do. Nearly 70 percent of visitors travel around in New Zealand by car, which is the commonest mode of transport. 2) The second and third most common ways of , and just over 30 percent The least popular method 3) a) means of transport / mode of transport / ways of travelling / method of travel b) use public transport / private transport

4) by comparison : used especially at the beginning of a sentence when the next thing that is mentioned is compared with sth in the previous sentence. By comparison, expenditure on education increased last year.