IELTS WRITING TASK 1: PIE CHARTS

PART 1: ANALYZING A SAMPLE PIE CHART REPORT 

The charts show the percentage of enrolments on six courses at a local
education college in the UK in 2010 and 2012.

Lấy từ vựng/ cấu trúc/ cách thể hiện số %

The pie charts compare the proportion of enrolments on 6 different courses
at a UK college of education in 2010 and 2012. Overall, it can be seen that
the greatest change was in the percentage of enrolments to the Sports
Science courses. → chỉ chọn ra yếu tố đáng chú ý nhất/ không đưa số liệu.
The charts show the percentage of enrolments on six courses at a local
education college in the UK in 2010 and 2012.
Mo bai (2-3 câu): (1-2)WHAT THE GRAPH SHOWS (...paraphrase danh
từ đề bài cho / time/place/unit of measurement...) + OVERVIEW (chỉ ra
những điểm đặc biệt nhất - không đưa ra số liệu cụ thể chi tiết quá vào đây-
thường sẽ chỉ ra định hướng chia đoạn luôn)
đề bài: the number of hours men and women spend on different activities
---> how much time spent on different activities by males and females /the
total amount of time that each gender spends on different activities

Cơ sở để chia đoạn của MODEL này là dựa vào giá trị thay đổi nhiều hay
ít
B1: Social Studies/ Nursing/  Sports Science (group with more change)
B2: Engineering /Carpentry/ Psychology (group with less change)
 In 2010, the most popular course was Social Studies, representing just over
a quarter of all enrolments, and although it was still a popular course, by
2012 it had fallen to approximately one fifth of the total. 
Chỉ tập trung miêu tả Social Studies (NHƯNG CÓ KÈM NHẬN XÉT VỚI
CÁC YẾU TỐ KHÁC/ VIẾT CÂU 2 MỆNH ĐỀ)
2010: 27% =  just over a quarter -->In 2010, the most popular course was
Social Studies, WHICH REPRESENTED just over a quarter of all
enrolments.
2012: 21% = (approximately)(JUST OVER) one fifth of THE TOTAL :
and although it was still a popular course, by 2012 it had fallen to
approximately one fifth of the total. 
At 25.7% (= At JUST OVER A QUARTER), Nursing was the second most
popular subject to study, but this fell significantly to only 14%  (= OVER
ONE TENTH )two years later. 
Initially, enrolment on the Sports Science course was fairly low, at only
11.9%( = OVER ONE TENTH). 
However, this figure increased dramatically over the two years to represent
the largest proportion of enrolments in 2012 at 25.5%. →  BẮT BUỘC
PHẢI ĐƯA NHẬN XÉT Ở NHỮNG VỊ TRÍ CÓ GIÁ TRỊ ĐẶC BIỆT →
thường ở so sánh nhất
tASK RESPONSE: biết chỉ ra những yếu tố/ giá trị nổi bật >> thuật lại giá
trị mà không nhận xét!

Doan 2: B2: Engineering /Carpentry/ Psychology (group with less change)

Less change was seen in the remaining three courses. 
Enrolments on the Engineering course went up slightly to 18.5% in 2012,
but Psychology remained virtually unchanged. This was also the case for
carpentry, which experienced very low (không nói cụ thể vì raatsttt nhỏ)
levels of enrolment throughout the period.
15.1 - 16  → virtually unchanged!
More/ fewer + N đếm dc số nhiều >< more/ less + N k đếm dc

PART 2: LANGUAGE FOCUS

A. CHANGING PERCENTAGE TO PROPORTION/RATIO
Thể hiện phân số: a/b (a tử số/ b mẫu số)
a: số đếm (one/ two/ three/ four..)
b: số thứ tự (third/ fifth/ sixth/ tenth)
nếu a>1 thì thêm s vào từ chỉ b
3/10: three tenths
1/10: one tenth
25% = a quarter ; 50% : (a) half (one second)

Percentag Proportion/ Ratio Percentag Proportion/ Ratio

e e

5% one in twenty 50% (a) half

10% a tenth/ one in ten 60% three fifths/ three in five

20% a fifth/ one in five 70% seven tenth/ seven in ten

25% a quarter/ one in 75% three quarters/ three in

four four

40% two fifths/ two in 80% four fifths/ four in five

five
90% nine tenths/ nine in ten

B. MAKING APPROXIMATIONS (Cách diễn đạt ước chừng)

Percentag Expressions with qualifiers

e

77% (just/well)    over                                 three

quarters 
(slightly)     more than

19% (just/well)    under                               a fifth

 (20%)
(slightly)     less than

9% almost/nearly                                           a tenth
around/about/approximately/ roughly

Percentag Expressions with determiners

e

89% a/the (vast/large) majority of …

most

75% a significant proportion/number + N plural /amount of N

(un) …
A significant number of students attended Psychology course
in 2020.

10% a/the (small) minority of … (thiểu số)

(very) few (N đếm dc)/ little (N U)…

Exercise 1: Match the expressions (i-iv) with the percentages (a-f).

i.                    nearly half C a.      91%

ii.                  the vast majority (ĐA SỐ) b.      75%

A

iii.                a small minority F c.       46%

iv.                three quarters d.      31%

v.                  just under a third D e.       24%

vi.                roughly one in four E f.        15%