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EFFECTIVE SENTENCE STRUCTURES TO GET AN 8.0+
1. Position statement:
• The price of gas stood at $2.75 per gallon.
• In 2005, the sugar export accounted for about 10% of total exports.
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2. Movement statements:
• There was a decrease in the price of gas/ gas prices.
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• There was STUDIO
an increase ANGLO
in the sugar STUDIO
export/ export of sugar/ANGLO STUDIO
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exported sugar.
• Gas prices/ the price of gas decreased.
• The export of sugar/ the sugar export/ the exported sugar
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ANGLO STUDIO ANGLO STUDIO ANGLO STUDIO ANGLO
increased. STUDIO
• Gas prices/ the price of gas experienced a decrease.
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• The export of sugar/ the sugar export/ the exported sugar
witnessed an increase.
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3. Time phrases ANGLO STUDIO
• From 1990 to 1995

• Between 1990 and 1995
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• During /throughout the period from 1995 to 2005

• During a period of 10 years
• Over the (three-month) period (between April and June) In 1990
• By 1995
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• For 5 years
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4. Grammar variations
Connecting sentences together makes your writing more interesting and
can help to improve your band score - but you should aim to vary the way
ANGLO STUDIO ANGLO
you link sentences. HereSTUDIO
are a coupleANGLO
options toSTUDIO ANGLO
try instead of just using STUDIO
"then":

• CD sales increased steadily from 2005 until 2010, then fell slightly in
the following year.
• CD sales increased steadily from 2005 until 2010, before falling
slightly the following year.
ANGLO STUDIO ANGLOsteadily
• After increasing STUDIO ANGLO
from 2005 STUDIO
until 2010, ANGLO
CD sales fell slightly STUDIO
in the following year.
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5. Vocabulary variations
ANGLO STUDIO ANGLOincrease

Again, these variations STUDIO ANGLO
the range STUDIO
of language ANGLO
you use, which can STUDIO
make your writing more interesting and benefit your band score.
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• There was a slight fall in CD sales in 2010.
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• (The year) 2010 m a slight fall in CD sales.
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• CD sales STUDIO
experienced a slight fallANGLO
ST in 2010. STUDIO ANGLO STUDIO
6. Giving evidence (data)
When you describe the key information in a diagram, it's extremely
ANGLO STUDIO
important to ANGLO STUDIO
include evidence ANGLO
to support STUDIO
your idea. This meansANGLO
you add STUDIO
data: specific numbers, percentages, etc.
For example:
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• CD sales increased slightly from 52 (million) to 70 million units

between 2009 and 2010.
• CD sales increased slightly from 52 million units in 2010 to 70
million the following year.
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• CD sales increased by eight million units from 2009 to 2010.

• During the period from 1990 to 1995, there was a decrease in gas
STUDIO
prices from $2.70 to $2.75 per gallon.
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• There was an increase in the sugar export between May and August
from about 10% to over 20%.
• Between 1990 and 1995, the price of gas decreased from $2.75 to
ANGLO STUDIO ANGLO
$2.70 per gallon. STUDIO ANGLO STUDIO ANGLO STUDIO
• The sugar export increased from approximately 10% to more than
20% between May and August.

• From 1990 to 1995, the price of gas experienced a decrease from
$2.75 to $2.70 per gallon.
• The sugar export witnessed an increase between May and August
from around 10% to over 20%.
Vocabulary note
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Note the way we use prepositions with numbers and dates:

1998 2000
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45% 20%
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ANGLO STUDIO
 In 2000ANGLO
the mnnberSTUDIO
fell to 20%.ANGLO STUDIO ANGLO STUDIO
 In 2000 the number fell by 25%.
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 The number fell/dropped from 45% in 1998 to 20% in 2010.
 The number fell/dropped from 45% to 20% between 1995 and
1997.
You can use a combination of verb + adverb, or adjective + noun, to avoid
repeating the same phrases and to add extra meaning:
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 There was a significant increase/rise in the number of X.

ANGLO STUDIO ANGLO
 The number STUDIO ANGLO
of X increased/rose STUDIO
significantly. ANGLO STUDIO
Notice that you need a preposition when you use the noun form:
 There was an increase in house price.

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ANGLO  There ANGLO

STUDIO was a dropSTUDIO
of 10% in ANGLO
the numberSTUDIO
of male students
ANGLOwho STUDIO
studied abroad.
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Those above are all about the unique things when it comes to your task 1
description. This is a suitable range. So, when it comes to the sentence
structures, pay attention to these, and pay attention to the parts of these
ANGLO STUDIO ANGLO
structures because that STUDIO
is what youANGLO STUDIO
will be doing ANGLO
when it comes to STUDIO
describing. Understand that the grammar never changes, the verbs never
change. They stay the same. You are dealing with a limited number of
words, a limited number of structures. The only thing that changes is what

you are talking about. We might be talking about the purchase of Honda,
or we might talk about the number of members at a club or we might talk
about the dollars earned or the kilometres travelled or the number of
books sold. It doesn't matter. That is the only thing that changes. It is very
ANGLO STUDIO
mathematicalANGLO STUDIO ANGLO STUDIO ANGLO STUDIO
When it comes to task 1, you need to use certain kinds of language:
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1. COMPARISON AND SUPERLATIVE LANGUAGE: The language we
ANGLO STUDIO
should use inANGLO STUDIO
task 1 writing ANGLO
is the language STUDIO
of comparison ANGLO STUDIO
and superlative.
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We can compare X and Y by using superlatives.
- For example; Honda was the most popular motorbike. (Superlative
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language)
- Or: Honda produced the most sold motorbikes. (Superlative
STUDIO
language)
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- Honda was more popular than any other motorbike. (Comparison
language)
ANGLO STUDIO ANGLO
- More males STUDIO
than females choseANGLO STUDIO
Honda. (Comparison ANGLO
language) STUDIO
- Fewer females than males chose Honda. (Comparison language)
- Honda was more popular among males than females.
- Honda was less popular among females than males.
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ANGLO - The most

STUDIO popular means
ANGLO STUDIO of transport
ANGLO was Honda.
STUDIO ANGLO STUDIO
- Honda was more popular than any other means of transport.
- Honda was the most popular means of transport.
- Honda was chosen by more males than females.
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- A higher percentage of males chose Honda than males.

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- Compared to/withSTUDIO
the numberANGLO STUDIO
of females, the number ANGLO
of males STUDIO
was considerably higher.
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- The number of males was considerably higher compared to/with

the number of females.
2. TREND LANGUAGE:
If we have 2 time points (that could be days /months / years /
decades), we need to use TREND language. We need to talk about
“increase”, “decrease”.

We could talk about 1990 and 2000, or we could talk about January
and June, or we could talk about Monday and Friday. It doesn't matter.
Note: if they give you a diagram with just one year, all we can do is just
to compare, we cannot use trend language "increase", "decrease",
''fluctuated". In other words, we cannot talk about movement.
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On the other hand, if they give you two years, three years, or four
years, they still want comparison but now they also want trend
ANGLO language. ANGLO
STUDIO They also want you to talk
STUDIO about movement.
ANGLO STUDIO These ANGLO
are really STUDIO
two basic groups of language that you need to use to describe
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diagrams: comparison and trend language.
Let's build some vocabulary. Here is a list of verbs adverbs, adjectives
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ANGLO STUDIO
and nounsANGLO STUDIO
that you need to use in ANGLO STUDIO ANGLO
task 1 writing. STUDIO
ADVICE
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Of course, grammar helps, but you should also focus on using various
sentence structures! Don't use the same sentence structures over and
over.
·Read as much as possible, you will understand how to be a more effective

writer by observing other writers.
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ANGLO STUDIO ANGLO

·Write as much STUDIO ANGLO STUDIO
as you can. ANGLO STUDIO
·You have to choose your information carefully (which figures do you want
to get without talking about every little change?)
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ANGLO STUDIO
Practise goingANGLO STUDIO
from verbs, adverbs to ANGLO STUDIO
nouns, adjectives as well asANGLO
practise STUDIO
changing your noun forms. For example, I want to talk about the
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production of films, and coffee from Vietnam. We want to get rid of the
preposition so that the noun will become the adjective. So we have the
production of films will become film production (film in this case is an
adjective so it is a singular form), and likewise, coffee from Vietnam will
become Vietnamese coffee; or fell gradually will become there was a
STUDIO
gradual fall. You need to switch between nouns and adjectives, verbs and
adverbs, and you need to say "the development of the new products" will
become "new product development", "number of theme park visitors" will
become "theme park visitor numbers"; "sugar import" will become
"imported sugar"; "quality of food in super market" will become "super
market food quality"; "investment in research" will become "research
investment"; "the level of unemployment" will become "the
ANGLO STUDIO
unemploymentANGLO STUDIO
level" One more thingANGLO
is that youSTUDIO ANGLO
need to do some simple STUDIO
comparison words. You'll need to be able to have flexibility to use
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comparison structures.
Note: Even a graph that shows you something going from the past,
ANGLO STUDIO ANGLO
through the present and/STUDIO ANGLO
or in the future, STUDIO
I would ANGLO
still say that you don't STUDIO
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need to use present perfect in your writing. I would say you'd better just
need to focus on using past tense and future tense. If you want to get a
higher vocabulary and grammar score when you are dealing with the
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ANGLO future tense, ANGLO
STUDIO you can start talking about
STUDIO future perfect.
ANGLO STUDIO It's a lotANGLO
easier to STUDIO
use and a lot more natural sounding.
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USEFUL TIME EXPRESSIONS
- (In) the period from ……… to ………. / between ……… and ……..
Example: (in) the period from March to June….
between March and June…

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- During ANGLO STUDIO ANGLO STUDIO

ANGLO STUDIO ANGLO STUDIO
Example: during the first two years……..
- In the first / last three months of the year.

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ANGLO STUDIO ANGLO

- Over the STUDIO
period from ANGLO
…………… to ………….. STUDIO ANGLO STUDIO
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- Over the next …
Example: over the next five years…..

- For the following ….
Example: for the following five years……

- Over a ten- year period
ANGLO STUDIO
- After that / then
ANGLO STUDIO
- Until ANGLO STUDIO ANGLO STUDIO ANGLO STUDIO
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- Throughout the year / throughout the period / each month of the
year
- Subsequently
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- For the rest of the year
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ANGLO STUDIO ANGLO
- In January STUDIOof ANGLO
/ at the beginning the year / atSTUDIO
the beginning ANGLO
of the STUDIO
period
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- In December / the end of the year
You should pay attention to how you are using them. Keep your sentences
short but clear by using those kinds of phrases or expressions. Notice that
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your sentences should be relatively short. You don’t need to write long
ANGLO STUDIO
sentences to ANGLO
impress theSTUDIO ANGLO
examiners. Long STUDIO
sentences tend to get ANGLO
grammar STUDIO
problems. What is easier to remember, a 100 page book or a 10 page
book? Of course, a 10 page book. So keep things short and use the proper
linking phrases or expressions to allow your overall sentences to connect.
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ANGLO That is the key!!

STUDIO ANGLO STUDIO ANGLO STUDIO ANGLO STUDIO
LANGUAGE OF ESTIMATION
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 Just over  Just about

 Nearly  Very nearly
 About  Just over
ANGLO STUDIO
 AroundANGLO STUDIO ANGLO STUDIO
 More than ANGLO STUDIO
 Almost  Less than
 Approximately

USEFUL LANGUAGE
- As the graph shows, in January, the figure stood at more than 15 00.
- Regarding novel sales, in January, the figure stood at just over 1500
ANGLO before ANGLO
STUDIO declining steadily
STUDIO to a low of nearly 90,
ANGLO OOO.
STUDIO ANGLO STUDIO
USEFUL WORDS FOR PARAPHRASING A SUMMARY
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Original sentence: The chart below shows ...
ANGLO STUDIO
Paraphrased ANGLO STUDIO
sentence: the line graph/ANGLO STUDIO
the line char ANGLO STUDIO
indicates / depicts/
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reveals / illustrates…..
 Sales = income = revenue = turnover = how much money was made.
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 The income rate = the income level = the level of income = the rate
ANGLO STUDIO ANGLO
of income STUDIO
= the level of revenueANGLO STUDIO
= the revenue ANGLO
rate = the revenue STUDIO
level
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 New York City bookstore = bookstore in New York City
 Proportion = percentage = rate
ANGLO  The proportion
STUDIO ANGLO of =STUDIO
the percentage of = theSTUDIO
ANGLO figure for. ANGLO STUDIO
 From 2000 to 2005 = between 2000 and 2005 = Over a period of (5)
years. The elderly = elderly people = senior citizens.
 Spending = expenditure.
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 Information = data
ANGLO STUDIO ANGLO
 Levels of STUDIO
unemployment ANGLO rate.
= Unemployment STUDIO ANGLO STUDIO
 Poverty rate = Level of poverty.
 Production = manufacture = be produced = be made = be
manufactured
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USEFUL WORDS FOR PARAPHRASING PERCENTAGES
There are 2 methods to use here, paraphrasing percentages and using the
language of approximation. Make sure you have practised these well in
ANGLO your writing so
STUDIO as not to confuse
ANGLO STUDIO the examiner.
ANGLO STUDIO ANGLO STUDIO
Paraphrasing percentages:
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• Four fifths -80%
• Three quarters -75%
• Seven out of ten -70%
STUDIO
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• Just over half -53%
• Two fifths -40%
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• Just over a third -35%
ANGLO STUDIO ANGLO
• Just under STUDIO ANGLO STUDIO ANGLO
a third -30% STUDIO
• One quarter -25%
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• a fifth -20%
• Less than a fifth -1 5%
ANGLO STUDIO
• One in ANGLO STUDIO
ten -10% (this is used forANGLO STUDIO ANGLO
people or objects) STUDIO
• From two fifths to less than a fifth -From 40% to 15% (for trends
graphs)
• Halved (verb) -dropped by half
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ANGLO EXAMPLES ANGLO STUDIO ANGLO STUDIO ANGLO

STUDIO STUDIO
1. Around fourth fifths of university students stated that the library was
the best place for their research.
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2. Coal accounted for one-quarter of fossil fuels used as an energy source.

3. One in ten people reported that they went to fast food restaurants at
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least once a month.
4. According to the graph, car production in France halved between 1999

and 2004.

Approximation and proportion
ANGLO STUDIO
You can use set phrases to show approximation and proportion,

remember that these are approximate and not exact, such as:
ANGLO STUDIO ANGLO

• Just over STUDIO
a fifth - around 22% ANGLO STUDIO ANGLO STUDIO
• Just under a fifth - around 18%
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• Slightly less than a quarter - 23%
• More than two fifths - around 42%
ANGLO STUDIO ANGLO
• Approximately halfSTUDIO
- 48% ANGLO STUDIO ANGLO STUDIO
• Around a fifth - 19%
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• A large number of - around 70%
• A large proportion of - around 70%
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• A significant proportion of - around 80%
• A small minority of - around 5 to 10%
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• A small number/ amount of - 5 to 10%
• An insignificant amount of - around 2%
EXAMPLES
1. Approximately half of all vehicles produced in Japan were exported.
2. A large proportion of the population of Italy is under 65 years old.

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3. This figure increased but then dropped to slightly less than a quarter in
2011.
4. The graph shows an insignificant amount of software was downloaded

in the last part of 2002.
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ANGLO STUDIO ANGLO

5. It can be seen from theSTUDIO ANGLO
table that around a fifthSTUDIO ANGLO
of all passengers used STUDIO
buses in the period between 2012 and 2016.
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6. The pie chart shows that a large number of tourists visited Kyoto in the
first part of 2015.
Note:
The examiner doesn't care about what you say, they care about how well
you use English

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ANGLO STUDIO ANGLO STUDIO ANGLO STUDIO ANGLO STUDIO

EFFECTIVE SENTENCE STRUCTURES TO GET AN 8.0+

• From 1990 to 1995

• During /throughout the period from 1995 to 2005

ANGLO STUDIO ANGLO STUDIO ANGLO STUDIO ANGLO STUDIO

ANGLO STUDIO ANGLOincrease

• CD sales increased slightly from 52 (million) to 70 million units

• CD sales increased by eight million units from 2009 to 2010.

ANGLO STUDIO ANGLO STUDIO ANGLO STUDIO ANGLO STUDIO

ANGLO STUDIO ANGLO STUDIO ANGLO STUDIO ANGLO STUDIO

 There was a significant increase/rise in the number of X.

 There was an increase in house price.

ANGLO  There ANGLO

ANGLO STUDIO ANGLO STUDIO ANGLO STUDIO ANGLO STUDIO

- For example; Honda was the most popular motorbike. (Superlative

ANGLO - The most

- A higher percentage of males chose Honda than males.

- The number of males was considerably higher compared to/with

ANGLO STUDIO ANGLO STUDIO ANGLO STUDIO ANGLO STUDIO

Let's build some vocabulary. Here is a list of verbs adverbs, adjectives

·Read as much as possible, you will understand how to be a more effective

ANGLO STUDIO ANGLO

between March and June…

- During ANGLO STUDIO ANGLO STUDIO

- In the first / last three months of the year.

ANGLO STUDIO ANGLO

- Over the next …

Example: over the next five years…..

ANGLO STUDIO ANGLO STUDIO ANGLO STUDIO ANGLO STUDIO

Example: for the following five years……

ANGLO STUDIO ANGLO STUDIO ANGLO STUDIO ANGLO STUDIO

- After that / then

ANGLO That is the key!!

 Just over  Just about

ANGLO STUDIO ANGLO STUDIO ANGLO STUDIO ANGLO STUDIO

 Sales = income = revenue = turnover = how much money was made.

ANGLO STUDIO ANGLO STUDIO ANGLO STUDIO ANGLO STUDIO

ANGLO STUDIO ANGLO STUDIO ANGLO STUDIO ANGLO STUDIO

ANGLO STUDIO ANGLO STUDIO ANGLO STUDIO ANGLO STUDIO

ANGLO EXAMPLES ANGLO STUDIO ANGLO STUDIO ANGLO

2. Coal accounted for one-quarter of fossil fuels used as an energy source.

least once a month.

4. According to the graph, car production in France halved between 1999

ANGLO STUDIO ANGLO STUDIO ANGLO STUDIO ANGLO STUDIO

You can use set phrases to show approximation and proportion,

ANGLO STUDIO ANGLO

2. A large proportion of the population of Italy is under 65 years old.

4. The graph shows an insignificant amount of software was downloaded

ANGLO STUDIO ANGLO

ANGLO STUDIO ANGLO STUDIO ANGLO STUDIO ANGLO STUDIO

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