tailieunhanh - Luyện thi IELTS (p22)

Tham khảo tài liệu 'luyện thi ielts (p22)', ngoại ngữ, toefl - ielts - toeic phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | abcasiapacifc com studyenglish STUDY ENGLISH IELTS PREPARATION STUDY NOTES EPISODE 4 RISING DOLLAR MAKING COMPARISONS When describing information presented in graphs tables or pie charts it is necessary to use language specifying amount and the language of comparison. In specifying amount the use of per cent and percentage is important because visual data is commonly presented in this form. Of equal importance is the use of comparative language making the description of the visual data meaningful and meeting the requirements of the IELTS Writing task. STUDY TIPS In IELTS Writing task 1 it is important to make factual statements about the data in graphs tables or pie charts. Statements describing trends in must be supported by examples and taken from the information supplied in the IELTS question. When describing data use a variety of structures including both per cent and percentage and comparative language. Language specifying amount The two words per cent and percentage are commonly used when specifying factual information in graphs tables or pie charts. These words however are often confused or misused. The differences in meaning and use are as follows. PER CENT pa ssnt - two words British English Australian English PERCENT p ssnt - one word American English Canadian English specifies an amount for or in every hundred can be used as a noun adjective or adverb in formal writing use per cent percent rather than the sign use per cent percent with a number for example It is predicted that house prices will rise 2 percent over the year. PERCENTAGE - one word only pa ssnti - British English Australian English p ssnti - American English Canadian English specifies an amount for or in every hundred this is not the same as a total number used as a noun percentage can be followed by either a singular or plural noun for example A small percentage of the state s budget is used for infrastructure. A large percentage of the buildings in that street will be demolished. o - .