Study the given pie-chart. On the basis of your reading of the informations together with your own ideas, write a paragraph in about 100-120 words.
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Answer:
ry question consists of:
Sentence 1 – A brief description of the graphic
Sentence 2 – The instructions
The graphic – chart, graph, table, etc.
Sentence 2 tells you what you have to do.
You must do 3 things:
1. Select the main features.
2. Write about the main features.
3. Compare the main features.
All three tasks refer to the ‘main features’ of the graphic. You do not have to write about everything. Just pick out 2 or 3 key features and you’ll have plenty to write about.
Step 2 – Identify the Main Features
The graphic in IELTS pie chart questions should not be difficult to interpret. Each question has been created to test your language skills, not your mathematics ability.
Pie charts always show percentages or proportions. Apart from that, they are essentially the same as bar charts and line graphs in that they are a way of presenting data visually.
All you are looking for are the main features. These will usually be the easiest things to spot. There will be lots of information in the graphic to help you identify them.
Here are some useful questions to ask?
What are the units of measurements?
What are the time periods?
What can you learn from the title and any labels?
What is the most obvious trend?
Are there any notable similarities?
(I give more detail on how to use these questions, plus downloadable checklists for identifying the main features of all 7 different types of IELTS Academic Writing Task 1 questions, in the lesson on How To Understand & Analyse Task 1 Questions.)
Pie charts generally have titles and labels or sometimes a key instead of segment labels as in our practice question. The key explains what each segment of the pie chart represents.
So, what information is contained in the two pie charts?
Here's our IELTS pie chart again.
They show two different methods of travelling to work and illustrate the reason why people choose these types of transport.
What main features stand out?
There are 2 main features in these IELTS pie charts:
Main feature 1: The largest proportion of people who cycle do so for health and environmental reasons.
Main feature 2: The highest percentage of people who drive do so because it’s comfortable.
Explanation: