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Notes and Exercise On Piecharts
Notes and Exercise On Piecharts
Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make
comparisons where relevant.
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IELTS pie chart answering strategy:
1. Introduction
The two pie charts illustrate how different industry sectors contributed
to the economy of Turkey percentagewise in the years 2000 and 2016.
So, I just took the information from the question card and paraphrased
it in such way:
show → illustrate
the percentages of industry sectors' contribution to the economy of
Turkey → how different industry sectors contributed to the economy
of Turkey percentagewise
in 2000 and 2016 → in the years 2000 and 2016.
2. General Overview
In our case there are two main options to describe key features:
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Each option is fine, but don't write both of them because you have to keep
your overview short. I have chosen then first option. Let's look again at
our pie charts and identify the biggest/smallest slices:
Now include the information you've gathered from the chart into your
overview. Always start your general overview with the word overall:
3. Specific details
The last part of your answer is specific details. You should group the
specific details of your chart in 2 or 3 paragraphs.
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In our case, paragraphs with specific details may look as follows:
sector X was 3%
sector X made up 3%
sector X accounted for 3%
sector X comprised 3% of [the whole chart]
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Practice
let's practice: fill in the gaps in this answer with appropriate words.
least to the economy of Turkey and agriculture was the most significant
economic sector. In , at the end of the period healthcare
and education became the largest economic segment and the lowest
contribution was made by financial, business and other services.