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UNIT 7: Pie charts – Noticing & Analyzing

III. POST-WRITING

Additional Questions for Practice

Here are more IELTS Task 1 – Pie Chart Questions for you to practice describing charts using
percentage, fractions and qualifiers.

Task 1: Read the pie chart information. Choose the correct options to complete
comparison sentences.
The pie chart below shows the first place Germans and Nigerians go to in order to access
the news in a typical week.

(Archer, G., & Wijayatilake, C. (2018). Mindset for IELTS Level 3. Cambridge University Press.)

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1. The percentage of German news followers on TV is …… that of Nigerians.

a. double b. one half c. approximately one half
2. The proportion of Germans reading newspaper …… that of Nigerians.
a. twice b. triples c. roughly triples
3. The allocation of Germans accessing news through radio is ….. that of Nigerians.
a. 12% less than b. 12% more than c. double
4. The percentage of German reading news on the internet is …… that of Nigerians.
a. 9 times lower b. 11 times greater than c. 10 times bigger than
5. The proportion of German accessing news through family and friends is …… that of
Nigerians.
a. 4 times greater than b. 4 times less than c. one fourth

Task 2: Analyze the pie charts below. Answer the following questions.
1. What information does each pie chart provide?
2. Is there any time period? What verb tenses are required?
3. What are some striking features in each pie chart?
4. Is it possible to compare and contrast the two charts? Why (not)?
5. How many ways can you organize the information from the charts?

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(Pie Charts IELTS Samples. (2022, January 12). Retrieved February 26, 2022, from https://zim.vn/ielts-writing-task-1-pie-chart)

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