Mris Unit and IELTS J) In Task 1 of the IELTS Writing test, you can be asked to desta different kinds of vials such ae graphs or diagrams. In thie unit we ¢ will Practise ‘esoribing a pie chart. Getting Ready to Write — Model 1 1 What is fast food? Try to think of at least 5 international fast I food chains in your city, for example, McDonalds. 2 What is your favourite fast food? Do you like burgers, or chips, ‘or sushi, or maybe you like traditional Chinese food, such as dumplings? Marketers often do surveys to find out what their customers like. This means that they ask many people the same questions, and then they make charts or graphs of the results. The pie chart below shows the results of a survey about fast food. 3. What question did the survey ask? Look at the pie chart and discuss this with your partner. Write down the question that was | ‘asked in the survey. Be careful to make the grammar correct! 4 Look closely at the chart and answer these questions with your partner. Try to speak in English if you can. a. What is the most popular fast food? b. What percentage of teenagers prefer this kin c. What are the three most popular fast foods? \d of food? ay 19 I8 Write sentences using these structures, y, phrases, and watch subjectiverb agreemen, " three ,, French fries — 26% — fast food preferences ice cream — biggest percentage — pie chart ‘ chips — 55% — total fried chicken — 15% — survey tacos — 12% — total é sushi — smallest percentage — fast food meaoge 9 Find and mark the useful graph words in Model 1. Essential Grammar — Comparatives and superlative In Task 1 of the IELTS writing, it is very important to be able tous comparatives and superlatives accurately. adjective + er — one syllable 10 Find and mark all the comparatives and superlatives in Model 1. 4 ot 11 Use the data from the pie graph to fill in the gaps in thes? ‘sentences. You will need several words for each gap- 7 a. French fries sushi. b. Sushi of the fast foods in the pie chart. c. Tacos sushi, but oe fried chicken. a] 22 jn2 Fried chicken pizza. e. Pizzais SOROn eee nena cece ELC French fries _ fried chicken. g. Hamburgers __ of the fast foods. h. third fast food is French fries. fried chicken and French fries. French fries. ___ hamburgers, but Use the language structures above to write your own sentences using the data below. There are many possible correct answers. Try to use a variety of structures in your writing. Mineral water 22% — soda 20% Mineral water is more popular than soda. a. fruit juice 45% — soda 22% — mineral water 10% b. coffee 10% — tea 15% c. ice cream 45% — frozen yoghurt 30% d. ice cream 30% — frozen yoghurt 45% — chocolate 25% e. pizza 20% — dumplings 40% — chicken 45% f. mineral water 10% — coffee 15% — soda 22% g. fruit juice 15% — soda 18% h. frozen yoghurt 19% — ice cream 17% CC Varying your sentence structure ontasum oimzavov #315008 $2132 & 0) 55 aif 23: |Hambur SES ae the most popular food of all db. Pizza i 228 is less popular than hamburgers. c. Teenagers also lke French tries, d. Only 9 and 7 percent of teen Jers choose fried chicker Tespectively, 4 ae ‘The least popular fast food in this survey is sushi. 14 Find and mark all of the subjects in Model 1. 15 Rewrite the paragraph below, varying the sentence stru match the examples above. You do NOT need to includ words given below. 2 46 Now add data to the paragraph you have written. Use ‘make ‘represent’ and ‘account for’.Structuring a Task 1 answer eae A Task 1 IELTS answer must have three parts: @ the topic of the chart or graph @ an overview or general statement about the main trends or features in the chart ‘ea detailed description of the chart, including data 17 Look at Model 1. Find and discuss: er a You will see that each sentence has a different subject: | @ Which words begin Part 1 and 2? } ‘e Which is the longest part? | mht ese Apply the Grammar You Have Treats) Choose a topic, such as favourite band, or favourite food. Write a question for your classmates and survey 20 of them. Make @ pie chart to show your results and write about it. Then, give your chart to your partner to write about and compare your answers. Guided Writing The information in the pie chart below gives information about the beverage preferences of high school students in China. 48 Look at the chart, and answer the questions which follow with a partner: a. What question did the surveyors ask? b. What is the most popular beverage? 2 _ What percentage of teenagers prefer this kind of beverage? d. What are the three most popular beverages? e. What percentage of teenagers prefer these beverages? i} 25 I 103 See nism otmaavoy ¥31s008 $473719 Use the answers to your questions to fill in the gaps in this p The pie chart shows In general, _ Soda is _. High school students also like resped | Only 9 and 7 percent 7 a _ The least 4 ih : 20 Check your answer with Model 2. | "21 Look at Model 2. Find and mark: 7 = y ul 26 |iThe pie chart shows the beverages that high school students prefer in China. In general, students prefer soda, fruit juice and mineral water. Soda is the most popular beverage of all because it represents the largest proportion of the pie chart, at 30 percent. High school students also like fruit juice and mineral water, which make up 26% and 24% of the preferences respectively. Only 9 and 7 percent of high school students choose coffee and tea, so they are less popular than the first three. The least popular beverage in this survey is milk. This accounts for only 4 percent of high school students’ preferences. Writing Practice 22 Write your own paragraph about the pie chart below. The chart shows the fruit preferences of primary school children in New Zealand. Follow the two models in this lesson and focus carefully on the grammar point from this unit. Try to include some of the vocabulary words as well. Fruit preferences of primary school children in New Zealand H Bananas 34% EY strawberries 8 Oranges Aa Apples Fl peaches B Kiwi fruit ui] 27 WW 110] Ss ans aol Pein: