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1 What is the greatest problem for 18-34-year- f) You will get higher marks in the exam if you
olds? How many of them experience this use your own words, not the words in the
problem? How does this compare with the other Writing task.
age groups?
1 What words does the writer use in the sample
2 What is most problematic for people in the oldest
answer for these words?
age group? How does this compare with the
a problems di-Hic.'!Aitie.s
youngest age group?
b go to live
3 What thing does the oldest age group have the
c other countries
least difficulty with? How does this compare
2 What other information does the writer add in
with the other age groups?
the introductory paragraph?
0 Read the sample answer below to the Writing task.
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1 Which paragraphs answer questions l-3 in
they use percent and percentage. Look at the two
Exercise 5?
underlined sentences in the sample answer in
2 What is the purpose of the last paragraph?
Exercise 6.
1 Which word - percent or percentage - is used
The c.hart shows the diff\c.ulties people have when
after a number?
they move to a new country and how the problems vary
2 Which word is not used with the exact number
according to people's ages.
given?
The greatest problem for young people aged 15 to .34 is 3 Do we use a before percent?
forming friendships. a problem experienced by 4b percent 4 Which word do we use before percentage?
of the people in this age group. \towever. only .3b percent 5 Can we make percent plural?
of .35- to 54-year-olds find it hard to make friends. while
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even fewer people over 55 (2.3 percent) have this problem.
made by IELTS candidates. Find and correct
fifty-four percent of the older age group find learning
the mistakes.
to speak the loc.allanguage the most problematic.. In
1 The graph shows the increase in the percent of
comparison. the youngest age group finds this easier. and
people who used rail transport between 1976
the percentage who have problems learning the language
and 1999. pe.rc.e.~t"-~e.
is muc.h lower. at 29 percent.
2 The graph shows the percentage of people with
In contrastto their language-learning difficulties. only 22 a criminal record according to their age and
percent of people in the oldest age group have trouble percentage of people in prison according to their
finding accommodation. \towever. this is the second most gender.
significant problem for the other two age groups with .39 to 3 By 1995, the numbers had fallen to a two
40 percent of the people in eac.h group finding it hard. percent.
4 In 2004, the number rose to approximately 58
In general. all age groups experience the same problems
percents.
to some extent. but the percentage of older people who 5 It is surprising that percentage of people
find language learning difficult is muc.h higher than the watching television remained the same.
others. 6 On the other hand, socialising with friends rose
sharply to 25 percentage in comparison with
1981.
0 page 16 Key grammar: Making comparisons
Exam advice Chart summary

• Write a short introductory paragraph saying
what the chart shows.
• Compare the important information.
Include figures from the chart in your summary.
• Don't suggest reasons for the data which are
not included in the information you are given.

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