Task 1 com gráfico de pizza
Exemplo de resposta
por Bianca e Laura (alunas do IELTS Dublin)
You should spend about 20 minutes on this task.The pie charts show the electricity generated in Germany and France from all sources and renewables in the year 2009.
Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant.
Write at least 150 words.
The graph compares the different percentages of the main sources of energy between Germany and France in 2009. Some of the main sources included conventional thermal, nuclear and renewables. The various sources of energy are divided into “all types” and “renewables:. Renewables are broken down into biomass, hydroelectric and wind.
The main source of electricity in Germany came from conventional thermal, while in France power originated from Nuclear sources. On the other hand, in terms of renewables, there were not substantial differences between the two countries, indeed in both countries the percentage of this type of electricity was less than a fifth. In addition the pie shows that the main source of renewables in Germany originated from biomass, whereas in France it came from hydroelectric. Lastly, in both the countries the percentage of the geothermal was non-existent.
To sum up, the methods of electricity generation was very different when we compare the sources in the two countries.
Texto de Laura e Bianca, alunas da Everest Language School.
Este exemplo tiraria entre 6 e 7 no IELTS:
Mais vocabulário útil para gráficos de pizza na Task 1 do IELTS:
Varie o vocabulário
Como em qualquer Task 1, isso é importante. Não fique repetindo as mesmas estruturas. O vocabulário-chave para escrever sobre gráficos de pizza são as proporções e as porcentagens.
Expressões comuns são “the proportion of…” ou “the percentage of…”
Mas você também pode usar outras palavras e frações. Veja alguns exemplos da resposta modelo:
A large number of people
over a quarter of people
a small minority
A significant number of people
less than a fifth
Esta tabela mostra alguns exemplos de como transformar porcentagens em frações ou proporções:
Porcentagem
Fração
Porcentagem
Fração
40%
two-fifths
80%
four-fifths
35%
more than a third
75%
three-quarters
30%
less than a third
70%
seven in ten
25%
a quarter
65%
two-thirds
20%
a fifth
60%
three-fifths
15%
less than a fifth
55%
more than half
10%
one in ten
50%
half
5%
one in twenty
45%
more than two fifths
Se as porcentagens não forem exatas como acima, use qualificadores para que sua descrição continue precisa. Veja alguns exemplos:
Porcentagem
Qualificador
77%
just over three quarters
77%
approximately three quarters
49%
just under a half
49%
nearly a half
32%
almost a third
Esta tabela mostra alguns exemplos de como transformar porcentagens em outras expressões:
75% – 85%
a very large majority
65% – 75%
a significant proportion
10% – 15%
a minority
5%
a very small number
As palavras acima são intercambiáveis, mas number é usado com substantivos contáveis e amount com substantivos incontáveis.
