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💭 VARY YOUR LANGUAGE

As with any Writing task 1, this is important. You should not keep repeating the same structures. The key language when you write about pie charts is proportions and percentages.

Common phrases to see are the proportion of… or the percentage of…

⬜️ Percentage Fraction

80% = four-fifths
75% three-quarters
70% = seven in ten
65% = two-thirds
60% = three-fifths
55% = more than half
50% = half
45% = more than two fifths
40% = two-fifths
35% = more than a third
30% = less than a third
25% = a quarter
20% = a fifth
15% = less than a fifth
10% = one in ten
5% = one in twenty

⬜️ Percentage Qualifier

77% = just over three quarters
77% = approximately three quarters
49% = just under a half
49% = nearly a half
32% = almost a third

⬜️ Percentage proportion / number / amount / majority / minority

75% - 85% = a very large majority
65% - 75% = a significant proportion
10% - 15% = a minority
5% = a very small number