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Từ vựng sử dụng trong IELTS Writing Task 1 table
Cấu trúc câu sử dụng trong dạng bài Table: Be far more popular than, twice as many… as, a considerably higher number of… |
Vocabulary used in IELTS Writing Task 1 Table
Vocabulary in the introductory section
Từ vựng | Ý nghĩa | Ví dụ |
|---|---|---|
The table shows | biểu đồ bảng cho thấy… | The table shows the percentage of unemployment in America over the period of 3 years.(Biểu đồ cho thấy phần trăm thất nghiệp ở Mỹ trong giai đoạn 3 năm). |
The table summarizes/ provides information about | biểu đồ tóm tắt/ đưa ra thông tin về… | The table summarizes/ provides information about young people in higher education.(Biểu đồ cung cấp thông tin về số người trẻ đang học đại học). |
The table compares | biểu đồ so sánh… | The table compares 4 countries in terms of population.(Biểu đồ so sánh 4 quốc gia dựa trên dân số). |
Transition vocabulary for paragraphs, ideas
Để cung cấp thông tin tổng quan về bảng dữ liệu có thể sử dụng vocabulary về tóm lược.
Overall: nhìn chung
Broadly, it can be seen that…: nhìn chung, có thể thấy rằng…
To summarise: tóm gọn lại
Key point: điểm chủ chốt
Hoặc nhấn mạnh những đặc điểm nổi bật của thông tin bằng từ vựng chỉ sự khác biệt và tương đồng.
Likewise, similarly: tương tự
Conversely: trái ngược
Ví dụ:
Overall/ Broadly, it can be seen that/ To summarise, the population of 4 countries increased over the period shown.
(Nhìn chung, dân số của 4 quốc gia đều tăng trong giai đoạn được nêu).
Descriptive vocabulary for figures
Khi mô tả sự thay đổi, trend theo thời gian cần sử dụng từ vựng diễn đạt xu hướng.
Xu hướng | Từ vựng | Ví dụ |
|---|---|---|
Xu hướng tăng | increase, rise, grow, climb, go up, over time | The number of tourists visiting Japan increased/ rose/ grew/ climbed/ went up over 5 years. (Số du khách thăm Nhật Bản đã tăng trong 5 năm). |
Xu hướng giảm | decrease, fall, reduce, decline, drop, went down | The number of tourists in 2010 decreased/ fell/ declined by 5%. (Số du khách trong năm 2010 giảm xuống 5%). |
Xu hướng ổn định | remain stable, stabilize, stay stable/ unchanged | The number of tourists in 2015 remained stable/ unchanged. (Số du khách năm 2015 ổn định). |
Xu hướng dao động | fluctuate, be volatile | During the same period, the number of cars registered fluctuated. (Trong cùng giai đoạn, số lượng ô tô đăng ký đã dao động). |
Đạt mức cao nhất/ thấp nhất | hit the highest/ lowest point | The number of employed hit the highest point of 1000 in 2008. (Số lượng người có việc đạt ngưỡng cao nhất là 1000 người vào năm 2008). |
Sentence structures used in Table type essays
Từ vựng | Ý nghĩa | Ví dụ |
|---|---|---|
Be far more popular than | cái gì nhiều hơn/ áp đảo cái gì | In America, the car is far more popular than the motorbike. (Ở Mỹ, ô tô áp đảo xe máy) |
Far more X than Y | có nhiều X hơn Y | Far more men than women play tennis. (Có nhiều nam giới chơi quần vợt hơn phụ nữ) |
Twice as many… as | cái gì nhiều gấp đôi cái gì | Twice as many men as women studied Spanish. (Số nam giới học tiếng Tây Ban Nha nhiều gấp đôi phụ nữ) |
X is double the price of Y | giá của X cao gấp đôi Y | The one-bedroom apartment is double the price of the studio apartment. (Giá căn hộ 1 phòng ngủ gấp đôi căn hộ studio) |
X is 50% the price of Y | giá của X bằng nửa giá của Y | |
A considerably higher number of X than Y | số lượng X nhiều hơn đáng kể Y | A considerably higher number of male CEOs than female CEOs. (Số lượng CEO là nam nhiều hơn đáng kể CEO nữ) |
X is much more expensive/ cheap than Y | X thì đắt/ rẻ hơn Y nhiều | The living standard in the UK is much more expensive than in Vietnam. (Mức sống ở Anh thì đắt hơn Việt Nam nhiều) |
X is 2/ 3 times cheaper than Y | X thì rẻ hơn Y 2 hoặc 3 lần | The mango is 2 times cheaper than the durian. (Xoài rẻ gấp đôi sầu riêng 2 lần) |
Application of vocabulary and sentence structures in the sample Writing Task 1 in table form
The table provides information about the percentage of English native-speaking men and women who chose to study one of nine foreign languages at the UK Centre for foreign language learning in 2020.
Broadly, it can be seen that Arabic was the most popular language chosen by men, while Mandarin was more widely chosen by women than other languages. In addition, obviously, the most significant difference between genders was associated with Mandarin.
As can be seen from the table, the biggest difference in the percentage of foreign languages was related to Mandarin, which is 13%. The number of males learning Welsh was double that of females, 8% and 4% respectively. Likewise, twice as many men chose to study German compared to women.
Conversely, Spanish was equally popular for both men and women. Similarly, the number of women studying Japanese (10%) was slightly higher than that of men (9%). Finally, Italian was the least popular language for men and women.
Exercise
The table presents the finding of a study conducted in Scotland with people aged from 16 to 74 to evaluate their participation in a range of cultural activities during a 12-month period.
Overall, it is clear that participation in any performance and crafts activities were (1)____ for all age groups. The age range of 16 to 24 had the (2)____ involvement, with 35% and 30% of participants in performance and visual arts, respectively. Other hobbies, especially computer-based ones, were (3)____, coming in at only 10%.
In terms of older age groups, performance was the most appealing activity, though the figure of 22% was (4)____ than that for the group aged from 16 to 24. Crafts, which were the (5)____ for people aged from 45 to 74, had a similar rate of 22%.
By contrast, the group aged 45 to 74 had the (6)_____percentage of adults taking part in most of the activities. It can be seen that 22% of the people from this group participated in craft activities, which was higher than other groups. Finally, the interest in computer-based and writing activities was very low for the group over 25.
Đáp án:
1. the most popular
2. largest
3. far less prevalent
4. slightly below
5. most favored pastime
6. minimum
