Section Two - Describing and Comparing Data
Section 2 / Lesson 2 - Percentages
Below you will find 9 questions which are based on the content covered here. Using these, the study notes and the class video, you should be able to be able to fully understand and be able to use the language in your IELTS writing test. For each question, I have provided examples just like in the study notes which should help if you are struggling. Secondly, the answers to all the questions are available to Patreon supporters as a means to support this website and Youtube Channel. Please find them here.
1. Fill in the gaps to complete a sentence with all four parts we need to describe a percentage
a. 4% of _______’s GDP is spent on the military.
b. The _________ of Germany's ____ which is ______ on the military is 10%.
c. ________ spending is around 1% of Canada's GDP.
Basic Structures
Other ways to give a percentage
2. Fill in the gaps to complete the other ways you can write the following percentages.
a. 10% = one in _________ OR a _________.
b. 5% = one in _________ OR a _________.
c. 33% = one in _________ OR a _________.
d. 50% = one in _________ OR a _________.
e. 75% = three in _________ OR three _________.
3. Which of these three structures can you not use for a GDP? Why?
A. One in three of x’s GDP is…
B. 33% of x’s GDP is…
C. a third of x’s GDP is…
4. How much of the United States' GDP is spent on healthcare. Do not use a percentage.
5. Describe how land is used in San Diego:
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a. as parks and open space
b. for transportation
c. commercially
Adding adverbs
6. Fill in the gaps with an adverb to complete the sentence.
a. The amount of land in San Diego which is vacant is ________ a twentieth.
b. Residential land makes up ________ a quarter of total land in San Diego.
c. ________ five percent of land in San Diego is used for other purposes.
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Comparing percentages with conjunctions and adverbial phrases
7. Fill in the gap with either an adjective or a conjunction to link the percentage with the comparison.
a. Just over a quarter of land in San Diego is parkland and open space ________ the city uses far less land for transportation at only 14%.
b. Just over a quarter of land in San Diego is parkland and open space. ________ the city uses far less land for transportation at only 14%.
c. ________ just over a quarter of land in San Diego is parkland and open space_ the city uses far less land for transportation at only 14%.
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8. Compare the amount of land used in San Diego for institutional use vs. for transportation. Use the three structures above.
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Adding a percentage - at vs. with
9. Fill in the gap with 'at' or 'with' and the correct form of 'to be'
a. Not much of the total land in San Diego ________ vacant land is rare in San Diego ________ 4%.
b. Vacant land is rare in San Diego ________ just under a fifth of the total land ________ vacant.
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