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1. IELTS BASICS Vocabulary
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the ten year period from 2000-2010.

There was a sharp increase in employee

turnover after the strike.
Interest in environmental issues has risen
steadily over the last 10 years.

MORE USEFUL WORDS AND PHRASES

1. Percent – the word percent comes after
a number

Examples:
More than 25% of the students are from
Brazil.
More than 25 percent of the students
come from Brazil.
2. Percentage - The word percentage
comes after words like the, a, this and
that. Often, it is preceded by an
adjective.
Examples:
A small percentage of residents have
lived in the building for more than 20
years.
The percentage of students who live on
campus has fallen sharply since the fire.
3. For numbers up to ten, write the
numbers in words. For numbers over 10,
you can write the numbers in numbers.
Examples:
Five percent of the employees were late
this month.
More than 50 percent of the students
handed in their assignments late after
the long weekend.
4. If the sentence starts with a number,
always write it in words.
Examples: Wrong: 25 students were
from China.
Right: Twenty-five students were from
China.

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Fell from 200 in July to 150 in August

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