Pie Chart

PIE CHARTS OVERVIEW
Pie charts elements Pie charts advantage and disadvantages
ESSAY WRITING WITH PIE CHARTS

Writing tasks with pie charts Organization of the essays Useful language for pie chart description
a circle divided into a number of parts (sectors), each of which represents the size or frequency of a
particular thing in relation to the total
Exploded Pie Chart
100% =
= 1,6 kg
Sectors/ Slices/ Pieces/ Parts/ Regions/Areas Central angle proportional to Quantity it represents
Statistics
Often round-off
ADVANTAGE
DISAVANTAGE
Effective in comparing the size of a slice with the whole pie
Hard to compare data across different pie charts Visual Effect is better with length than with area
Common Essay Tasks (IELTS)

Organization of the essay Language used for percentages
Pie chart
1 Pie chart and other graphs More than one Pie chart
The Consumer Dollar:
Writing Task 1
You are advised to spend a maximum of 20 minutes on this task.
The graphs below shows the marks obtained by students of languages on degree courses at a British university. The maximum mark possible was 100 and the pass mark was 40. Write a report for a university lecturer comparing and contrasting these results.
You should write at least 150 words.
Writing Task 1
You are advised to spend a maximum of 20 minutes on this task.
The pie charts below show incidences of firework injuries in Great Britain in 1984 and 1998. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
You should write at least 150 words.
1 PIE CHART (WITH OTHER GRAPHS)

the purpose of the pie charts, its unit (%) and its total amount
Introduction:
Body:
Describe sections: from largest to smaller ones; the largest and smallest ones and others
Conclusion:
Summarize the main features, or comment on the relation between the pie chart and other graphs
The pie-chart shows how typical Americans spend their money. Overall, the biggest areas of expenditure are on food, housing and household expenses, and transport. The biggest single area is food drink and tobacco. This accounts for almost a quarter of spending. Housing and household maintenance make up 15% each, and another 13% goes on transport. Medical care comprises almost one-tenth of spending. This is slightly more than is spent on clothes and jewelry, at 8%, and recreation, at 7%. The remaining segments account for just 10% in total. Americans spend just 5% on personal business, and less than half of that on education. Personal care, foreign travel and spending on religion account for just one percent each. In summary, half of the money spent goes on food and housing, while transport, medical care and clothes make up a further quarter.
2 OR MORE PIE CHARTS

the purpose of the 2 pie charts, its unit (%) and its total amount
Introduction:
Body:
Compare between two charts in terms of each section: from largest to smaller ones; the most changing to the unchanged ones, etc.
Conclusion:
Emphasize the most important differences or similarities between 2 charts
US Electricity
The two piecharts illustrate the production of electricity in the US by source in 1970 and 1984. In general, coal was the most important source of electrical power in both years, although nuclear power grew in importance. In 1970, coal-powered stations were the main source of electricity, producing 46% of electricity, and this figure increased to 55% in 1984. The second most important source of power in 1970 was from natural gas, with almost 25%. However, by 1984, this had declined to just 12.3%. Hydroelectric power also declined over the same period, from 16% to less than 14%. In contrast, nuclear energy gained in importance. It rose from just 1.4% of production in 1970 to almost 14% in 1984, a ten-fold increase. In summary, more electricity was produced from coal and nuclear energy, while natural gas, hydroelectric power, and oil declined in importance.
Slovakia had the largest percentage/number of students (10%/ 245) Slovakia had 10% of the students. The profit percentage doubled. The percentage of profit doubled.
The EEC and the USA both had 10%. France accounted for/made up/ represented 10% of the students.
The monthly profit increased by 10% from 10% to 20% The profit percentage doubled / increased three-fold from March to May.
School A has almost/nearly/exactly as many students as School B.

School A has about/approximately the same number of students as School B.
School A has a quarter / half/ twice/ three times as many students as School B.
School A has a third of / three quarters of the total number of student.
Company As profit percentage rose steadily, whereas that of Company B fell slightly. There were more males than females (10% and 5% respectively).
A pie chart is mainly used to compare the slices and the whole pie. Writing tasks: 1 pie chart only, 1 pie chart + another graph, 2 or more pie charts.
Describe from most noticeable features/sections to the others. Evaluation is often necessary.
Use the appropriate language for percentages, comparisons without being boring.
101 Helpful Hints for IELTS Academic Module (pp.63-64)
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PIE CHARTS OVERVIEW

Pie charts elements Pie charts advantage and disadvantages

ESSAY WRITING WITH PIE CHARTS

Exploded Pie Chart

Effective in comparing the size of a slice with the whole pie

Common Essay Tasks (IELTS)

The Consumer Dollar:

1 PIE CHART (WITH OTHER GRAPHS)

2 OR MORE PIE CHARTS

School A has almost/nearly/exactly as many students as School B.

School A has a third of / three quarters of the total number of student.

101 Helpful Hints for IELTS Academic Module (pp.63-64)

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