Task 1 · pie chart · 18 samples

The pie charts below shows exports between the US and Vietnam

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Ideas to explore

  • Compare the largest category in each direction: aircraft parts are $72 million from the US to Vietnam, while coffee is $23 million from Vietnam to the US.
  • Highlight the gap between the leading and smaller categories: US exports include other goods at $35 million and machinery at $30.5 million, while Vietnam’s garments and other exports are both $2 million.
  • Point out close values where they help summarise the data: Vietnam’s seafood ($4.4 million) and rice ($4.3 million) are almost equal.

Suggested structure

  1. Paraphrase what the charts compare and state that values are in millions of dollars.
  2. Give an overview naming the leading category in each direction and any notable tie or overall contrast.
  3. Describe US-to-Vietnam exports from the largest value to the smallest.
  4. Describe Vietnam-to-US exports in descending order, grouping the close seafood and rice figures and the tied lowest figures.
Useful vocabulary & examples
account for
to make up or represent a stated amount or share

Aircraft parts account for $72 million of exports to Vietnam.

be valued at
to have a stated monetary value

Machinery is valued at $30.5 million.

be tied at
to have the same value as another category

Garments and other exports are tied at $2 million.

followed by
used to introduce the next item in a ranking

Coffee leads at $23 million, followed by fruit and vegetables at $16 million.

Sample answers

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The pie charts illustreates different type of exports between US and Vietnam. Overall, it is clear that, the highest propotion of exports is Aircraft parts. Vietnam exports coffe to US more rather than garments. The lowest point is others which is exported by Vietnam. The obvious trend is exports US to Vietnam, this country export much more money overall than Vietnam. Aircraft parts from the US are worth 72 million d…

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200 words · Illustrative target band

The pie chart below illustrate exports between the US and Vietnam. The first pie chart showed one of the biggest popular production in Vietnam to US is a coffee the most popular and his level of number is 23. The second popular production is Fruit and vegetabes which number is 16. The third popular is seafood, it is 4.4 million dollars. Rice is almost same, at 4.3 million, while garments and other exports are both 2 …

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212 words · Illustrative target band

The given chart depicts the amount of exports over two particular countries US and Vietnam. Overall, it can be seen that Vietnam exports a large amount of food items, among them coffee, fruit and vagetables acquired the the highest portion. Whereas, US mainly exports machinery and other items, where aircraft parts holded the highest amount. Looking first at Vietnam's exports to the US, coffee is the biggest category,…

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