Task 1 Ielts - Compare and Contrast

Here are some various ways to guide how to write the comparison and contrast:
1. Comparisons between sentences:
One way to make comparisons is to start a new sentence with a word/phrase that shows that you are about to make a comparison with the previous sentence. The basic words you need here are:
In contrast
           The most popular from of holiday among the Welsh was self-catering with over 60% choosing to cook for themselves. In contrast, only 5% of the English chose this form of vacation and hotel accommodation was much more popular at 48%.                                                      
           - self-catering: tự phục vụ
           - accommodation: is used to prefer to buildings or rooms where people stay or live.

In comparison
           Almost 50% of the English, Scots and Northern Irish chose to stay in a hotel for their holiday. In comparison, staying in self-catering accommodation was much less popular with around 10% of people choosing this.

However
           The general pattern was for hotel accommodation to be the most popular with around half the people choosing it. The majority of the Welsh, however, chose to stay in self-catering accommodation.

On the other hand
           It is clear that a majority of the British chose to stay in hotel for their holiday. On the other hand, there was exception to this because over 50% of the Welsh opted for self-catering accommodation.

2. Comparisons within sentences

While
                While there are 4 million miles of train lines in the UL, there are only 3 million in France.
Whereas
                whereas the majority of the French prefer to travel to work by train, only a small minority of the British do.
Although
                Although 15% of the French read novels, only 5% of the British do.
but          
                Almost 25% of French females study maths with a private tutor, but nearly 60% study English with do.
3. Comparisons with more or less/fewer

Than
               5% more girls chose to read books than go to cinema.
Fewer/less
               Fewer mobiles phones were bought in 2013 than 2014.
               Less oil was consumed in 2013 than 2014

4. Qualify your comparisons with much/far/slightly or a number
               Far fewer people chose to travel by train than by car.
               25% fewer people chose to travel by train than by car.

5. Comparisons with most or least/fewest
              The most popular form of entertainment in the UK was going to the cinema.
              The least common form of transport was taking a taxi.

6. Comparisons with similar or same or as... as
Similar (to)
               The percentage of females and males who studied languages at university were very similar.
               A similar amount of gas and electricity was used domestically in homes.
               The figures for 2012 were very similar to the figures for 2013
Same as ... as
               The percentage of females who studied at university in 2011 was almost exactly the same as                 in 2012

7. Comparisons with differ/different/difference
               The amount of time spent at home differed by almost 25% according to gender.
               There was a difference of over 25% in the amount of time males and females spent at home.
               This figures was very different among males, only half of whom watched television.

8. Comparisons with numbers
             
Twice
               Twice as many people elected to use gas and not electricity for cooking
               Twice the amount of gas was used for cooking in this period.
Three/four etc times
                Four times as many people chose to heat their house with electricity as with gas.
Half
                Half the number of people chose to use gas as electricity.
                Electricity was half as popular as gas for cooking.


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