Use of Prepositions：雅思图表作文常见介词使用

📌 between X and Y / from X to Y

• The line graph shows the amount of household expenditure on different items between 1995 and 2005.
• The bar chart illustrates the rise in the number of tourists from 1 million to 5 million over a decade.
• The temperature varied between -5°C and 10°C during the winter months.

时间介词区分：

From 1990 to 1995 / Between 1990 and 1995 During / throughout the period from 1995 to 2005 During a period of 10 years Over the (three-month) period (between April and June) In 1990 By 1995 For 5 years

📌 in

• There was an increase in the number of cars on the road in Britain.
• There was a decline in the percentage of cinema-goers.
• There was a rise in the amount of natural gas produced in 2010.
• Last decade saw a significant drop in shopping for luxury items.

📌 to

• There is a marked reduction to 20% of the amount of time playing sports.
• The price of oil had considerable growth to 32$ per barrel in 2007.

📌 at

• The divorce rate was at its highest point in 2000.
• The figure stood at 56% in 1880 when it started to rise gradually.
• The number of cars peaked at 34 million in the following year.
• It went up gradually at a high rate.

📌 with

• The trend reached its highest point, with(at) 45% in 1990.
• There was a remarkable decline to the lowest point with 30% two years later.
• Germany came top in the table, with 25 million travelers in 2006.

📌 of / by

• There was a substantial increase of 12% in the amount of household expenditure. (For example, the amount rose from 22% to 34%, which shows a 12% increase.)
• There was a minimal reduction of 2% in the annual income for X company. (For instance, the income fell from 34% to 32%, showing a 2% difference.)
• The interest rate reached a peak of 10% in 2005.
• The price of gold increased by 12% between 2012 and 2015.
• There was an increase of 12% in the price of gold between 2012 and 2015.

📌 for

• There was a comparison between the two groups for reading and playing sports as hobbies.
• The annual salary for the low-income group went up slightly.
• The percentage of absenteeism was much higher for male workers than female workers in 1960.
• The household expenditure on food accounted for the highest amount for the UK.

Exercise 2:

https://chouandrew.github.io/ielts/preposition.html

Compare & Constrast ｜ 对比句型

📌 more adj. than.. , as adj. as, not as….as

• The number of female students was higher than that of male students in 1995.
• The trend for Spain had a more dramatic rise than that of France.
• Based on the given statistics, Germany is as cold as Italy in December.

📌 compare to/with, compared to/with, in comparison to/with, make/draw a comparison between A and B.

• The bar chart compares the percentages for the popularity of different school subjects.
• In comparison with girls, boys of the same age group had a lower success rate.
• Compared with the year 2000, the number of high-school graduates had a rise.

• Annual net income draws/makes a comparison between the two countries .

  Tip: “to” 和 “with” 在这里可以替换

📌 double, half, triple, or quadruple that of something else

• The company’s profit was triple that of the year before after implementing new marketing strategies.
• The figure for unemployment tripled due to the economic recession.
• The rate for crime halved over the given period.

📌 其他比较词汇：similarly, both X and Y, like, same as, in a similar way, in a similar fashion.

• Similarly , Germany and France had a high rate of unemployment at 23%.
• Both the UK and France established strict social rules in 2015.
• Like the US , Canada contributed to the reconstruction of the affected areas after the war.
• The interest rate in Japan was the same as this figure in China in 2005.

📌 对比结构：In contrast, in contrast to, a contrast between X and Y

• In contrast, the figure for volleyball had a gradual decline.
• In contrast to the UK , Germany had the highest number of medals in 2010.
• 53% of the population in Korea was 50+ years old, in contrast to 23% of the teenage population.
• There was a stark contrast between the two teams.

Sentence Structures ｜ 常用句型

一般常用句式

There + Be + adj. + Noun + In + Noun Phrase + Time

There was a significant increase in the number of unemployed people during the period.

There was a slight increase in the gold price / the price of gold between 2005 and 2010

Noun Phrase + Verb + Adverb (+ Noun) + Time

The number of unemployed people increased significantly (experienced / witnessed / saw a significant rise) during the period.

The gold price / the price of gold increased slightly.

将来时（预测类）可以用到的句式

1. The prediction/expectation/projection/forecast/anticipation/likelihood + shows/reveals/indicates/is that there is likely to be a dramatic increase in the number of car users.
2. It is predicted/expected/projected/estimated/ anticipated/forecast/likely that the price of food will increase dramatically (will undergo/witness/experience an increase) from 20 dollars in 2005 to 25 dollars in 2025.
3. The price of food is predicted/expected/anticipated/forecast/estimated to decline from 20 dollars in 2000 to 10 dollars in 2025.