Date, month & year related Vocabulary and Grammatical rules

Vocabulary to show how many times...

» Exactly the same.
» Roughly the same
» Practically the same
» Twice
» Thrice
» Four times
» Five times
...............
» Ten times
...............
» Hundred times.

Vocabulary to show how much changed...

» Halved
» Equalled
» Doubled
» Trebled / tripled
» Quadrupled (fourfold /four times)
» Pentadrupled (fivefold /five times)
» Hexadrupled (sixfold /six times)
» Septupled (sevenfold /seven times)
» Octupled  (Eightfold/eight times)
» Nonupled (Ninefold/ nine times)
.................
Centupled (hundredfold/ hundred times)

Presenting Percentages:

• 
  % = In percentage / in %. (20%, 25 percentage, ten per cent etc.)
  
• 
  % = In proportion. (two out of five, every student out of three etc.)
  
• 
  % = In fraction. (one-third, two-fifth, a quarter etc.)
  

Percentage, Portion and Numbers:

Percentages:
10% increase, 25 percent decrease, increased by 15%, dropped by 10 per cent, fall at 50%, reached to 75%, tripled, doubled, one-fourth, three-quarters, half, double fold, treble, 5 times higher, 3 timers lower, declined to about 49%, stood exactly at 43%.
 

Fractions:

4% = A tiny fraction.
24% = Almost a quarter.
25% = Exactly a quarter.
26% = Roughly one quarter.
32% = Nearly one-third, nearly a third.
49% = Around a half, just under a half.
50% = Exactly a half.
51% = Just over a half.
73% = Nearly three quarters.
77% = Approximately three quarter, more than three-quarter.
79% = Well over three quarters.

 

Proportions: 
2% = A tiny portion, a very small proportion.
4% = An insignificant minority, an insignificant proportion.
16% = A small minority, a small portion.
70% = A large proportion.
72% = A significant majority, A significant proportion.89% = A very large proportion. 
89% = A very large proportion.
Here are some useful ways to describe numbers using vocabulary.

Don’t just give statistics—compare them to another part of the test!

‘2-fold’ is an adjective meaning “twice as much”.

It should ONLY be used to describe ‘increases’ in the size or amount of something.

• 
  2-fold = twice as much as before
  
• 
  3-fold = three times as much as before
  
• 
  4-fold = four times as much as before
  
• 
  5-fold = five times as much as before
  

The price increased 2-fold from 2011 to 2013.

The price shows a 2-fold increase from 2011 to 2013.

There was a 2-fold increase in the price from 2011 to 2013.
Words/ Phrases of Approximation - Vocabulary:

» Approximately
» Nearly
» Roughly
» Almost
» About
» Around
» More or less
» Just over
» Just under
» Just around
» Just about
» Just below
» A little more than
» A little less than.

Using Appropriate Prepositions:
You must use the correct preposition in the IELTS writing task 1 to get a high score. Be accurate about the uses of to, by, of, off, in, on, for etc.

Examples:
» Papers are sold by the ream.
» Oranges are purchased and sold by the dozen.
» Students enrollment in the University has increased by 2% this year.
» Eggs are counted in dozens.
» Rice is measured in kg.
» He is junior to me by 4 years.
» The employees are paid per week in this factory.
» All these products are made of glasses.
Vocabulary - Using the appropriate "Prepositions":
» It started at..., The sale started at $20..., It peaked at...
» It reached at/to..., It reached the lowest point /nadir at...
»It increased to 80 from 58. It decreased from 10 to 3.
»There was a drop of six units. It dropped by 3 units.
»It declined by 15%. There was a 10% drop in the next three years.