IELTS TASK 1: Pie chart

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The charts below show the reasons why people travel to work by bicycle or by car. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.The two pie charts give us data about reasons why people choose a bicycle or a car to travel to work. There is some difference between the reasons behind the two choices.For people who choose to cycle to work, 30 percent of them suppose that cycling helps them with better health and fitness. With the same percentage, reduction of pollutant emission to the environment is also the reason for riding the bicycle. Next, the rest reasons for this decision are about people not to worry about parking matters, cycling costs no fee and cycling is faster than driving. Each reason accounts for 15,13 and 12 percent of the chart, respectively.For people who choose to drive to work, feeling comfortable is the most popular reason with 40 percent of people agree with this. This proportion falls by half for the reason that some people driving the car because of long distance between their home and workplace. To compare with people riding to work, people using the car suppose that driving is much faster than cycling and driving helps them to carry things to work. These two reasons have the same percentage at 14 percent. The last reason with the least percentage at 11 percent is that driving is safer than riding the bicycle.

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The two pie charts give us ~~data~~ ~~about~~ a breakdown of the reasons why people choose a bicycle or a car to travel to work. ~~There is some difference between the reasons behind the two choices.~~ (That sentence has no meaningful content. The more astonishing observation would be that there is no difference at all!)

Your first paragraph is lacking some important information about the pie charts. I would include these points. They prepare the reader for your presentation of the data in these charts.

there are five categories of reasons in each chart
there is only one category in common, commute time.
the reasons for cycling are parking, speed, cost, fitness, and eco-friendliness
the reasons for driving are comfort, distance, speed, baggage, and safety

For people who choose to cycle to work, 30 percent of them suppose that cycling helps them with better health and fitness. With the same percentage, reduction of pollutant emission to the environment is also the reason for riding the a bicycle. Next, the rest reasons for this decision are about people not to worry about parking matters, cycling costs no fee and cycling is faster than driving. Each reason accounts for 15,13 and 12 percent of the chart, respectively.

For people who choose to drive to work, feeling comfortable is the most popular reason with 40 percent of people agree with this. ~~This proportion~~ It falls by half for the reason that some people driving the car because of long distance between their home and workplace. To compare with people riding to work, people using the car suppose that driving is much faster than cycling and driving helps them to carry things to work. These two reasons have the same percentage at 14 percent. The ~~last~~ reason with the least percentage at (11 percent) is that driving is safer than riding the bicycle.

A good strategy in writing about pie charts is to combine the categories into the majority group and minority groups. This is even better if two groups dominate the chart. e.g.

Sixty percent of the bike riders give personal fitness and eco-friendliness as the reasons for using a bicycle for commuting. The remaining 40% give convenience as their reasons: no parking problems, low cost, and low commute time. On the other hand, sixty-one percent of the drivers cite speed and comfort as their reasons.

A similar percentage cite commute time as their main reason. Twelve percent of the cyclists say that cycling is faster, and 14% of the drivers claim that driving is faster.

Note that when I begin a sentence with a numeric value, I write it in words.

IELTS TASK 1: Pie chart

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