The book may be used as a supplement to A Book for lELTS by McCarter, Easton & Ash, lELTS Reading Tests by McCarter & Ash, a book on writing by Sam McCarter, or as a supplement to a course book, or for self-study. So that you may repeat the exercises in this book, I would advise you to avoid marking the text. | Academic Writing Practice for l LT r Exercise 13 Read the text and find where the words and phrases have been added. The first one has been done for you The pie charts show the market share of yashing machines made by four companies over the period 1990 to 2000 and the results of a survey on whether customers would consider buying the new Dyton washing machine over the same period. During the first year of sales of the new Dyton machine in 1990 its market share stood at 2 percent as opposed to 60 percent for the MMC product 20 for the Corr washing machine and 18 for that of Obecalp. In 1995 however MMC Ltd lost ground to its three other competitors. While Corr Ltd and Obecalp Ltd both increased their market share to by one percentage point each in 1995 Dyton Ltd captured 8 of the market a rise of 300 . In 2000 Dyton s market share had increased to 32 at the expense of its three main competitors with MMC Ltd Obecalp Ltd and Corr Ltd falling to 39 percent 17 percent and 12 percent respectively. The bar chart shows that the Dyton machine exceeded its popularity rating in each year rising from 5 in 1995 to 40 percent in the year 2000. It is clear that the sales of the Dyton washing machine were on the increase over the period. Exercise 14 As you build the text you can use the grammar to predict the next section you need. When you are writing a similar process is taking place. Paragraph 1 EIFPD H RM G B C N A J O Q KL Paragraph 2 UVTSYWX Exercise 15 1. A. Alternative A avoids the repetition in B and gives more information than D. As for C using the noun here feels awkward and it repeats the beginning sentence. 2. A. Alternative B is not correct because it is not a matter of losing people that you cannot find in C the word down is wrong and D is too informal. 3. A. Alternatives B C and D are repetitive. Also using the preposition with followed by a noun is more sophisticated. 4. D. The other alternatives mean the same and are correct grammatically but do not express the
