Choose the correct word in these IELTS candidates’ answers.
1 In 1997 the employment figure / number was two million.
2 The data shows the difference between the percentage / percentages of men and women doing full-time jobs.
3 In the future the size / number of the population will increase sharply.
4 In Britain people spent the smallest number / amount of money on personal stereos.
5 Cinemas expect an increasing level / number of attendance in the future across all ages.
6 Going out to restaurants decreased dramatically to seven percentage / percent.
7 The number / quantity of people who came to Australia started to drop after 1994.
8 The graph shows that the percentage / per cent of 14 to 24-year-olds who are cinema-goers is higher than the other groups.
9 We can also see that the rate / proportion of males gaining diplomas was higher than that of females.
10 A small part / proportion of graduates are self-employed.
11 It can be seen that the majority of prisoners are male as the percentage / share of prisons who are female is only 4%.
12 The number of books published depends on the literacy rate / figure.
Answer
1 figure 2 percentages 3 size 4 amount 5 level 6 percent 7 number 8 percentage
9 proportion 10 proportion 11 percentage 12 rate
