IELTS Writing 裡的數字該寫阿拉伯(45)還是英文字(forty-five)?

有規則。亂寫扣 Lexical Resource。

基本規則

10 以下用字

three countries, eight stages, five participants, one in ten

10 以上用阿拉伯

25 per cent, 45 years, 1,200 households, 2,500 students

百分比 + 貨幣 + 單位永遠阿拉伯

5%, $50, £10, 3 kg, 20 km

即使 5 以下。

年份、日期永遠阿拉伯

in 1998, by 2020, on 15 March

Task 1 的特例

Task 1 描述圖表——所有圖上數字照抄

The figure rose from 45 million in 2000 to 120 million in 2020.

不要改寫forty-five million——麻煩又容易錯。

句首的例外

句首不能用阿拉伯數字開頭——要改寫:

25 per cent of households had broadband.

A quarter of households had broadband.

Some 25 per cent of households had broadband.

約略 vs 精確

精確:用數字

The figure stood at 23.5% in 2015.

約略:用字

Roughly a quarter of participants agreed.

Just under half of respondents...

Around one in five children...

Band 7+ 加分精確跟約略交替用,顯示詞彙彈性。不要全部阿拉伯、也不要全部英文字。

常見錯誤

❌ Per cent vs Percent

英式 IELTS 兩個都接受,但一致性很重要——整篇選一個。

❌ 拼字

fourty → 應該是 forty(沒有 u) ninty → 應該是 ninety hundreds, thousands 要不要加 s

  • three hundred people (不加 s,前面有數字)
  • hundreds of people (加 s,泛指)

❌ 連字號

twenty-five / thirty-seven / forty-two (21-99 的複合數字必須加 hyphen) one hundred and fifty (百以後不加 hyphen)

分數寫法

one third / two thirds / three quarters / a half

Task 1 常用

Just over a third of households chose option A, while roughly one quarter preferred B.

試試看

拿你最近一篇 Task 1。檢查:

  • [ ] 10 以下的計數用字,10 以上用阿拉伯?
  • [ ] 百分比都加 % 符號?
  • [ ] 約略跟精確數字有混用?
  • [ ] 句首沒有阿拉伯開頭?
  • [ ] forty 沒拼成 fourty

花 2 分鐘檢查,避免一個 lexical 扣分。


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