雅思小作文，主要是圖表類作文。題幹通常要求我們對題目中所給的圖表進行資訊提取，包括主要資訊的概括、以及資訊間的相關比較。下面具體看看雅思小作文功能句型都有哪些吧!
一、雅思小作文功能句型彙總
表示上升
(1) The house price increased / grew / went up / rose by *** / to ***.
(2) The number of overseas students increased steadily / significantly / considerably / moderately / slightly from *** to ***.
(3) The production of corn was on the rise, up from *** to ***.
(4) The consumption of chicken showed / witnessed / saw a rising / upward trend.
(5) There was a dramatic increase in the amount of chicken consumed.
表示下降
(1) The number of Japanese tourists dropped / declined / went down / fell / reduced by *** / to ***.
(2) Beef consumption has declined dramatically / significantly / sharply / steadily / moderately from *** to ***.
(3) The annual production rate was on the decline, down from *** to ***.
(4) The divorce rate showed / witnessed / saw a falling / downward trend.
(5) There was a slight decrease in the amount of fish consumed.
“倍數”表示法
(1) The amount of coal consumed was three times (as much as / more than) that of oil.
(2) The percentage of female students increased three folds / three times.
(3) The amount of beef consumed almost doubled / tripled, up / rising / climbing from *** to ***.
(4) The production of cars in factory A was three times as many as that in factory B.
(5) Factory A produced three times as many cars as Factory B.
“比較”表示法
(1) The consumption of beef was 70 grams more / less than that of lamb.
(2) People spent 36 hours on housework, compared with 25 hours two years before.
(3) Students who watch less television have higher scores.
(4) The number of visitors from France was the largest in the four groups / larger than any other groups.
(5) People spent the most money on food and drinks.
“佔據”表示法
(1) Oil accounted for / constituted / made up 25% of the energy source used in power plants.
(2) The energy source for power generation was composed of / was made up of 50% of coal, 30% of hydro power and 20% of oil.
(3) The proportion / percentage of expenditure on food was 45% in 2000.
(4) Coal produced / contributed almost 75% of electricity.
(5) Coal has become the fuel for more than 75% of electricity produced.
表示“平穩”或者“波動”
(1) The amount of water used for agriculture remained/stayed stable/steady/unchanged for 5 years in a row.
(2) The unemployment rate was flat at 6%.
(3) The house price stabilized at a high level from 1998 to 2000.
(4) The power consumption levels out / levels off in this period.
(5) The power consumption fluctuated in this period.
“極值”或者“超越”表示法
(1) The proportion of migrant workers reached a record high of / a peak of 60% in 2005.
(2) The birth rate peaked at 3% in 2005.
(3) The rainfall in 2000 was 1500 mm that year, a new low in twenty years.
(4) The percentage of smokers in female grew to a record high of 37% in 1990 and outmatched / exceeded that of their male counterpart.
二、雅思小作文經典結尾示例
Wild animals have no place in the 21st century. Some people think that preventing these wild animals from dying out is a waste of resource. To what extent do you agree or disagree with this opinion?
結尾1：
Someone said safeguard of wild animals is a waste of resource, but I do not agree. It seems we would spend some time, wealth and manpower on this meaningless thing. Actually we also do this for human being ourselves. Let’s protect wild animals right now.
評：結尾第一句話，是對於考官給出的觀點的轉述，應放在文章開頭就出現。結尾不是申明中心句，而應是對全文觀點的總結。大作文要收的堅定有力，seems讓文章顯得說服力不足，meaningless跟全文觀點相孛。最後一句有喊口號的意味，不符合英語議論文的.習慣，同樣的意思可改換客觀平實的文風收尾。
結尾2：
To sum up, we can not live without wild animals due to their profound effects on us. For this reason, we should try our best to protect them. Let’s remember one thing---- protecting wild animals is equivalent to protecting ourselves.
評：雙重否定表示強調，是英語議論文的常見手法,令結尾收的堅定有力。Profound effects深遠影響很好地呼應了文中提到過的野生動物保護的意義，令文章渾然一體。作者的觀點跟結尾1作者觀點完全一樣，但採用了平實的陳述口氣，並用了書面的地道詞彙，equivalent to ,是一個很不錯的結尾。
結尾3：
Certainly, our diet cannot be without meat. There are living stocks, which can provide us with sufficient and nutritious produce. Therefore, we need not to resort to wild animals, especially the endangered ones. To protect animals is to protect our living environment. Every individual should join efforts to keep the diversity of animals.
評：作者不僅會用否定句表達強調，還很及時地採用了讓步式的收尾，指出，人當然要吃肉，但有眾多家畜，不必殺戮野生動物，尤其是瀕危的物種。讓步式結尾讓文章顯的客觀公正，符合英語議論文的要求和習慣，總體很有說服力。再加上語言上同樣成功，地道的措辭，如，living stocks, sufficient and nutritious, resort to，endangered ones, join efforts, diversity 是一篇8分作文的經典結尾。