Do I need to give real statistics in IELTS Speaking Part 3?
No. The four scoring criteria describe language, and a direction plus a cause answers the question without a figure. Inventing a percentage is riskier than admitting the limit of your knowledge, because it creates a claim you have to defend in the next question.
No. The four scoring criteria describe language, and a direction plus a cause answers the question without a figure. Inventing a percentage is riskier than admitting the limit of your knowledge, because it creates a claim you have to defend in the next question.
If you do know a figure, use one rather than three: name where it comes from, give the number, then interpret it in the same breath. A single sourced number followed by a reason sounds authoritative, while a list of half-remembered numbers sounds rehearsed. With no source, direction plus cause is still the stronger answer.
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