The easy way to ielts writing academic Module

Making comparisons
1. Commonly used comparative structures such as, “
Adjective+ er+
than
”/“
more+ adjective+ than
” as well as their superlative versions,
“
the+ adjective+ est
”/“
the+ most+ adjective
” could be completely
practical in writing task 1.
The number of female students was higher than that of male
students in 1995.
The trend for Spain had a more dramatic rise than that of
France.
The figure for the US reached its lowest point, with 32% in
1880.
High school students had the most significant contribution,

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with 66% in July 2008.
2. There are also several 
words and phrases 
to use in making
comparisons:
Compare (verb) something to/with something
The bar chart compares the percentages for the popularity of different
school subjects.
One way to assure is to compare the given data.
In comparison to/with something
In comparison with girls, boys of the same age group had a lower
success rate.
Workers in Italy had lower incomes in comparison to other European
countries.
Compared with/to something
Compared with the year 2000, the number of high-school graduates
had a rise.
Compared to Europe, North America had a higher rate of
unemployment.
prepositions “to” and “with” make no difference in meaning in
these sentences.
Draw/make a comparison between X and Y
There is a comparison between Germany and the UK in terms of
annual income.
Annual net income draws/makes a comparison between the two
countries.
As+ adjective+ as

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Based on the given statistics, Germany is as cold as Italy in
December.
The trend for the US did not go as high as the trend for the UK.