【雅思寫作｜小作文架構】小作文文法（3/4）：數字與介系詞、主詞動詞一致

✓ 好句　Beginning with roughly 22% and 10%, respectively, in 1990, the figure for Italia and the UK both dropped slightly in 1995 but peaked in 2000 …
（Task 40）Beginning with … in 1990 交代兩國起點，peaked in 2000 年份用 in。

✓ 好句　In terms of Switzerland and Denmark, both of them showed a dramatic upward trend, from 1 million to 5.5 million and from 0.6 million to 4 million, respectively.
（Task 24）兩組 from … to … 配 respectively，數字順序和國家順序一致。

✗ 原文　The number of martial arts, at the same time, fluctuated between roughly 31 to 38.
→ 改法　Meanwhile, the number of participants in martial arts fluctuated between roughly 31 and 38.
（Task 29）between 配 and，from 配 to，不能混用。同一篇還有 at that year → in that year。

✗ 原文　Domestic emission, which steadily decreased, remained the least sources of emissions until 2007 in 0.2 million.
→ 改法　Domestic emissions decreased steadily and remained the lowest throughout, ending at 0.2 million tonnes in 2007.
（Task 36）數字前面用 at，不用 in；年份前面用 in；the least sources → the lowest。

✗ 原文　As regards Nickel, it began at 6% increase in January …
→ 改法　Nickel began the year with a 6% rise in price in January …
（Task 8）這張圖畫的是「每月變動率」，6% 是增幅，不是價格的位置。began at 6% 會讓人以為價格是 6%。

✗ 原文　The table compares the response of satisfactory regarding schools’ facilities in a British university over the year 2008.
→ 改法　The table shows how satisfied students at a British university were with its facilities in 2008.
（Task 47）只有一個年份，用 in 2008；over the period 才用在一段時間。satisfactory（令人滿意的）和 satisfaction（滿意度）也要分清楚。

✗ 原文　As for the length of underground railway, with the figure for 394 kilometers and 199 kilometers, …
→ 改法　In terms of length, the London and Paris systems were the longest, at 394 and 199 kilometres respectively.
（Task 22）with the figure for＋數字是我很常用的錯誤句型，正確是 with figures of …，但最簡單的是直接用 at＋數字。Task 42、Task 44 也有同樣的 with the figure for。

✓ 好句　Overall, the number of participants for table tennis and musical performances has increased, …
（Task 29）the number of … has increased，單數動詞正確。

✗ 原文　… while that of amateur dramatics have witnessed a downward trend.
→ 改法　… while that for amateur dramatics has fallen.
（Task 29）同一句後半段，that 指的是 the number，仍然是單數。前半句寫對，後半句被 dramatics 的 s 騙走。

✓ 好句　Overall, the harbour has witnessed considerable changes; a number of new facilities have been built …
（Task 33）a number of＋複數動詞，正確。

✗ 原文　On the contrary, students speak German and two other languages, the percentage were the least at 10%.
→ 改法　By contrast, the proportions of students who spoke German or two other languages were the lowest, at 10% each.
（Task 11）the percentage 單數不能配 were；這裡講兩個類別，可以改成 the proportions … were。

✗ 原文　Following this, the second highest percentages goes to school halls, which makes up 24%.
→ 改法　School halls came second, accounting for 24%.
（Task 44）percentages 複數配 goes 單數，兩邊都錯一半。

✗ 原文　Moving through study facilities, most students responsed positively; the figure for both student categories were all more than 85%.
→ 改法　Study facilities received the most positive response, with 85% of undergraduates and 90% of postgraduates very satisfied.
（Task 47）the figure 單數配 were all；而且大學部剛好 85%，不是「超過 85%」。

✗ 原文　As for Central Asia and South East Asia, more than four-fifths of water usage are for agricultural use …
→ 改法　… more than four-fifths of water is used for agriculture …
（Task 2）water usage 不可數，動詞跟著單數。

✗ 原文　Besides, a new space for cafes and shops are constructed next to a lifeboat …
→ 改法　A new area for cafés and shops has been built next to the lifeboat station.
（Task 33）主詞是 a new space，不是 shops。

✗ 原文　Overall, the revenue of four out of five categories increased by far in 2016, and the only exception were gems and jewellery.
→ 改法　… and the only exception was gems and jewellery.
（試改2）主詞是 the only exception，單數。同一篇還有 Engineered goods and textiles shows → show。