Task 1 · table · 18 samples

The charts compare the amount of water used for agriculture, industry and homes around the world, and water use in Brazil and the Democratic Republic of Congo.

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Agriculture is the largest global water-use sector across the displayed period, rising to about 3,000 km³ by 2000.
Industrial and domestic use both increase over time, but remain below agricultural use; industry ends at roughly 1,400 km³ and domestic use at about 500 km³.
In 2000, Brazil exceeds the Democratic Republic of Congo in population, irrigated land and per-person water consumption; the per-person figures are 359 m³ and 8 m³ respectively.

Suggested structure

Introduce the line graph and table, including their subject and time point.
Give an overview of the dominant global sector and the main country contrast.
Describe the global trend, comparing agriculture, industry and domestic use from the start to the end of the period.
Summarise the table by comparing population, irrigated land and per-person consumption.

Useful vocabulary & examples

per-person consumption: The amount used by each individual on average.
Per-person water consumption was 359 m³ in Brazil.
irrigated land: Land supplied with water artificially to support crop growth.
Brazil had 26,500 km² of irrigated land.
rose from … to …: A concise way to describe an increase between two figures.
Agricultural water use rose from about 500 km³ to approximately 3,000 km³.
remained the smallest category: Continued to be the lowest of the compared groups.
Domestic use remained the smallest category in the graph.

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The line graph compares the amount of usage of water globally in three sectors over a hundred year period, while the table illustrates the consumption of water by Brazil and Congo in he year 2000. Overall, it is seen clearly that there is increase in water use by all the sectors but agricultural sector stays the largest user throughout the period. In 1900, agriculture used about 500 km³ of water, and this figure incr…

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The line graph illustrates water consumption used in three different sectors from 1990 to 2000. The table provides information about water use in Brazil and Democratic Republic of Congo in 2000. Overall, agriculture consumed far more water than the other two sectors, while water consumption increased in all three sectors. Brazil used water much bigger than the Democratic Republic of Congo in 2000, with 359 m³ per per…

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183 words · Illustrative target band

The picture gives information about the global water used for agriculture, industry and domestic, and these consumptions in two different nations. Overall, the amount of water for all factors experienced an upward trend in most years. In addition, the consumption of water used for Brazil was higher than Congo. Starting with the graph, the amount of water used in agriculture was the biggest one. It increased from abou…

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