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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Ideas to explore

  • 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

  1. Introduce the line graph and table, including their subject and time point.
  2. Give an overview of the dominant global sector and the main country contrast.
  3. Describe the global trend, comparing agriculture, industry and domestic use from the start to the end of the period.
  4. 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.

Sample answers

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The line graph illustrates three sectors in terms of the amount of water that they used in the world between 1900 and 2000, while the table gives information about water expenditure in two countries ( Brazil and Congo) in 2000. Units are measured in km³ and m³ respectively. Overall, the global water rose significantly in the period shown, with agriculture remaining the largest user throughout. Water use also increase…

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The line chart and the table compare the data about the amount of water worldwide used by three sectors from 1990 to 2000 and water consumption in two counties namely Brazil and Congo in 2000. It is noticeable that the demand for usage of water worldwide increased in three sectors.In addition, agriculture accounted for the largest volume throughout the period, climbing from about 500 km³ in 1900 to 3,000 km³ in 2000.…

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There are different opinions among people about giving homework to children. While some opinions are strongly against the problem, I contend that homework plays an important role in education. There is no doubt that teachers should not give homework to their students. Firstly, homework is not a factor that changes the result of children’s learning. Turning to the charts, global water use for all three purposes rose b…

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