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 shows global water consumption in three different sectors between 1900 and 2000, while the table compares water use in Brazil and the Democratic Republic of Congo in 2000. Overall, water consumption increased in all three sectors but agriculture consumed far more water than the other two. Brazil was a much bigger water user per person than the Democratic Republic of Congo, and it also had a much larger…

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The provided illustration consists of a line graph depicting the distribution of water consumption across three sectors – agriculture, industry, and domestic use – from 1900 to 2000, alongside a table comparing water use in Brazil and the Democratic Republic of Congo in the year 2000. Overall, in 2000, agriculture accounted for the majority of global water use, and consumption rose in all three sectors over the perio…

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186 words · Illustrative target band

The provided line chart illustrates the global water usage by three different sectors from 1900 to 2000, whilst the table shows the water consumption per person in Brazil and Congo in 2000. Overall, after analyzing the charts, it can be observed that there was a significant increase in global water usage by the agriculture sector. Agriculture began at approximately 500 km³ in 1900 and climbed steadily, reaching about…

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