WRITING TASK 1

You should spend about 20 minutes on this task.

The charts below show the percentage of water used for different purposes in six
areas of the world.

Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make
comparisons where relevant.

Write at least 150 words.

ESSAY ORGANIZATION/PARAGRAPH STRUCTURE (Two groups of data/more -
Comparable)

PARAGRAPH I: Introduction
➡ paraphrase of the topic sentence (both/all groups)

PARAGRAPH II: Overview - Quantitative; Static data

➡ link/comparison of the most extreme data (the highest, the lowest) of both/all
groups
➡ link/comparison of overall trends of both/all groups
➡ link/comparison of the main similarity/difference

PARAGRAPH III: Details (group 1 only OR some features of both/all groups (compared/
linked))
➡ data classification
➡ more specific similarities/differences
➡ comparison/ranking
➡ some numbers are presented

PARAGRAPH IV: Details (group 2 only OR the remaining features of both/all groups
(compared/linked))
➡ data classification
➡ more specific similarities/differences
➡ comparison/ranking
➡ some numbers are presented
PARAGRAPH PLAN

1. Types of sentences - Six pie charts: active

2. Tenses: present simple
3. Subjects of sentences: the proportion of water used; the percentage of water
used
4. Overview (Comparable):
✓ In most areas: mostly for agriculture; only in two areas: mostly for industry
✓ In industrialized regions: water use for households is smallest
5. Details:
✓ D-1 (North America & Europe)
➡ Exactly the same pattern and similar proportion in each sector
➡ The highest: in industry (48 & 53, respectively)
➡ The 2nd highest: in agriculture (around one-third of the total, each); the

remaining: in domestic sector

✓ D-2 (South East Asia, Central Asia, Africa, South America)
➡ South East Asia: the lowest also domestic sector (7); however, the highest:

agriculture (81)
➡ Central Asia & Africa: the highest also agriculture (84 & 88, respectively);

however, the lowest: industry (7 or less)

➡ South America, the same trend, but the proportion was significantly

different (agriculture nearly three-quarters; industry one-tenth)

FULL ESSAY:

The six pie charts describe water usage, in percentage, for agriculture, industrial and
domestic sectors in different parts of the world.

Overall, water is mostly used for agriculture. Only in two areas is it mainly used for
industry. It is also noticeable that the proportion of water for households is always the
smallest in the industrialized regions.

According to the charts, how water is used in North America and Europe shows exactly
the same pattern. The highest and lowest proportions in these regions are for the
industrial use, (approximately half of the total water usage, each) and for households
(around one tenth, each).
Meanwhile, in Southeast Asia, although the lowest proportion is also for the domestic
sector (7%), the highest is allocated for agriculture, comprising 81% of its total water.
In two other agrarian sectors, namely Central Asia and Africa, the percentage used for
agriculture is only slightly higher than in Southeast Asia, whereas the proportion used
in industry, which is the lowest, stands at about 9%, each. Similarly, South America use
the biggest and lowest proportions of water in these two sectors; however, the
percentage is rather different.