The charts below show the percentage of water used for different purposes in six areas of the world.
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The pie charts illustrateThe chart illustrates how the proportion of water in six areas of the world varies across different purposes.differs in different purposes
Overall, it is clear that most of the watermost of water is used for agriculture in South America, Africa, Central Asia and South East Asia while North America and Europe tendtends to use water primarily for industrial purposesmore in industry. Domestic use has nearly the lowest shares of six areas.
With regard to well-developedwell developed regions such as North America and Europe, the largest proportion of water is consumedpeople use most of their water which accounts for 48% and 53% respectively for industrial usein industry use, followed by agricultural use atby agricultural at 39% and 32% respectively. Domestic use accounts for 13% and 15% in these two areas, representing the lowest figures.those two areas, which is the lowest.
Whenwhen it comes to those developing regions, the situation changessituation changed. In South America, Africa, Central Asia and South East Asia, agricultural use constitutes 71%, 84%, 88% and 81% respectively, compared with domestic use at 19%, 9%, 7% and 7%. Apart from South East Asia atin 12%, industrial use is the lowest in the other three areasin other three areas, making up 10%, 7%, and 5% respectively.making up 10%, 7% and 5%.
Why this response received Band 6.5
The essay effectively identifies key trends and reports accurate data across all six regions with a clear overall overview. The main structure logically contrasts industrialised and developing areas, though minor grammatical errors and punctuation oversights affect precision. To improve, focus on eliminating basic capitalization mistakes and refining prepositional accuracy in comparative structures.
IELTS Writing Criteria Scores
Task Achievement
Key trends are clearly highlighted, and data for all six regions is selected accurately to support comparisons.
Ensure all minor categories are fully compared rather than just listed to deepen the analytical detail.
Coherence and Cohesion
The response is logically grouped into distinct paragraphs comparing developed and developing regions with clear progression.
Vary cohesive devices to avoid relying on repetitive transitions like 'when it comes to'.
Lexical Resource
An adequate vocabulary range is used to describe percentages and sectors, despite occasional awkward word choices.
Replace informal or slightly imprecise phrases like 'well developed regions' with standard academic alternatives such as 'industrialised nations'.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy
A mix of simple and complex sentence forms is attempted, though minor grammatical and capitalization errors occur.
Proofread carefully to fix sentence-initial capitalization errors and article misuses such as 'most of water'.