Grammar Exercise#1 - IELTS Grammar

Complete the answer to the Writing task below by choosing the correct linking words from the box and adding the relevant figures from the table.

The table below gives information about the daily cost of water per person in five different countries. (Figures are based on the minimum daily requirement per person of 11.5 litre.)

Write a report for a university lecturer describing the information below.

*while*	*for instance*	*both*	*respectively*
*however*	*overall*	*whereas*	*also*
*first of all*	*despite*

Welcome to your Grammar#1

The table compares the amount people have to pay for their minimum daily water in five countries. It shows the percentage of the average daily wage this represents in each place.

, we can see that Tanzania and Uganda have the highest daily water costs

the UK and US have the lowest. This means,

, that Tanzanians pay

cents,

Americans pay a mere

cents for the same amount of water. These differences are even greater when we consider the percentage of the average daily wage this cost represents. In

Tanzania and Uganda, the cost is significant, representing

and

.

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In the UK and US, , the cost is only a tiny fraction of the daily wage at

, the table shows that there are huge differences between the cost of water in the developing countries and the industrialised west.