The diagram below shows the water cycle in both forested and urban areas. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant.

IELTS Writing Task Chart for The diagram below shows the water cycle in both forested and urban areas. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant.

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The diagram is used to compare the way the

water

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run

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runs

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through

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a different way in an urban setting than in a forest.

Overall

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while

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the steps remain the same, the results are different.

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the process is essential to the health of the environment, in urban areas the cycle gives fewer benefits, creating

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a more polluted runoff. It starts when the rain falls into the ground, where it penetrates the permeable soil, creating infiltration, which runs down until reaching the less permeable subsoil on rock, where a

water

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table is created. From there,

water

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continues flowing until it reaches the runoff. During

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process, part of the

water

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evaporates and a bigger proportion gets absorbed by trees which

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release oxygen through transpiration.

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the procedure is the same, in urban settings the results are worse. Since permeable soil is covered by asphalt,

water

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cannot reach deeper levels, so there is an

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reduced infiltration which causes a lesser baseflow and

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to higher erosion.

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, the proportion evaporated and transpired is lower,

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there is a bigger polluted runoff.

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Linking words: Don't use the same linking words: "overall, while".

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Vocabulary: Replace the words water with synonyms.

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Vocabulary: The word "proportion" was used 2 times.

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Vocabulary: The word "reaches" was used 2 times.

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meeting the goal of 7 or more
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meeting the goal of 3 or fewer
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Overall Band Score

Coherence and Cohesion: 4.0

Logical structure

Single idea per paragraph

Introduction & conclusion present

Accurate linking words

Variety in linking words

Lexical resource: 6.0

Varied vocabulary

Accurate spelling & word formation

Grammatical Range: 6.0

Mix of complex & simple sentences

Clear and correct grammar

Task Achievement: 6.0

Complete response

Suitable writing tone

Appropriate word count

2 paragraphs

183 words

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Topic Vocabulary:

Precipitation
Absorption
Groundwater recharge
Evapotranspiration
Surface runoff
Impervious surfaces
Concrete
Asphalt
Stormwater systems
Vegetation
Water vapor
Local climate conditions

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