IELTS Diagram: Rainwater

This IELTS diagram appeared in 2015 and in 2018 (writing task 1 test academic) and has been reproduced by two candidates (Fay and Ahmad) to be as accurate as possible to the original. It is typical of many diagrams that are used by IELTS. There is also a model diagram answer given below. The model answer is estimated at band score 9. Note that diagrams are also known as processes.

Note that as in all Writing Task 1 (academic paper), you must have an overview. Pay attention to the summary of key stages in the process in that statement.

IELTS Rainwater Diagram

Reported in 2015 and 2018 in the IELTS writing task 1 test.

IELTS Rainwater Diagram

IELTS Diagram Model Answer

The diagram illustrates how an Australian town collects rainwater to process in order to use as drinking water. Overall, rainwater collected from houses can be used for drinking after it has been processed by being filtered and then being treated with chemicals.

Initially, the rain which falls on the rooftop is collected by the gutter and then runs down the pipe at the side of the house into the drain at the bottom. Each house collects rainwater in this way and the rainwater is then passed along underground drains to the water filter.

The rainwater passes through the water filter to remove any impurities. Once it has been filtered, it continues along the pipes to a storage tank. From this point, the water goes from storage to the water treatment. At this stage of the process, the water is treated with chemicals in order to make it fit for consumption. When the water is ready for drinking, it travels along pipes that lead back into the houses in the town where people can use the water for daily consumption.

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  1. The diagram illustrates how people in an Australian town collect rainwater for the purpose of drinking water. Overall, it can be seen that people in the town collect rainwater from the installed drains on top of the houses and using water filter and chemicals to ensure water being safe to drink.
    In the first stage, the rainwater is collected from the installed drains on top of the houses. After that, rainwater is conveyed to water filter for cleaning process. In the second stage, the filtered water is stored in the large container for future use. In the following stage, the filtered water is transferred to water treatment. In this process, the filtered water is purified by various chemicals to ensure water being safe to drink. Lastly, purified water is conveyed through a network of pipes that connected to every house in the town for essential purposes.
    In conclusion, the process of collecting, filtering, storing and treating rainwater ensures a safe source of drinking water for every house in an Australian town.
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  2. The given graph illustrates radio and television viewing routines of the UK population from October to December 1992.
    Overall, television had consistently achieved a higher total viewership than the radio. The TV reached its peak viewership in the nighttime slot. While the radio had its peak listenership in the morning slot.
    The radio’s listenership was at the lowest from midnight to 6am with fewer than 5% of UK population tuning in. Afterwards, it quickly rose in the morning reaching its peak at 8am by attracting about 25% of the people. It could be that the audience enjoyed hearing radio in the morning while having breakfast, travelling to their offices, and performing other chores.
    Similarly, UK’s television viewership was also at its lowest in the midnight. It began to rise from 11am. Afterwards, it quickly picked up viewership and reached its peak at 5pm to 9pm. Post evening time, it engaged 45% of the population in their after-work leisure hours. This viewership fell quickly to almost 15% of the total after 9pm with the arrival of resting hours.
    Lastly, when listenership of the radio began to decline, viewership of the television started to rise, showcasing the shift in audiences’ preferences with the changes in time slots.

  3. The given diagram showcases an Australian town’s step-by-step procedure of making rainwater safe enough for drinking.
    In a nutshell, rainwater from houses is collected through a drain and is then filtered through different procedures to be converted into water safe enough to drink.
    In the Australian town, when the rain falls, rainwater from the roofs of each house passes through water pipes and is collected in inter-connected drains. Secondly, this water is passed through a water filter and is then collected in a storage tank. From this storage tank, the water is transferred into a water treatment tank. Here the filtered rainwater is treated with chemicals. Lastly it is transferred back up to the houses as the rainwater is now successfully converted to drinking water. This whole process is carried out with the help of connected pipes, helping the water to flow efficiently from the first step to the last.

    • I don’t usually comment on writing, but I will make a point. “In a nutshell” is inappropriate for a formal piece of writing in IELTS. The word “overall” is 100% what you should use and nothing else. Even though you might feel that you want to make your writing different, that is the wrong direction to take for writing task 1. A report is a report, not creative writing. You should use the appropriate linking words at all times.

  4. i really love the way that you explain the requirements for improve our skills in the exams
    Than you!

  5. The diagram describes the process of supplying clean drinking water in an Australian town from the rainwater. The process explains in majorly six stages.
    Overall, the rainwater is accumulated in different tanks through gutter and then get filtered with the help of water filter and then it is stored at a storage tank and transferred in to the another tank containing chemicals with the help of pipes and finally the water is treated with chemical and water got purified and supplies in to the homes of American town.
    Initially, the first step includes collection of rainwater into the large number of tanks with the assistance of gutter. Then, the collected rainwater is passed into water filter to get purified and collected in another large storage tank with the help of pipe. Additionally, the purified water is treated with some sorts of chemicals in order to confirm the purification of water. Lastly, the pure drinking water is supplied in the home of Australian towns Daily.

  6. The diagram illustrates the process by which an Australian town collects rainwater for drinking purposes. Initially, rain falling on rooftops is channeled by gutters and downpipes to drains at the base of each house. This collected rainwater is then directed through underground drains to a central water filter.

    At the water filter, the rainwater undergoes a filtration process to eliminate impurities. After filtration, the water continues through pipes to reach a storage tank. From the storage tank, the water is further treated with chemicals to ensure it meets safety standards for consumption. However Once the water is treated and deemed suitable for drinking, it is distributed back to the houses in the town through a network of pipes. Residents can then use this processed rainwater for their daily consumption.

    These adjustments aim to enhance the flow and clarity of the description while maintaining the accuracy of the information provided.

    • Always remember that the overview statement is the most important paragraph for writing task 1 academic test. It needs to be highlighted using the word “Overall” to make it easy for the examiner to locate. This is a separate statement to the introduction statement.

  7. MD. NURUL AMIN says

    The chart illustrates the process of collecting rainwater so that it can be utilized as drinking water in a city in Australia. However, it can be said that this is a linear, man-made, multistep process that starts with collecting rainwater from the roof and ends with providing drinking water to houses through modern pipes. It is apparent from the graph that water is collected from the roofs of four houses through an underground pipe that is connected to every house. Subsequently, rainwater is stored in a large storage tank after flowing into a filtering process called a water filter. However, stored water is moved to another section where it is treated with chemicals and prepared to be usable as well as drinkable in the penultimate stage. Finally, water flows through a pipe to every house, from where rainwater was collected in the first stage, and water can be utilized as drinkable.

  8. Murad Tariverdiyev says

    The diagram demonstrates the process of accumulating rainwater for drinking water in an Australian town.
    Overall, it is a 6 stage, man-made, and cyclical process, beginning with the collection of raindrops and, finally, turning into drinkable water.
    First of all, rainwater on the roofs of homes flows down metal pipes installed on these houses. After that, drained water goes through these pipes and enters the filter to dispose of some other trash. It is shown that this filtered water is retained in an enormous storage tank. There is another pipe connecting two tanks, and filtered water moves through this pipe for the water treatment process.
    Following that, filtered rainwater is heated up to high degrees to remove additional chemicals by boiling water, and these chemical gases are confined to small storages. Ultimately, purified rainwater is transported through pipes to people’s homes for consumption.

  9. Nischal says

    The diagram depicts how an Australian town gathers rainwater to provide drinking water in a continuous cycle. It involves six main stages, starting with rainwater collection and ending when clean drinking water is delivered to homes. This cycle repeats itself indefinitely, ensuring a constant supply of safe drinking water.

    Firstly, rainwater is collected and directed into drains. From there, it travels through pipes to a water filtration system, where it is cleaned. The purified water is then stored for further processing. Next, it moves to the water treatment section, where it undergoes treatment using chemicals to ensure it is safe for drinking.

    Finally, the treated water is distributed to houses through pipes, allowing Australians to access and use it for drinking purposes in their homes. This entire process forms a loop, where the last step seamlessly leads back to the first, ensuring a continual flow of clean drinking water to the community.

  10. bubuli says

    This diagram illustrates the way of an Australian town collects rain water for the use of drinking water.It is a cycle diagram which means when the last part finishes the first part begins again.The diagram repeats itself over and over.

    Overall , diagram has six stages to get complete.It starts with collecting rain water to drains and the diagram ends when drinking waters are safely delivered to houses. Water flows both ways from houses to water treatment section and back.

    In the first part , rain waters are collected to drains after that it goes thru pipes and gets to the water filter. After the rain water is filtered, the filtered and clean water is stored in storage section.

    Lastly , filtered water flows to the water treatment section. The water is treated with chemicals and when treated water is ready to drink , it is delivered to houses via pipes so Australians can drink the water in their home.

  11. The diagram gives information about rainwater, which is being filtered by an Australian town, for the purpose of drinking. Overall, It shows the total process of how the rainwater is being filtered and transported to the households.

    Firstly, the rainwater which has fallen on the rooftops is running down to the drainage system. From that instant, it goes across the water filter, as shown in the figure, water is being filtered at three points which helps in the efficient filtering of water. After that, it travels across some pipes and settles down at the storage tank, thereby, It moves through a pipe to undergo water treatment.

    At that point, the rainwater is treated with some chemicals to make it ready for consumption, thereafter, The filtered and ready-to-use water travels through some tunnels and thereby reaches the town’s main line of water supply. From there, it will go through the individual pipelines of residential houses, serving the purpose of drinking.

  12. Karthik minnal says

    The Diagram shows information about Water That is collected in the form of rain and its processes of becoming drinkable in an town situated in the island country called Australia.
    To begin with, Rainwater accumulated through pipes that are fitted to the roofs enters water filter and to a capacity that holds the water from there the processes involves some chemicals then again to the houses for usage.
    Here the detailed explanation for converting rain water to drinking water. The whole thing starts when the rainwater falls onto the roof of the houses and starts dripping towards the pipes that are fitted for the purpose goes into drain from where all the rainwater comes from other individual homes to a water cleaning facility and then to a huge capacity which holds it, eventually the water is treated with certain chemical compounds for removal of impurities that brings harm. by completing all the different stages then it goes straight to whence it came for usage

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      • This flowchart illustrates the typical notion of procedure adopted for transforming rainwater into drinking water. The systematic cycle of water treatment consists of several stages wherein each particular stage has its own mechanism of treating the water resource. Having this convenient process, the anticipated outcome would be to obtain pure water which is compatible for drinking purpose.
        The initial stage involves storing and draining the rainwater which flows directly onto roof tops of many residential and commercial buildings in the town. Further to this, the water is fed into filtering chamber through a sequence of pipelines during which many solid ingredients are isolated from further processing. The primary goal here is to store the rainwater which is extracted without impurities. This may require installation of storage tanks or carriers depending on the capacity or the intensity of rainfall in a particular region.
        Following above stages, the next immediate step is to ensure the water needs to be treated with chemical reaction plants. During this stage, the water undergoes bacterial removal operations along with elimination of other impurities.
        Ultimately, the overall methodology of this treatment cycle yields pure drinking water which can be certainly supplied to household requirements.

        • I don’t usually comment on writing. However, I will say a couple of points to help you:
          1. A diagram is a diagram – don’t change the name.
          2. You should not have two overviews because you’ll get a lower score in Coherence and Cohesion. One overview, no conclusion. The overview is actually the most important paragraph in your entire writing task 1 so make sure you highlight it with “Overall”.
          3. Don’t repeat information. This is the problem when you put both an overview and a conclusion. Your report should have no repeated information. You’ll be marked down for it.
          4. Rainwater only flows on land, it falls from the sky. Be careful of your collocations.
          5. Never add information that isn’t given in the diagram including your ideas, your evaluation, your opinion or your presumptions.
          If you pay attention to these above points, you can do well.

  14. Vaibhav says

    The figure illustrates the procedure for collecting rainwater to be used for drinking in an Australian town. The diagram shows a detailed description of the various steps involved in this process.

    Broadly speaking, the rainwater from each house is collected through drains and is passed through a number of treatment procedures before being pumped to the houses for drinking purposes. The figure shows three main aspects of the rainwater harvesting process. The water flows through pipes connecting the different stages.

    Firstly, each house collects rainwater from the rooftops and this flows down the drain. There is an underground pipe connecting all the houses so that the rainwater from the drain flows into the water filter. The water filter is then connected to the storage unit where the water is ready to be sent for treatment.

    The stored water then flows into a water treatment plant which treats the water with chemicals to make it safe for consumption. The final stage involves pumping the water to the houses for drinking purpose. The water is then accessible from taps.

    could someone please score this essay? Thank you.

  15. Hi Liz, Can you please evaluate this and let me know.

    The diagram illustrates how rainwater is harvested for drinking purpose in an Australian town. The rainwater collected from houses can be used for drinking on being filtered and treated properly.
    Initially, the rainwater is collected from all the houses through a drainage system. Rain which falls on rooftop is collected by the gutter and then runs down the pipe at the side of the house into the drain at the bottom. This collected water is then filtered through a water filter where impurities are taken care of. The outlet of this filter is connected to a storage tank where filtered water is stored. It is then followed by water treatment.
    Water Treatment is the process where chemicals are used to treat water and make it more portable. Filtered water is then processed chemically using water treatment plant. Once the process is completed the treated water is then supplied through pipes to all the houses in the town where people can use the water for daily consumption. – 166 words

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  22. The diagram illustrates on how people from Australia recycled water from the rain and make it as a potable drinking water.
    Overall, there are four major processes on how to recycle water from the rain, the collection, filtering, storing and treatment using of chemicals.
    Initially, the water from the rain that dropped in the roof of every houses will passed by to the gutter which is connected to the drain. This big and long drain is located under the house and it is directly connected to the water filter.
    Impurities from the rainwater will be removed as it passed through the water filter, however this is not yet ready for human consumptions. Once it has been filtered, the water will run again to another smaller tube which is directly leading to a big storage tank. From this point, the water will undergo treatment using different chemicals that will help the water to become cleaner, clear and be ready for consumptions. After the treatment has been completed, it will again pass to a tube which is connected to every house, and only then the water is safe to drink by the Australian people.

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  24. Hassan says

    The above figure illustrates that how rainwater is collected from the roofs of houses and used for drinking in an Australian town. Rainwater falling on the roofs can be stored and used for drinking purposes if filtered and treated well with chemicals.
    Initially, rainwater striking the roofs of the houses are collected in the gutter. Gutters are the horizontal pipes that are fixed beneath the edges of the roofs of every house in the Australian town. This water is then flown into another pipe located vertically at the sides of the houses. These vertical pipes open into the drainage system which moves the rainwater to the filters where major contaminants including dust and other visible impurities are removed from the water. The filtered water is then collected into the storage tank where it is stored for some time. This storage system probably makes sure of the settling of large impurities at the bottom.
    To further purify, the stored water is then treated with different chemicals to remove any odor, germs, and other contaminants from it. The purified water is sent back to the houses to be used for drinking purposes. (188 words within 20 minutes).

  25. Alvin Ramos Jr says

    The diagram illustrates the conversion of rainwater to drinking water process in an Australian town.

    Overall, the rainwater is collected through the roof drainage of each house. The rainwater will run to a pipe and this will undergo filtration and chemical treatment so that people can safely consume it.

    Initially, houses in an Australian town has a gutter which collects the rainwater; meanwhile, the collected rainwater will flow to the drainage that is connected to an underground water filtration system to remove impurities. Once it has been filtered, the water will be stored in a large storage underground.

    From this point, the rainwater from the underground storage will pass through the water treatment process. The water treatment process includes chemicals to make it fit for consumption. When the water is now ready for drinking, this will travel to a pipe that is connected to every houses in Australian town.

  26. Ulugbekov says

    The diagram portrays the process of making sugar out of sugar canes. Overall, from the beginning up to end there is actual 7 stages until it meets normal usable condition.
    First part of stages includes 3 agricultural processes like growing, harvesting, and crushing. For growing sugar canes, it takes precisely 12-18 months up to it becomes harvested. Where it is harvested both by tractor and human labor. After that, sugar canes get juiced through Crushing machine.
    2 part of stages majors itself like purifying, evaporating, centrifuging, and lastly drying and cooling. Well, after sugar canes juiced, it needs to be purified by Limestone filter. Later, juice will be poured into the pot in order to make the juice into syrup under the heat of gas. And it goes through the process of centrifuging to separate crystals from syrup. Lastly, it is let to be dried and cooled as it is ready for normal public consuming.

  27. Syed Zaroon says

    The diagram illustrates the rainwater harvesting process with workflow diagram in Australian town where rainwater in converted into drinking water.
    The water poured from the clouds trickling on the roof top of the house is collected from the saucer drainpipe which relates to series of the houses within the society is rushed towards the filtration unit to remove all the impurities.
    After all the impurities are removed the water is pushed towards the water treatment plant for further treatment. The water is then purified by adding necessary chemicals so that the water is portable to drink. After the water is tested, the purified water is pumped towards the house for the domestic use.

    • Arslan Asghar says

      Harvesting
      Converted
      relates
      rushed
      pushed
      portable
      tested (Who tested?)
      the House (it should be the houses )
      In my opinion these words are not accurate in this context.

  28. Monika Garg says

    The diagram illustrates the collection of rainwater for drinking purpose in an Australian town.

    Overall, it can be consider that in order to purify rainwater for domestic use, how water is filtered and treated with the help of chemicals has been work.

    Initially, the rain falls on top of the roofs of houses and then goes through pipe into the water filter, which is called as draining. In the water filter process, water is purified or remove impurities in order to make it drinking water.

    Following this, water goes to the storage tank to ensure further process. Then it comes into the water treatment tank where the water is purified with the help of chemicals to ensure that, it becomes clean water, which can be used for drinking purpose at houses.

  29. Nadeem says

    The diagram portrays the process of rainwater collection for its use as drinking water in an Australian town. Overall, rainwater is collected from houses, and after being filtered and chemically treated, clean drinking water is available to them.
    At first, rainwater is collected on the roofs of the houses, where it trickles down to the sides of the ceiling, and lands on the side pipes. It then travels through the pipes to go underground, where it flows through a water purifier which removes all the dirt or unwanted particles. The water then runs into the storage tank for the next process.
    Finally, the water goes into the water treatment tank, and at this stage of the process, certain chemicals are used to kill viruses/bacteria that might be present. After this procedure, the water is pure and safe to drink. So it travels back to the houses through underground pipes and is available to use in their basins or toilets.

  30. The Diagram above illustrates how rainwater is converted to potable water for drinking by a continous meticulous process of converting it from its impure form to a consumable form in an Australian town.
    Overall, the rainwater collected from the rooftops of all the houses are collected by the gutter which is then passed down from the side pipes through a main channel into a water filter.
    In this process of filteration impure rainwater is cleansed from all its impurities and dirt and transferred down into a storage chamber.
    Another pipe connecting the storage chamber passes the filtered water into a water treatment tank where the water is chemically treated furthur to make it consumable for humans,
    furthur on pure water is passed into pipes which connects houses to provide good drinking water.

  31. Ayana Syam says

    The process chart furnishes the information regarding the stages of converting the rainwater into drinking water in an Australian town
    In an overall,tha process of convertion of rainwater collected from houses into usable edible water is complex and continuous. There are several steps are involved in this process.
    An in-depth analysis of the chart reveals that the first step involved is the collection of rainwater from many houses followed by the circulation of water through the water filter where the dust particles are removed .
    Besides,the filtered water is then collected in a storage container which is then transferred to a water treatment container.
    To continue with, while the stay at the treatment container,chemicals are added from the top of the tank for disinfection purposes. Finally,the purified water is then pumped up towards the houses for kitchen uses and for drinking.

  32. The picture above illustrates how an Australian town has drinkable water from rainwater. Overall, drinkable water is produced by rainwater through the filter and treatment process.

    Initially, the water is collected from the roof by the gutter and flows the water to the pipe at the side of the house. All the pipes from each house are connected to a big pipe to be entered into a water filter. After the water passes this process, the filtered water flows to the big storage to be ready for the next process.

    At this stage, the big amount size of water will be pushed to another tank by pipe to be treated by chemical. This is the last process for the rainwater to become drinkable water. When the people need the drinkable water, the water will be distributed to each house by pipes under the house to each tap water.

  33. Raja Bader says

    The diagram illustrates how an Australian town collects rainwater to reuse as drinking water.
    Overall, rainwater which is collected from houses can be used again for drinking purposes in Australia by following four stages procedure.
    At the beginning rainwater falls on the rooftop is collected by gutter and then the water runs through pipes to the drain at the bottom of the house. Each house collects the rainwater in the same way. By underground pipes network water goes to the second stage which called filtration to remove any impurities and dirt. After filtration water is collected in a storage tank for awhile to be ready for the next step which is water treatment. In water treatment chemicals are used for many purposes for example to kill bacteria or to add minerals to make the water clean and healthy to reused again as drinking water.
    Finally, with underground pipes the clean water back again to the town to be used as drinking water.

  34. Nurul says

    The diagram depicts the cyclical process of rainwater transformation into drinking water in an Australian town. Overall, rainwater passes two main procedures to make it fit for daily consumption (filtering and chemical treatment).
    In the beginning process, rainwater that drops on every house’s rooftop is collected through each pipe towards the big pipe which distributes the water into a filtering machine. The water which has been cleaned from dirt and harmful material then flows into storage for the next process.
    In the second procedure, the water is given a purification treatment with chemical components. This procedure is conducted as a double filter attempt to ensure that the water is clean and safe for drinking purposes. This is the final step of the whole process, and the water that comes out of this procedure is ready for direct consumption by every resident in the town. This process will repeat on and on.

  35. Nedjmeeddine says

    The diagram illustrates a water collecting system used by an Australian town, that collects and treat rainwater and make it drinkable.

    Overall, rainwater collected using drains is canalized through a system of pipes to a reservoir passing by a water filter. The stored rainwater heads back to the town houses after going through a treatment phase using chemicals to reach it’s final from as a ready to use drinking water.

    With regards to water collection, a system of drains installed in every house and connected through pipes is used to collect rainwater, the collected water passes through a water filter before ending in a storage reservoir.

    In the following stage, the reservoir water goes to a treatment unit where chemicals are applied, the resulting water is a ready to use drinking water, after that, the treated water led by pipes goes to the town houses to be used for daily consumption.

  36. Nicole says

    Hello,

    To Liz and all the ones who have taken the IELTS academic test over the last two years, how probably is that I could be given a diagram for part 1?

    • It is possible. While it isn’t the most common type, it does appear quite regularly. You must prepare for all types of task 1 unless you like gambling.

  37. Nigusse says

    The diagram provides an information regarding the collection of precipitation to get pure water for drink in Australia town.
    Overall, to get a clean water in Australia, they needs four stages from assembling water fall to the drink water.
    Firstly, the constricted roofs are gathering the rainy water in to a single pipe from each roof. In the second stage, that collected water passes through a water filter and trapping some residues if there is a junk materials. However, it collected in a big tanker, it passes to the third stage of water treatment. At this stage some chemicals are added to the water perhaps some dangerous insects might present, therefore it used to kill them.
    Finally, the pure water accumulated in a house to provide for drink.

    • Kane says

      The diagram provides information regarding the collection of rainwater for processing into drinking water in an Australian town.
      Overall, to get clean drinking water from rainwater there are four stages.
      Firstly, pipes which collect rainwater from the roofs of houses, drain into a common pipe. In the second stage, the water is purified by being passed through a water filter. In the third stage, the filtered water is collected in a storage tank. In the fourth stage, the water from the storage tank is sent to another chamber to be chemically treated. The purpose of chemical treatment of the water is probably to kill off or inactivate any remaining pathogens that might render the water unsafe for drinking.
      Finally, the chemically treated water is sent back to the houses for consumption as drinking water.

  38. Akshara says

    The diagram depicts how the rainwater is collected and converted to make it fit for drinking in an Australian town.
    Initially, the rainwater is collected at the roof level, then it is allowed to pass through a pipe which leads the water to the filter unit via drain situated underground. In the filter unit, basic filtration of removing unwanted particles is done, and then the filtered water is stored in the storage units. Then, the water stored in the storage unit is conveyed to the water treatment unit. Water treatment is done to remove the impurities present using chemicals to ensure that it is fit for drinking and finally it is pumped back to the houses.
    Water water everywhere but not a drop to drink, thus to save the future generation from scarcity of water, rainwater harvesting should be made mandatory in all newly constructed houses and this method of filtration and storage aids to convert it to drinking water.

  39. Mahmoud says

    The given diagram explains the method used to collect the rainwater and how it is transformed to a drinking water in an Australian town. Overall, rainwater can be used for drinking after being filtered then processed with chemicals.
    At first, the rain is collected from the rooftop of each house then it runs down through a pipe that is fixed on the side of the house until it reaches the drain. All drains are connected through a network of underground pipes that accumulates all the water to the inlet of the water filter.
    At this stage, the rainwater is filtered to remove residuals and contaminants to be stored in a huge underground water tank. After that, the filtered water enters the chemical treatment stage at which chemical substances are added to the water to make it suitable for drinking.
    Finally, drinking water is transferred to the water network of the town to make it available for residents to consume safely.

  40. The diagram illustrates the how system of rain water collected and proceed into drinking water for Austrailan town.
    Over all, rainwater gathered from different houses in australian town and filtered rain water into drinking water with mixture of differnt chemicals.
    The rain water drops down at roof top every house and collected water through gutter pipe and then gutter water turned down to drainage pipe through downspout . Each house collects rain water in this way and rain water passed alomg the underground drains to water filter.
    Rain water passe through water filter to remove impurities in the water and then it continuosly go to water storage tank.From this point ,the water goes from storage to water treatment plant ,here some adding chemicals to consumption of drinking water. After All the water head back to Residential houses in the town to consumption of drinking water via Pipes.

  41. Oketunji Esther says

    The diagram illustrates how water from rain is being gathered for the purpose of consumption in a particular town in Australia.

    Overall, rainwater collected from various houses is being made fit for consumption after it has being filtered and treated with chemicals.

    Initially, rainwater that falls on individual rooftops passes through the pipe by the side of each house and then flows into a drain beneath each houses. Subsequently, water from the drain is gathered into an underground pipe from which it flows into the water filter.

    At this point, impurities are removed from the water and then stored in a storage before proceeding into a water treatment tank where chemicals are added. At this stage of the process, the chemical kills off germs and make the water suitable for drinking. Afterwards, the water is distributed back into various houses in the town via the pipes.

  42. duygu bas says

    The diagram below illustrates the system of how the rainwater is collected and processed to gain drinking water in an Australian town. Overall, process of collecting water ,which is ready to drink at homes has 3 main steps such as filtering of rain drops, storage and finally water treatments with special chemicals.
    Each houses have a settelled pipe system underground. Initially, rainwaters drops to roof of houses. In the following steps, rainwater flows down on the roof and reaches to pipe system on roof and walls outside the houses.These pipes connected to filter sytem which is located underground, so rainwater reaches to filter system. After filtration of unwanted particules in accumulated water, system countinues in storage tanks. Filtreted water enters big tanks underground for storage.
    Storage tanks is connected to another similiarly big tank with pipe for water treatment. In this tank chemical reaction starts for people to drink a healtier and cleaned water in homes. After chemical treatment steriliazed water flows back to homes with pipe system. Filtered and chemically sterilized rain water reaches to faucet of homes.

  43. Vinay Kumar Vascuri says

    The process chart depicts how the rain water was collected and converted to drinking water in an Australian town using filtration and treatment process.

    Overall, the picture indicates the various stages of conversion of rain water to potable water using various filters and chemical treatment of the rain water.

    During the first stage, rain water which falls on top of the houses is collected in a drain through piping arrangement. Drains of all the houses were interconnected using a common pipe so that the collected water was passed through a water filter and stored in a storage tank. Secondly, water stored is passed through a Water Treatment tank where various chemicals were added for purification purposes. Both the storge tank and water treatment tank were interconnected through a piping arragement at the bottom of the tanks. Chemicals were added from top of water treatment tank where they get mixed with water inside the tank.Further, after purification, recycled water was sent to various houses in the town for drinking purposes.

  44. The diagram illustrates the process of drinking water from the rainwater as the source in the city of Australia. Overall, the process started by compiling the raindrops from the rooftop then filtered and treated by the chemicals to become drinking water.
    When the rain comes, the houses in Australia are initiating by collecting the water by their pipes. The rainwater will continue the journey by touching the drain site located on the ground of the house. The water is filtered inside the water filter and keep it on the water storage below the filtration chamber. After that, water will continue the journey to the next tank called the water treatment tank, where it is treated inside of it. The water is purified by using some chemicals to remove some components into the edible water to drink. The pure water continues the journey through the pipes whose Australians will drink it by their tap waters.

    • YASSER EL JARI says

      Guys can you please tell me your opinion The diagram depicts the different steps facing the rainwater from collection until the use for drinking in an Australian Town.Overall ans as we can analyze from this diagram, while the rain fall conspicously take a several steps by passing inside Drains and Pipes to be useful and healthy for communitie of the Australian Town. According to what is shown and to begin with this important mission first of all the rainwater begin to fall and down inside Drains,following this the water know a significant step by being filtred ,Next this water undergo inside Pipes and all the quantities stocked in the storage device , Meanwhile this faxinated amount of water following again the same procedure as the past by passing inside Pipes for the treatement and begin one of the most necessary steps , water merged with chemicals to remove the impurities. Finally this quantity of water and undoubtedly after all this steps is now ready to consume by people of this Australian town without any problems.

  45. MD MAHEDI HASAN says

    In the process diagram, the introduction and the overall are in a single paragraph while in other type, they are written in 2 different paragraphs. Making them a single paragraph, will that be an issue in the IELTS exam?

    • It won’t be an issue. As long as the examiner can find the overview – that is all that matters.

  46. Sumita Mehta says

    The diagram above illustrates a process followed by an Australian town by which the rainwater is collected and processed into drinking water. The water is collected from each house and through various process is made available as drinking water.
    The rainwater which falls on the shed travels through the pipes located in the right side of the house into the drain. The rainwater is then collected in the Water Filter whereas the water is getting filtered. The filtered water after the filtration process are accumulated in the large storage tanks.
    The filtered water from the Storage tanks move across towards the Water Treatment section. There is a chemical chamber which is attached to the top of water treatment chamber. The water is further treated using the chemicals to remove the left over impurities. Post the treatment the water is made available to different houses. The water available here is clean from every impurities and safe for drinking.

  47. Chaya says

    The diagram illustrates how a small town in Australia is conserving rain water and processing to safe drinking water.
    Over all rain water from all houses are collected, filtered , stored ,processed to safe drinking water and re circulated to all houses.
    Rain water falling on all house roofs are flowing through pipes in to a drain by gravity,
    This water collected from all houses is flowing through a common filter where the water is being subjected to first filtration to remove impurities.
    Filtered water is being channelized to a large storage tank. This is the crucial step for conservation of rain water. Most of the rain water collected are stored in these large storage tanks before they are made fit for drinking .
    Water from Storage tanks Is flowing into Water treatment tanks and is getting treated with chemicals which makes them fit for drinking
    Purified water is finally being re circulated through pipes into houses for drinking.
    This is how a town in Australia is conserving and converting rain water to pure drinking water, making a sustainable living.

  48. Hello Liz, this is what I wrote concerning the task given.
    The diagram demonstrate how rainwater is processed for drinking in an Australian Town.
    Overall, it is seen that rain water is being filtered, then purified with chemicals, after which the water travels through an underground pipe into the house for drinking purposes.
    It can be seen that rainwater falls on the roof top which passes through a gutter into the drain which is situated by the side of the house. The rain water passes through a pipe which then flow into a water filter.
    Its filters the water and removes impurities, after which the water is passed through a pipe into a storage tank. After the tank is filled up, the water moves for purification. When this process is finished the water returns back to the houses for consumption.
    Overall, there are stages to this process that is collection, filtration , treatment with chemicals.

    143
    143

  49. The flow diagram depicts the rainwater recycling system for drinking in an Australian city.
    Overall, it is evident that it is a simple cycling system consisting of six steps; commence with draining and end with drinking where the water is undergoing some chemical and mechanical treatments.
    Looking at the diagram in more detail, first, the collected rainwater runs down into the draining system using a pipe. Then, this water is passed through in a unit called a water filter where water is filtered through a device to remove the any impurities. Once it has been filtered, the water is stored in a large storage tank.
    Next, the water is passed into a water treatment unit through a pipe. While the water is stored in the treatment unit, it is treated with some chemicals to make sure the purification whether it is drinkable or not. Eventually, the treated water is supplied into another unit through a long pipe. This unit is known as drinking water where the tape is used to collect the water for people.

  50. The diagram illustrates how an Australian town collects rainwater and the whole process of converting it to a drinking water.
    Overall, the conservation of rainwater from all houses can be used for consumption by undergoing several stages: collection, filtration, and chemical treatment.
    The first stage is collection. The downspouts are collected through the gutters on the roof from each residence. And from the gutter, it goes down the pipe, which is usually located at the corner of each houses. Then, it goes through the underground tube to the water filter.
    From the water filter, the harvested rainwater undergoes filtration, the second process. In this stage, it is being cleaned out from debris and other impurities. Once filtered, it can now be stored in a storage tank. At this point, the decontaminated water will go through the last step.
    The last stage of the process is the chemical treatment. Wherein the filtered water is treated with certain chemicals to make it safe and drinkable. When it is ready, the water will travel back to the residential tubing for daily consumption.

    Word count: 179

  51. Prashant says

    Hi,
    Can anyone like to rate it?

    The given diagram illustrates how drinking water is produced by accumulating the water received from the rain in a town in Australia.

    Overall, the water from the roof of houses is collected and then filtered by using some filtration method which then transferred to a storage tank. Then, the chemical process is taken out to make the water suitable for drinking and then it is directed to the houses again.

    The rainwater collected from the roofs is transferred using drainpipes, which then goes down through the wall of the house to the main grounded gutter pipe. The inlet of water filter present in the plant takes in the water coming from the gutter pipe which then filtered out through some filtration method and the water received on the outlet is then stored in a storage tank.

    Several chemicals are used in the chemical process to remove the impurities from the water which it receives from the storage tank. After eliminating such impurities, the water becomes suitable and graded with all its micro-nutrients to drink. Then, this healthy water is channelled back to the houses for their drinking purposes.

    Word count – 188

    • Success says

      Thanks so much ma.
      The diagram illustrates how rain water is being collected to process in order to use as drinking water in an Australian town.

      Overall,rain water collection from the house begins from the rooflevel of the house, undergone chemical processes and end at drinking. It comprises of 4 stages.
      Initially, the rain water which falls on the rooflevel is being gathered by a gulater,then passed through a pipe at the side of the building, into a drain system. Each houses experienced this process when ever it rained. After that, the water passed underground into the water filter.

      Following this,the rain water passes through the water filter for cleansing. Then passed through the pipe into the storage unit. Next,the water goes from storage unit to the water treatment. At that point, water is being treated with chemical ready for use. When the water is nowready for consumption, it will follow a pipe that aid back into the houses where it can be use for daily activities by the residential people.

  52. SAI SNEHITHA says

    The diagram illustrates in an Australian town how rainwater is collected and what are the stages
    to undergo to utilize as a drinking water.

    Overall, the rainwater collected from the rooftop and passed through the series of pipelines to water filter section to purify the rainwater.
    Later on, the chemicals added to utilize the rainwater for drinking purpose.

    Firstly, rainwater collected from the rooftop of houses through the gutter and
    passed through the pipelines, which situated at the sidewall of the house. Each house collects the rainwater in the same process then these pipelines are connecting to the
    underground drain, which is furthermore, connected to the water filter section, where the process of filtering the rainwater takes place.

    This filtered rainwater then runs through the pipeline to the storage tank, where the filtered water stores, after that, this stored rainwater sent to chemical treatment through the pipeline.
    Finally, in the chemical stage, the chemicals added to the rainwater, to utilize it for consumption. When it is ready for drinking purpose, then the water is sent back to the houses of the town.

  53. Muhammad Ali says

    Can you please check my writing style and comment please.
    ———————————————————————————
    The diagram illustrates the process of collection and treatment of the rainwater in order to use as consumable water in an Australian town using different stages, which involves the collection, filtration, storage, and chemical treatment.
    The collection of the rainwater by using the gutter at the rooftop of the home in which the drainage pipe installed at the side of the each housing unit and connected with each other in a drainage network. It passes through the pipe to the central filtering unit installed at the basement, which clean the water from the dust. Furthermore, the clean water is store at the storage tank using the direct connected pipe between the cleaning tunnel and the reservoir.
    The clean water transfer to the separate water treatment container from the water reservoir where it is being processed chemically in order to make fit for drinking. Finally, the successful treated water supplies to the housing units available at the Australian city for their drinking usage.

  54. Great teacher liz

  55. Hamza Malik says

    What would you rate this explanation?
    Answer:
    The diagram represents how a town in Australia uses a rooftop water collection method to utilize rain water for drinking purposes.

    In summary, the method works in four steps, firstly, rainwater falling on house rooftops is collected using a drain, after this, the water passes thorough a series of pipes, gets filtered and stored, and finally, it gets treated to be fit for drinking purposes.

    A more detailed outlook of the process is as follows, when it rains, the sloped rooftops of the in the Australian town houses allow water to get slide down the drainage system. This network of several drainage systems connected by a main pipeline redirect the rain water towards the water filter to filter out the impurities. Next, collected rainwater accumulates in a storage tank. From this storage tank, the water is transferred using a pipeline to a water treatment plant, here the rainwater gets treated with chemicals to make it fit for drinking purposes. Lastly, drinkable water is directed to the houses. (168 words.)

  56. Reina says

    The diagram clearly illustrates the chain of events about how an Australian town collects rainwater to be utilized as drinking water.

    Initially, as rainwater falls on the rooftop of houses it will be collected by each of their respective underground drains through a waterpipe that can be found on the side of these houses. From each of these drains, it will be delivered to an underground water filter to remove particles and impurities from it. Next to the filtering process, it will then proceed to the water storage. Once the storage is filled, at this point, the water is now being led to a water treatment area where a chemical or two is used for it to finally become a drinking water. After undergoing such treatment, it is now ready to be distributed for all households to consume by coursing through pipes, to complete the process.

    Overall, rainwater can be converted to a drinking water by the following process in sequence such as collection, filtration, and chemical treatment.

  57. Rizwan says

    This digram illustrate that how the rainwater transform into drinking water in Australia Town.
    First of all , rainwater collected from roof and runs though pipeline for the filter process.
    After that water is treated with chemicals for consumpations. At the end when water ready for drinking again though pipe line distrubated back to pipe line.

  58. Puneet says

    The diagram illustrate that how the australian town treats rainwater and converts it into drinking water with the help of advance technology.
    Overall, diagram gives the knowledge about the process of collecting and converting rainwater to drinking water with the process of passing the water through drain pipes, water filter unit and chemical process plant.
    During rainy days, rainwater is collecting from rooftops with help of drain system which transfer the rainwater into water filter units which removes impurities after that water is store in storage tank.
    From the storage tank water send for water treatment process in water treatment unit with the help of chemicals after that water is ready for consumption. The pure water is then supply to houses through the pipes and ready to use in daily routine .

  59. jawed says

    The diagram demonstrates how people in Australian towns collect rainwater processes to use as drinking water.
    First of all, the rain collected by the gutter on the roof and runs through the pips down the every house. Then runs to the storage bypassing the water filters. After that water is collected to the water treatment process through the pips where the water is treated by chemicals for consumptions. In the end, water will be ready for drinking and distributed bypassing the pips to every house back.

  60. The digram illustrates the methods for collecting rainwater for the purpose of drinking by an Australian town. Overall, the rainwater collected from the houses can be used for drinking after it has been filtered and treated with chemicals.

    Firstly, the rainwater collection starts from the rooftop of the building and the runs through ta pipe at the side of the house into a drain at the bottom. Each house collects rainwater this way. The rainwater collected is passed along underground drains to be filtered.
    The rainwater passes through the water filter to remove any particles and impurities, and continues along the same path to drain into the storage, from where it goes for treatment with chemicals to make it safe for consumption. After treatment, the water goes back into the houses through the pipes, where it can be used for daily consumption.

    • Hi Liz !
      I saw your video about task 1 , but there you mentioned to write 1 para for introduction , 1 for overview and 2 for main bodies .
      But here you have only written 3 total paragraphs instead of 4 . Is it a correct way ?

      • It is fine to put the overview in the same paragraph as the introduction as long as they are two very different and clear statements. I only usually do this for diagrams if the introduction statement is very short.

  61. hello Liz,
    are there any videos on line graph description or pie chart? i am unable to find them
    any suggestions would be appreciated.

  62. Hi LIZ,
    In your first paragraph. Is it grammatically correct to insert word “it” in the sentence part “use it as drinking water” instead of ” use as drinking water”?.

  63. Miniyo says

    Hello ma’am
    Can we write i.e in our real test.
    Is it formal to write?

  64. Bilqees says

    Hi Liz,
    I want to ask do i have memorize the model answers for the writing task 1 in order to improve my band score in this task or should i just go through it and get some ideas ?
    What will you recommend which is the best one to go with ?

    Thanks

    • IELTS doesn’t accept memorised answers. These model answers are to help you understand technique.

  65. Prabh says

    Hello Liz mam
    Thanks for new red bar
    It is really beneficial for everyone.
    Dear mam, I want to clarify that is it right now that we can write overall after introduction?
    My exam is tomorrow.

    • Sure, the overview can do with the intro, after the intro or at the end. Good luck tomorrow !

  66. Ferdy says

    The diagram illustrates the process of rainwater and its distribution to the household in one city of Australia. Overall, rainwater collected from houses follow 3 main steps including filtering, storage and treatment.
    Firstly, the rainwater is collecting from rooftops houses, and flows to the pipeline beside the houses. It flows by the gravity when the water drops run into the pipe and drain. Drain should be bigger than house pipe.
    Secondly, all the collecting waters are filtered to remove unexpected materials like leaves, dust and etc. Therefore, the waters then sent into storage tank for the next steps.
    Continuously, after the storage, the water is flowed to the water treatment tank. Here, chemicals are used to make sure the water is drinking able.
    Finally, after harmless water produced, it will send to the house back again and daily it may be use for drinking. It sent through the small pipes to the houses.

  67. Fahad says

    Hi Liz, This Fahad from Bangladesh. Your post is really helpful for me as well as all.

  68. Bridget odigo says

    Good day ,would like to write essays to you so you can read through and correct my mistakes ..I don’t know if you offer those kind of services at a fee ..had a low band writing score in my first attempt and due for a second attempt on the 29th of June ..
    Thank you

  69. swarna pakeer says

    Hi,

    For this diagram, the overview and introduction are written as single paragraph. can we write the overview as separate paragraph for diagram type questions too.

    • Yes. As long as your overview is easy to find and all your key features are located in the overview.

  70. Reeya says

    Hello Liz
    I read your website before taking IELTS and did well on the exam day
    I sincerely thank you

  71. hello
    it is usually passive voice is the grammer of writing a process, how it is possiple to write it by present tense? \

    • Liz says

      A diagram requires both passive and active voice – all present tense. That means you use the present passive voice and the active present simple.

      • Dear Liz,
        Can I use present continuous passive voice in my description? For example, can I write “After being collected, water is…”.

        Thank you for your site and valuable tips!

  72. Muniza Siddiqui says

    The diagram shows collection and conversion of rain water into drinking water in an Australian town. The process involves three steps. The first step is where the rain water drains down into the common collection system below each house, which is then connected to a water filter by the help of a main pipeline. The second step involves the filteration of water. The filter has three sieves where the water is purified from large sized particles and macromolecules. The other end of the water filter is connected to a large storage tank where water is stored for a particluar amont of time. The third step is the treatment of water. The water storage tank is connected to the water treatment plant which has three ports. The first two ports are situated at the top from where the chemicals are processed to clean the water from invisible microrganisms. The final third port is connected to a long pipeline extending from the water treatment plant which delivers fresh water to each house. This water is then used for the purpose of drinking.
    Words 180

  73. In most of the cases in here,why you used present perfect continuous tenses except using present perfect tense

    • Why don’t you write a list of the present perfect continuous used in this model and post it in this message thread.

    • Hi Liz,
      This is my first IELTS test and I am very excited. I tryed to write an answer for the above diagram,could please tell me if it is good? Can you guse what would be my score?

      The given picture shows how an Australian town collects rainwater for the use of drinking.overall,all the rainwater collected should be go under some processes to purify it before it is used for consumption. First, when it rains, the rainwater on the toproof of the house comes down through the drain into the water filter. In that stage, the water is purified and it goes to a hoge storage. Then, the clear water is moved through pipes into another storage where it is treated by chemicals in order to be suitable for human consumption. Finally, the water is ready to be be drinked.

      • I don’t offer marking or feedback. However, I will say that your report must be over 150 words. Your overview must be extended. The body of the report must be divided into (usually) two paragraphs.

  74. Hi Elizabeth! “A glance at the bar graph provided reveals … ” Can i start my Task 1 like that?

    • You are not supposed to “glance” at a bar graph. You are supposed to analysis it. So, no – you shouldn’t use such expressions.

  75. Mohsin Qayyum says

    Hi liz,
    How big is the mistake if you write 25$ billions instead of of $25 billion. And it is written multiple times.

  76. Osama Hamad Jaafari says

    The diagram gives information about the various steps which an Australian town made drink water from rainwater.
    It can be clearly seen that, the rainwater has pass through a lots of machines and chemical materials before being drunk.
    the rainwater is collected from roof of house. After rainwater has been dropped to drain.

  77. Abubakar Wahlan says

    Hello, Liz
    I’m perplexed to write 3 paragraphs or 4 paragraphs for task 1 because in your process sample answer there are only 3 paragraphs where as in this pie chart sample answer there are 4 paragraphs. In addition you told in your bar graph video to write 4 paragraphs.
    So, this is just moving around my head, what to do.. Pls REPLY to me..
    Thanks

    • Do you think there is a set number of paragraphs? Of course, there isn’t. You are being tested on your choice of paragraphs and your choice will depend on the information presented in the graph or chart. Go back to all my model answers and make a list of all the possibilities – that doesn’t just mean the number – it means what information is put in which paragraph.

  78. Simerjeet kaur says

    Is this compulsory to overall in diagram task 1

  79. Shamil sajim says

    Thank you so much Liz , it was very helpful going through these examples.

  80. Malek Azzam says

    Hi Dear,

    Indeed, I admire the way you wrote that passage.

  81. Charles says

    Hello Liz, I wrote the introduction and overview another way.

    How about this?

    The diagram above illustrates how a town in Australia collects rainwater for the sole purpose of drinking. Overall, the rain water falls into a gutter and passes through a filtering and chemical treatment stage which is later being dispensed into various/several houses for drinking.

    I don’t know which is more appropriate “various or several”.

    • It’s a good intro and overview. You definitely can’t write “various/several” in your test – you would need to choose one only. If you are unsure, don’t use them and write “..which is later dispensed into houses for drinking”.

  82. Paramjeet says

    While starting the task 1 we can use this statement…”The illustration illustrate ……..

  83. Amulya C says

    I got the exact question when I took my academic IELTS on October 20th. I just got the scores today. I scored 7.5 in writing.

    Liz, I had only followed your website for 2 weeks and scored an overall band score of 7.5. I scored less in reading (6.5) as I panicked at the end of it and had to do some guesswork.

    Being a working professional, I did most of my studying while commuting to work and in the early morning for 2 weeks.

    Thanks a lot! You are the best English Tutor!

    Regards,
    Amulya (from Hyderabad, India)

    • I’m really pleased to see your results – well done 🙂 Good use of commuter time 🙂

  84. Hi Liz,

    I am from Pakistan.
    I wanted to inform you that this question was a part of IELTs Writing Task 1 exam held on 20th October 2018 in Lahore, Pakistan.
    Thankyou so much for the information, tips and videos. I have recommended all my friends to watch your videos instead of joining an academy and save your money.

  85. Christina says

    I had the exact same diagram in the IELTS today! 🙂

    • Hope you did well 🙂

      • you didnt use linking words for example then,afterwards,following this to describe various stages .will it be fine to use these words to describe the different stages in this diagram? actually i have a habit of using these words in diagrams

        • Yes, you can use them whenever there is a process or diagram with clear stages which follow a set order. In the model above, the linking words are : initially, then, when, at this point. The key to a high score is using linking words flexibly which means not using them in a mechanical way and not over using them.

      • Christina says

        Yes! But I hadn’t seen this one on your website before I took the exam. It went very well anyway, I got the score I needed for working in the UK as an emergency physician.
        Thank you, Liz, for your accurate information and training you provide here. It’s invaluable and I wouldn’t have gotten these scores without you!

        Overall 8 – Listening 9 / Reading 8,5 / Writing 8 / Speaking 7.

    • Bhagyesh Vithlani says

      me too!

  86. prafulla khadka says

    hello Liz
    thank you for your huidlines .They are really very helpful to improve our mark in ielts

  87. Hi Liz,
    I noticed that you combined your introduction and overview in one single paragraph.Why didn’t you write them as two separate paragraphs?
    Love your website,it’s really helping me out.

    • There are no actual rules about this in IELTS marking. As long as the examiner can easily locate your overview it’s fine. When the introduction is very short, I put my overview in the same paragraph.

  88. Why overall is attached with introduction?? Is this important in diagrams mam??

    Is it important to use present tense n passive voice for diagram,life cycle,process and flowchart??

    • It is an option to put the overview with the introduction when the introduction is short. Please note that the two are not written as one statement. They are still two separate statements but in one paragraph. Diagrams, processes and flowcharts often use passive voice.

  89. Hey Eliza!! Huge fan. LOADS OF LOVE (:

  90. lavanya says

    hi, can we replace divorce rates with people took divorce while paraphrasing ..

    • The verb “take” is never used with the word divorce.

      • lavanya says

        So we can’t use ” PEOPLE TOOK DIVORCE ” but actually it is the information between 2011 to 2015 … will u please tell me what is the paraphrase for divorce rate ..

        • I said, you need to change the verb. Please use a dictionary. I do not offer English language services.

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