By the end of this exercise, you can describe each stage of a process in order, using the passive and sequencing words, with an overview of the whole process.
Free IELTS Academic Writing Task 1 practice: describe a process diagram stage by stage with the passive and sequencing words, write an overview, then describe a process yourself.
In IELTS Academic Writing Task 1 you describe one or more graphs, charts or tables, or a diagram of an object, device, process or event, in at least 150 words. The whole Writing test lasts 60 minutes, and about 20 of them are usually spent on Task 1. Task 2 counts twice as much, so do not spend longer than that. A process diagram has no figures to compare. Your job is to describe each stage in order, include the most important points and leave out minor details, and give an overview of the whole process.
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Study the diagram, then choose the word or phrase that fits each gap in the model report.
The diagram below shows how used glass bottles are recycled. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features. (Simplified practice diagram.)
The diagram illustrates how used glass bottles are recycled to make new ones.
Overall, the process is a cycle of eight stages, beginning with the collection of used bottles and ending with new bottles being sent to shops, where they can be bought, used and recycled again.
At the first stage, used bottles are collected from bottle banks and households. They to a recycling plant, where they by colour into clear, green and brown glass. they have been sorted, the bottles are cleaned, and their labels and caps are removed.
, the clean glass into small pieces, which the industry calls cullet. At the next stage, these pieces with raw materials such as sand and heated in a furnace until they melt. The molten glass in moulds to form new bottles.
, the new bottles are filled and sent to shops. Once they have been used, they can be collected again, so the cycle begins once more.
In a man-made process, what matters is what happens to the material, not who does it, so most stages use the passive. Choose the correct form for each sentence. One sentence describes a natural process.
Sequencing words show the reader where each stage comes in the process. Choose the word or phrase that puts each stage in the right place. Items 7 and 8 review earlier Task 1 exercises.
The diagram below shows how paper is made from wood. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features. (Simplified practice diagram.)
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