Academic Task 1. Part 4. Describing Maps & Processes

Process Question 1.  Describing the Process of Manufacturing Bricks. 

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For this example question, you are required to describe a process. This is a very different type of question compared to tables, bar charts, line graphs, and pie charts because you do not have to make comparisons of data and trends. Nor do you have to quote dates or statistics (like percentages or dollars etc). 

You should spend about 20 minutes on this task.

The illustration shows the process of manufacturing bricks. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features. 

Write at least 150 words.

Process Question 2. Student Practice Test for Describing Processes. 

Describing the Process of Making Chocolate. 

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You should spend about 20 minutes on this task.

The illustration shows the process of making chocolate. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features. 

Write at least 150 words.

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Typed Answer Key. Below is the Answer to Process Question 1. 

The Process of Making Bricks. Question can be found at the bottom of the page.

Note: Always try to include complex sentences not just compound sentences.

Introduction (State you are provided with images and a sequence of steps in X process)

The information is provided as a sequence of images, which show the series of steps in the industrial process of making bricks.

Overview  (Summarise the steps in the process using continuous verbs)

Overall, the process of brick manufacture involves digging up, sieving, mixing, and moulding clay into brick shapes, and then heating, cooling and packaging them before they can be used for building projects.

Paragraph 1  (Describe the first 50% of the steps in the process)

In more detail, to manufacture bricks, the first step is when clay is extracted from the ground by an industrial digging machine. Next, the clay is then sieved and stones are removed by a roller machine, which is fitted with a metal grid. Subsequently, sand and water are added to the clay and the resultant mixture is poured into a brick-shaped moulding machine. Once the clay has been moulded into brick shapes, they are separated by being cut with an industrial cutting machine

Paragraph 2  (Describe the second 50% of steps in the process) 

After the bricks have been formed, they are then heated and dried in an industrial oven at a very high temperature, so it takes up to 72 hours for them to cool off. In the penultimate stage in the process, the newly produced bricks are packaged and stored before they are delivered to building companies in readiness for being used in building projects. 18 mins / Band 9

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