IELTS Academic Writing: Process Diagram
The diagram illustrates the process that is used to manufacture bricks for the building industry.
Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
Summary: The diagram shows the procedure of making bricks for the purpose of construction.
Main Trends: Overall, there are 7 steps to make bricks from the digging of the soil and clay to the delivery of the bricks by truck.
Detail: Initially, a construction digger places a mixture of sand and clay upon a metal grid to help separate the sand from the clay. The clay is then taken to a place where it is mixed with sand and water. From here the mixture is either pressed and cut into bricks or it is placed into molds to form bricks. Both types of bricks are then dried for one or two days and then they are moved to a kiln to be heated twice: first to a temperature of 980 degrees and then to 1300 degrees Celsius. After being cooled for 2 or 3 days, the bricks are then placed on a pallet and packaged, loaded upon trucks, and then delivered for use. (158 words)
Compound Sentences
The diagram shows the procedure of making bricks for the purpose of construction.
Overall, there are 7 steps to make bricks from the digging of the soil and clay to the delivery of the bricks by truck.
Initially, a construction digger places a mixture of sand and clay upon a metal grid to help separate the sand from the clay. The clay is then taken to a place where it is mixed with sand and water. From here the mixture is either pressed and cut into bricks, or it is placed into molds to form bricks. Both types of bricks are then dried for one or two days and then they are moved to a kiln to be heated twice: first to a temperature of 980 degrees and then to 1300 degrees Celsius. After being cooled for 2 or 3 days, the bricks are then placed on a pallet and packaged, loaded upon trucks, and then delivered for use.
Complex Sentences
The diagram shows the procedure of making bricks for the purpose of construction.
Overall, there are 7 steps to make bricks from the digging of the soil and clay to the delivery of the bricks by truck.
Initially, a construction digger places a mixture of sand and clay upon a metal grid to help separate the sand from the clay. The clay is then taken to a place where it is mixed with sand and water. From here the mixture is either pressed and cut into bricks, or it is placed into molds to form bricks. Both types of bricks are then dried for one or two days and then they are moved to a kiln to be heated twice: first to a temperature of 980 degrees and then to 1300 degrees Celsius. After being cooled for 2 or 3 days, the bricks are then placed on a pallet and packaged, loaded upon trucks, and then delivered for use.
Academic Words (Subject Related and Descriptive)
The diagram shows the procedure of making bricks for the purpose of construction.
Overall, there are 7 steps to make bricks from the digging of the soil and clay to the delivery of the bricks by truck.
Initially, a construction digger places a mixture of sand and clay upon a metal grid to help separate the sand from the clay. The clay is then taken to a place where it is mixed with sand and water. From here the mixture is either pressed and cut into bricks, or it is placed into molds to form bricks. Both types of bricks are then dried for one or two days and then they are moved to a kiln to be heated twice: first to a temperature of 980 degrees and then to 1300 degrees Celsius. After being cooled for 2 or 3 days, the bricks are then placed on a pallet and packaged, loaded upon trucks, and then delivered for use. (Note: parallel construction – verbs)