4 (6) - Writing IPL4 - PROCESS MAP - DIAGRAM
4 (6) - Writing IPL4 - PROCESS MAP - DIAGRAM
4 (6) - Writing IPL4 - PROCESS MAP - DIAGRAM
The diagram illustrates the process that is used to manufacture bricks for the building industry.
Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where
relevant.
The diagram explains the way in which bricks are made for the building industry.
As there are no trends to comment on, you can make a comment on, for example, the number of stages in
the process and how it begins and ends:
Overall, there are eight stages in the process, beginning with the digging up of clay and culminating in delivery.
1) Time Connectors
A process is a series of events, one taking place after the other. Therefore, to connect your stages, you
should use ‘time connectors’.
Here is the rest of the answer with the time connectors highlighted (notice that you simply go from the
beginning to the end of the process):
To begin, the clay used to make the bricks is dug up from the ground by a large digger. This clay is then
placed onto a metal grid, which is used to break up the clay into smaller pieces. A roller assists in this process.
Following this, sand and water are added to the clay, and this mixture is turned into two differing types of
brick by either placing it into a mold or using a wire cutter. Next, these bricks are placed in an oven to dry for
24 – 48 hours.
In the subsequent stage, the bricks go through a heating and cooling process. They are heated in a kiln at a
moderate and then a high temperature (ranging from 200c to 1300c), followed by a cooling process in a
chamber for 2 – 3 days. Finally, the bricks are packed and delivered to their destinations.
These connectors are the same you would use to write a graph over time when you explain a series of
changes.
To begin
Following this
Next
Then
After
After that
Before**
Subsequently
Finally
** If you use before, this means that you will be mentioning a later stage before an earlier stage, so you need
to use it carefully. If you can use it properly though, it will get noticed.
Before being dried in the oven, the mixture is turned into bricks by either placing it into a mould or using a wire
cutter.
2) The Passive
Most sentences use this structure:
In the active voice (as above), the digger is doing the verb i.e. the digger is doing the digging.
When we use the passive voice, we make the object (the clay) the subject, and make the subject (the digger)
the object. We also add in the verb ‘to be’ and the past participle (or Verb 3).
● (S) The clay in the ground (V) is dug up (O) by the digger.
Here is the same example description with uses of the passive highlighted:
To begin, the clay (which) is used to make the bricks is dug up from the ground by a large digger. This clay is
then placed onto a metal grid, onto a metal grid, which is used to break up the clay into smaller pieces. A
roller assists in this process.
Following this, sand and water are added to the clay, and this mixture is turned into bricks by either placing it
into a mould or using a wire cutter. Next, these bricks are placed in an oven to dry for 24 – 48 hours.
In the subsequent stage, the bricks go through a heating and cooling process. They are heated in a kiln at a
moderate and then a high temperature (ranging from 200c to 1300c), followed by a cooling process in a
chamber for 2 – 3 days. Finally, the bricks are packed and delivered to their destinations.