Diagram
Sometimes IELTS Writing Task 1 requires you to describe a process. If you have a ‘describing a process’ task in the exam, you will be given a diagram with a series of pictures. The diagram shows the stages of how something is made or how something works.
Sample Questions
How bees produce honey
The diagram illustrates how bees produce honey.
Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
Fish pie production line
The diagrams give information about the manufacture of frozen fish pies.
Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
Recycling process of aluminium cans
The diagram shows the recycling process of aluminium cans.
Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
Home energy production
The diagram shows a possible future means of home energy production.
Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC)
The diagram shows the production of electricity using a system called Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC).
Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
Generating electricity from sea waves
The diagrams show a structure that is used to generate electricity from wave power.
Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
Gas cooled nuclear reactor
The diagram shows the production of steam using a gas cooled nuclear reactor.
Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
Greenhouse Gases
The diagram shows how greenhouse gases trap energy from the Sun.
Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
Central Heating System
The diagram shows how a central heating system in a house works.
Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
Eiffel Tower
The diagrams give information about the Eiffel Tower in Paris and an outline project to extend it underground.
Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
Hawaiian Island Chain
The diagram gives the information about the Hawaiian island chain in the centre of the Pacific Ocean.
Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
Consumer Goods Manufacturing
The Diagram shows the typical stages of consumer goods manufacturing, including the process by which information is fed back to earlier stages to enable adjustment.
Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.