ielts writing-part one-describing processes

IELTS Writing Part One- Describing processes

Use a mix of passive and active verbs to describe one of the following processes.

Your partner should repeat the stages back to you, and you should correct anything

they get wrong or miss out.

◊ Operating a video recorder, alarm clock, dishwasher or microwave

◊ Cooking something

◊ Mending something (e.g. changing a light bulb or bicycle tyre)

◊ Doing something on a computer

◊ A natural process (e.g. the nitrogen cycle or the life cycle of an animal)

◊ A manufacturing or construction process

◊ Cleaning something

◊ An administrative system

◊ A political or legal system

◊ How something is selected, e.g. an American Idol winner

◊ Making, altering or mending clothes

◊ Entering a competition

◊ Doing a sport or exercise

◊ Buying something

◊ Using public transport

◊ Safety checks

◊ First aid or other medical treatments

◊ Ways of responding in an emergency

Do the same, but this time with your partner asking you further questions about the

process

Work together to say as much as you can about one of the things above, and then

organise that information into two paragraphs

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