IELTS Task 1 Process Writing Basics

IELTS Task 1 Process Writing Basics

by Richard Murphy

Multiple Choice

Which is the correct order of Task 1 process writing stages?

• 1. Overview the main points.

  2.  Say what diagram shows.

  3.  Describe process in detail.

• 1.  Describe process in detail. 

  2.  Say what diagram shows. 

  3.  Overview the main points.

• 1.  Say what diagram shows.

  2.  Describe process in detail.

  3.  Overview the main points.

• 1.  Say what diagram shows.

  2.  Overview the main points.

  3.  Describe process in detail.

Multiple Select

Which two are true of a Task 1 process introduction?

• The introduction should be the first paragraph.

• The introduction tells the main thing we learn from the diagram.

• The introduction should be a paraphrase of the test task.

• The introduction tells what the diagram shows.

Multiple Select

Which two are true of a Task 1 process overview?

• The overview tells what the diagram shows.

• The overview tells the main thing we learn from the diagram.

• The overview tells us how many stages are involved in the process.

• The overview provides a detailed description of the process.

Multiple Select

Which three might also belong in a Task 1 process overview?

• Saying if the process is man-made or natural

• Saying what happens at the start and the end.

• Describing the process as cyclical or linear.

• Adding some opinion about the process.

Multiple Select

Which is the better description of a shopping stage, and why?

• First, food is chosen by the customer via the market's website.

• A customer selects food on the market's website.

• Active voice is clearer and more direct, hence best for describing processes.

• Passive form is more academic in style, and the agent of action is usually unimportant in a process.

Multiple Select

Which is a better first part of a process Task 1, and why?

• The diagram shows the process of preparing food for space missions. Astronauts on space missions require much food.

• The illustration shows the different stages of preparing meals for astronauts. There are nine steps involved...

• It's good to make inferences about the process.

• It s good to simply describe what the diagram actually shows.

Multiple Choice

A range of ________________ should be used to tell us where an action comes in a process.

• sequencers

• adjectives and adverbs

• modal verbs

• articles

Multiple Choice

Task 1 is a/a ....

• discursive essay

• factual description

• interpretive activity

• listing exercise