WRITING TASK 1
You should spend about 20 minutes on this task.
The diagrams below show how chocolate is made and how the price of a chocolate bar
is divided up among those involved in the process.
Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make
comparisons where relevant.
Write at least 150 words.
ESSAY ORGANIZATION/PARAGRAPH STRUCTURE (Two groups of data/more -
Non-Comparable)
PARAGRAPH I: Introduction
➡ paraphrase of the topic sentence (both/all groups)
PARAGRAPH II: Overviews
➡ the most extreme data (the highest, the lowest) of each group
➡ overall trends of each group
PARAGRAPH III: Details 1 (group 1)
➡ data classification
➡ more specific trends
➡ comparison/ranking
➡ some numbers are presented
PARAGRAPH IV: Details 2 (group 2)
➡ data classification
➡ more specific trends
➡ comparison/ranking
➡ some numbers are presented
PROCESS:
OVERVIEW:
➡ how many stages and devices
➡ other interesting information (if possible)
DETAILS:
➡ description of every stage
PARAGRAPH PLAN
1. Types of sentences - Process: PASSIVE (S + to be + Verb-3)
Pie Chart: ACTIVE
2. Tenses: PRESENT TENSES (both)
3. Subjects of sentences - Pie Chart: farmer, tax, chocolate company, …
4. Overview: (Non-comparable)
Process:
✓ two products of chocolate
Pie Chart:
✓ the most extreme data: the highest (cost of ingredients & overheads)
✓ unevenly distributed
5. Details:
Process: -
Pie Chart:
✓ the highest (cost of ingredients & overheads and supermarket)
✓ the lowest (farmer)
✓ remaining: taxes & chocolate company
FULL ESSAY
The process describes the production of chocolate, while the pie chart depicts five
components that determine how much a chocolate bar costs.
It is noticeable that the raw material of chocolate, cocoa beans, can be processed into
two types of chocolate, namely cocoa powder and chocolate bars. Meanwhile, the most
striking feature of the chart is that the price of a chocolate bar is not evenly
distributed among the five components.
It can be seen that firstly, the cocoa beans are ground up, and this process results in
waste and cocoa liquor. Next, the cocoa liquor is pressed into cocoa powder, used in
food industry, and cocoa butter. This cocoa butter is then mixed with more cocoa liquor
to become industrial chocolate. Lastly, other ingredients including sugar are added to
the industrial chocolate to produce chocolate bars.
According to the pie chart, the biggest proportion of the price of a chocolate bar is for
the cost of ingredients and overheads and for the supermarket, comprising
approximately one third of the total price, each. In contrast, the farmers receive the
smallest proportion, only four percent. The remaining proportion goes to the
government and the chocolate company, around 15% each.