Processes

Diagram Essay
Processes Diagram
Processes Diagram
 STEPS ON WRITING THE PDE

Using these 5 steps will help you to write a high-scoring process diagram
essay:

1) Analyse the question 1) Is it a linear or a cyclical process?

2) Identify the main features
3) Write an introduction
4) Write an overview
5) Write the details paragraphs
2) Where does the process start and end?
3) How many steps are there to the
process?
4) Can the process be easily broken down
into stages?
5) What are the raw materials? What is
produced at the end of the process?
6) What is the end result of the process?
 MAKING INTRODUCTION & OVERVIEW

You need to rewrite the question in your own words, there are the several
ways in which you can do this:

1) The pictures illustrate how tea is produced

2) The pictures show the steps involved in making tea

3) The diagram highlights the process by which tea is produced

The Overview

1) using the number of stages, and listing the first and last stage

2) different section of the process

 MAKING BODY PARAGRAPH

Model Answer

These picture illustrate how tea is produced,
and how a cup of tea is made. There are
eighteen stages in the diagram from sowing
the tea seeds in India and China, to enjoying a
cup of tea at home.
The first step is that the tea seeds are sown
and then the sun shines, which causes the
seeds to grow into plants. Once the plants
have grown sufficiently, the leaves are then
picked by the farmer and put into baskets.
After the picking stage, the tea leaves are
packed into boxes and then they are loaded
onto lorries, which take the boxes of tea to
supermarkets.
In order to make a cup of tea, first of all you
buy a box of tea and take it home. Next, you fill
the kettle with water and put it on the stove to
boil. Meanwhile, you put a tea bag in a cup, and
once the kettle has boiled, the water is poured
into the cup. Having been left in the cup for two
minutes, the tea bag is then removed and the
tea is now ready to drink. At this point, milk and
sugar can be added. The final step is that you
drink a nice cup of hot tea.
 Let's Play!

Write these linking words and phrases in the correct column of the
table below according to their meaning.

Then First of all Subsequently The first step is that Finally After that
At this point The next step is that Following this To begin with
The following step is that Initially The last step is and then after which

Next... The first step is ... The last stage is ...

Then
3) Linking with present perfect passive using once/
when/after Describing The Process
in Diagram, How?
e.g. The tea is packed into boxes
And then, the boxes are loaded onto a lorry

Once/When/After + (1st sentence) in present 1) Present simple passive

perfect passive, (2nd sentence) in present simple the aim : to focus on the action/stages, which
passive. the subject isn't important.

Present perfect passive form - e.g. The tea leaves are dried

4) Using 'after being' + V3 (as the 1st sentence), (2nd

sentence) in the present simple passive.
2) Present simple active
the aim: describing natural process

5) Extending your answer by adding some details or e.g. The sun shines and the plants grow.
explaining why it happens.
e.g. The tea leaves are put on the ground in the sun,
so that they can be dried.
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