#IELTS Writing Task 1: laconic process descriptions 🧋

One thing that often happens with IELTS process descriptions is students write very short answers. In process descriptions - more than in other tasks probably - a low word count means low TA.

For example, for the process above, a student might write:

The carbonated water is sent into another tank to be mixed with coloring, syrup, and flavor. The resulting beverage is filtered and is afterwards poured into either bottles or cans. These are then packaged and dispatched to supermarkets.

And then the student ends up with an answer that is 130 words long...

It's important to think about what can be extended. In this case, we can extend the mixing stage. How? 🧋

I tell my students: Imagine you are talking to a very curious child. The child might ask: Where do the coloring and syrup come from? What mixes them? What’s a beater? How long?

Now look at my extended answer:

In the next phase, the carbonated water is turned into soda. For this, it is forced into a mixing tank, where coloring, syrup, and flavor are also added from special containers underneath. Inside the mixing tank is a beater – a device that whirls the contents around, turning them into a homogeneous blend. The resulting beverage is filtered and is afterwards poured into either bottles or cans. These are then packaged into boxes and dispatched to supermarkets.

See my full answer (along with one more process answer) here:

https://t.me/irinalutsenko/551

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